Robots are designed with a specific purpose. They are complex machines, performing tasks that make life easier. A computer with arms and legs that can do (almost) everything a human can has been the ...

This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...

A Japanese billionaire who purchased a robotics startup that makes petlike companions predicts the machines may be the key in filling the void in human hearts. Yusaku Maezawa, a 46-year-old who ...

Chinese company XPeng showed off a robot with distinctly female anatomy, including pronounced breasts and hips, sparking a ...