Artificial Intelligence
How to Protect Workers From Job-Stealing Robots
President Obama’s chief economist argues that, with the right policies, artificial intelligence can be boon to the labor market, not a threat.
Emerging Tech
How to Win Friends and Influence People… Using Robots
Advances in tele-operated robots are now allowing people who are confined by circumstance to have a presence in a whole range of places.
Emerging Tech
Mercedes Is Making Special Vans for 'Free-Floating Robot Fleets' of Delivery Bots
Delivery vans for delivery bots
Emerging Tech
The Story of Philae, the Little Robot that Flew Across the Solar System to Land on a Comet
The European Space Agency's robot probe had a very long journey.
Digital Government
Video: What Does a Robot-Run Laboratory Look Like?
There are a lot fewer coffee breaks.
Digital Government
Iraq Builds Armed Robot to Fight ISIS
The Baghdad Post says the machine-gun-wielding unmanned ground vehicle will be used in the effort to retake Mosul.
Emerging Tech
A Robot Buoy That Can Save Whales From Boat Strikes
A new surveillance system off the coast of New York aims to help keep the creatures out of harm’s way.
Artificial Intelligence
How Artificial Intelligence Got Its Name
The stories behind the digital age’s most iconic terms show the human side of technology.
Artificial Intelligence
What Skills Will Human Workers Need When Robots Take Over?
A new algorithm would let the machines decide
Artificial Intelligence
This Exceedingly Creepy Robot Moves on its Own
The robot’s movements are entirely governed by a neural network.
Emerging Tech
Even Sheepdogs Aren’t Safe: A New Robot Can Herd Animals on its Own
It can even run over rough terrain and streams.
Emerging Tech
This Biohybrid Robot Uses Sea Slug Muscles to Scoot Around
The researchers hope these robots will eventually be used to track down sources of pollution in waterways.
Emerging Tech
Video: 5 Technologies Everyone Thinks Will Be the Death of Us All
And why they probably won't be.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: This Teeny Tiny Robot is Powered By an Emotion Engine
If you're happy and you know it, move your gears!
Digital Government
Navy’s Future Submarines May Go to Sea with Robot Remoras
The sucker-headed fish are drawing attention as the fleet imagines ways to bring drones to the undersea domain.
Emerging Tech
Make Less Than $20 an Hour? A Robot Could Take Your Job
They promised us jetpacks. But if they arrive in the future, many of us may not be able to afford them.
Digital Government
Our Weird Future of Loving Robotic Pets
These high-tech robots are a far cry from the Tamagotchis and Furbys of yesteryear
Digital Government
Military Robotics Makers See a Future for Armed Police Robots
As military-grade robotics get cheaper and more capable, someone will arm them and put them on American streets.
Digital Government