Robots are helping perform surgeries in the operating room, catching the journalism bug and even working on late-night TV. Now, a professor at Oregon State University is working to instill in robots ...

Editor's note: This is part of our series HardWIRED: Welcome to the Robotic Future, in which we explore the fascinating machines transforming society. Roboticists are getting there, though. Take, for ...

Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, is learning to walk on slopes, as shown in a recent video. The robot's unsteady gait, resembling a drunken stumble, has sparked amusement and discussion on social ...

MIT’s Biomimetics Lab recently broke the speed record for a robotic Mini Cheetah: not quite Usain Bolt speed, but probably faster than you can run. But this robot can’t see, and MIT’s researchers didn ...

Walking is hard, and what's hard for humans is equally confounding for robots. But with the help of machine learning, a robot learned to walk in just a few hours—a good 12 months faster than the ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Artificial intelligence has done more than teach a robot to walk. It taught a robot to learn to walk, researchers report. The ...

Some foolhardy roboticists in France, who clearly haven't read enough sci-fi books, have created a robot that can recover from a broken leg. More accurately, if the robot is immobilized by a broken ...

Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, ...

A baby’s first step is often considered the hardest and the most significant. Human babies, which are among those that are altricial at birth, are unable to walk and must “learn” to do so, often by ...

A psychological theory could kickstart improvements in the way robots are able to walk, thanks to a new study. A psychological theory could kickstart improvements in the way robots are able to walk, ...

There's no question that robots will play an increasingly central role in our lives in the future, but to get to a stage where they can be genuinely useful there are still a number of challenges to be ...

In a rooftop garden at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters, a six-legged robot named Daisy is making chittering noises as it staggers on the sandy ground. Daisy, which looks like a giant bug, is part ...