Robotics

The company’s push into physical AI is putting Gemini inside humanoids—and testing whether its intelligence can survive in the real world

Collectively intelligent bricks figure out if they’re in a boat, chair or guitar

Two robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100-meter-dash record—but likely couldn’t survive in the real world

A private spacecraft launched to boost the decaying orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory is now suffering from potentially mission-ending malfunctions

Robots and AI are running experiments around the clock, from battery chemistry to cancer therapies. But can they be trusted to get it right?

Teaching robots how to recognize and interpret their surroundings

The noted robotics expert discusses the need for better communication to the public on the value of basic science

Mapping their starting point like bees do helps autonomous drones find their way

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t

As humanoid robots enter the real world, new studies suggest that people project human racial biases onto them—but the research is divided on whether those biases persist outside the lab and in real-world interactions

Researchers at OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks showed that an AI model working with an autonomous lab can design and iterate real biology experiments at unprecedented speed

Fuzzy, fast-breathing robots can make humans more afraid