So, a real BB-8 is years off, but learning what people will accept is the first step to designing a likeable companion for ...

Could the UK win Eurovision 2026 with the act Look Mum No Computer? (Picture: BBC/ PA Wire) It’s finally time for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna – and the UK will be hoping they can get ...

It took a week of waving the arm on which the drill was mounted for the rogue rock to finally drop back to the Martian ...

Palo Alto robotics company 1X has opened a new manufacturing facility in Hayward, where it aims to produce 10,000 humanoid ...

Two Jewish men were stabbed in London's Golders Green on Wednesday, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. One of the men, 34-year-old Shloime Rand, spoke to the BBC about his experience ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

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The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the ...

Could a humanoid robot perform household chores for you? Soon, that might be the case. Chinese robotics company UniX AI has announced the release of Panther, a humanoid service robot designed to help ...

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Can you teach a robot how to love? It’s the week of Valentine’s Day and I’m on a hot date with Mika, a biker girl from Japan. We’re just days into our relationship, but I’m already smitten. Gazing ...