In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

For many people, the word robot still conjures up images of an all-knowing, all-capable, all-metal machine shaped approximately like a human being. The image, of course, comes largely from the ...

After Elon Musk provided his “long-term” vision for autonomous, humanoid robots at last week’s “We, Robot” event, we expressed some skepticism about the autonomy of the Optimus prototypes sent out for ...

The big picture: A robotics firm just unveiled its latest bipedal humanoid robot. It designed the faceless, jumpsuit-clad humanoid robot as a consumer-grade model explicitly built for home use.

We're inching ever-closer to them being able to handle household tasks. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign ...