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The robot invasion is coming to your neighborhood. Coco Robotics, a startup born on the UCLA campus, is about to carpet-bomb the city with hundreds of additional adorable delivery bots recently ...

CES 2026 was awash in walking, lifting, interacting machines. But robots that actually look human aren't necessary in industrial settings. The focus is shifting from humanoid appearance to ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --NASA on Monday announced its 2026 Lunabotics challenge that seeks a team or person to create a robot able to move about and build things on the moon's surface. The challenge comes as ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A hot new job has emerged in Los Angeles: robot wrangler to help delivery bots navigate the real world. The robots ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.