Robot safety incidents at public demos reveal systematic failures in crowd control and risk assessment, highlighting urgent need for conservative deployment strategies.

In March 2008, a roboticist in winter wear gave Big Dog a big kick for the camera. The buzzing DARPA-funded robot stumbled, but quickly regained its footing amid the snowy parking lot. “PLEASE DO NOT ...

The real measure for robotic capabilities involves conducting “quantitative, large-scale evaluations” in real-world environments, Levine explained. “There’s always a gap between the kind of things ...

First, a quick lesson in recent history if you’re not familiar with the story. Musk has been hyping up Optimus recently, pledging that Tesla would eventually deliver an amazing new robot that people ...

The robotics startup Figure AI livestreamed humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for more than a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern ...