Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Homer’s epic “Iliad” features golden maidservants crafted by Hephaestus, the blacksmith god. These human-like maidens would ...

'We're not quite at the level where the robotic skin is as good as human skin, but we think it's better than anything else out there at the moment.' Image: Dr. David Hardman, University of Cambridge ...

A teen tech entrepreneur is working to retrofit robots with simulated artificial bodily functions like a virtual heart rate, body temperature, and sweating response — a bong-rip idea to make them ...

A humanoid robot walks alongside uniformed police officers during what appeared to be a public patrol in China.

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...