An Israeli student has become the first person to meld his mind and movements with a robot surrogate, or avatar. Situated inside an fMRI scanner in Israel, Tirosh Shapira has controlled a humanoid ...

XPrize contests are nothing if not examples of big picture thinking. Following multi-million dollar competitions to put private spacecraft on the moon, reimagine C02 and tackle illiteracy in the ...

COMPETITION IS HELPING THEM ALG ONTHE WAY. DOUG: INSIDE THIS B ATLA NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSORS ARE FINE-TUNING A ROBOT THEY BUILT AND AFFECTIONATELY NAMED HUSK.EY THE TEAM ...

Elon may be talking about robots, but commercialization of next-gen robotic systems that will actually find a foothold in the real world is closer than many would have expected just a few years ago.

The future is getting closer every day, and it’s starting to look like James Cameron’s Avatar (okay, without the 10-foot blue aliens). Toyota has revealed that it has successfully linked an off-site ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.