The outlook could be bleak or bright depending on how we view the rise of humanoid robots. Think of this quote from a book by Jacob Morgan: “While many futurists and business leaders believe that ...

What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, ...

Human–robot collaboration and interaction represent a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field in which robotics, artificial intelligence and human factors engineering converge to develop systems that ...

Humanoid robot companies employ armies of human operators to train their machines by doing tasks like squatting and washing ...

Teddy Warner, 19, has always been interested in robotics. His family was in the industry, and he says he “grew up” working in a machinist shop while in high school. Now Warner is building a robotics ...

Homer’s epic poem *The Iliad* features golden maidens created by Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths. These maidens, resembling human girls, would approach and support their master when he moved with a ...

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