A new algorithm has been designed to enable robots to make safer decisions around humans. In a factory setting, robots and ...

Imagine for a moment that you're in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

When robots work safely with humans, they can provide clear benefits. Industries facing labor shortages, such as elder care, could see relief. Physically demanding jobs might also become safer for ...

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.