As technology accelerates at an unprecedented pace, robots have emerged as a symbol of the future, capturing worldwide fascination. However, ...

Human beings are hardwired for social connection – so much so that we think of even the most basic objects as having feelings or experiences.... Preserving humanity in the age of robots Human beings ...

The word “robot” was not used in literature until 1920, when Czech playwright Karel Capek wrote the play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) that debuted a year later and made it to New York City in ...

How real is the prospect of killer robots annihilating humanity? 20% likely. Wow. Maybe 10%. After 10 years. I mean, you can look at it like the glass is 80-90% full. 80% likely will have extreme ...

Isaac Asimov's Foundation and the books in the I, Robot series are directly connected. We break down some of the main ...

The evil robots are taking over — one Facebook update at a time. In the comedic musical “2010: Our Hideous Future,” the dystopian visions of the future found in films such as “The Terminator” and ...

Herold is currently Director of Policy Research and Education at the Healthspan Action Coalition and editor-in-chief of the Healthspan Compass newsletter. Her latest book is Robots and the People Who ...

"Robots have to understand people as people," Breazeal said. "Right now, the average robot understands people like a chair: It's something to go around." The researchers who are injecting humanity ...

Sean Humbert discusses the team's award-winning research developing autonomous robots that can navigate challenging conditions. The team demonstrated the robots for CBS during a recent visit to the ...

Part one: The long, hard road to today. The story of Prometheus ; The First Age: language and fire ; The Second Age: agriculture and cities ; The Third Age: writing and wheels ; The Fourth Age: robots ...

George the robot is playing hide-and-seek with scientist Alan Schultz. George whirrs and hides behind a post until he's found. Then a bit later, he hunts for and finds Schultz hiding. If that sounds ...

Human beings are hardwired for social connection – so much so that we think of even the most basic objects as having feelings or experiences. (Yup, we're talking to you, Roomba owners!) Social robots ...