A new algorithm has been designed to enable robots to make safer decisions around humans. In a factory setting, robots and ...

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.

When robots work safely with humans, they can provide clear benefits. Industries facing labor shortages, such as elder care, could see relief. Physically demanding jobs might also become safer for ...

Robots-for-rent is one way some small U.S. factories gain access to automation, reducing turnover and ensuring workers aren’t injured.

Efforts to eliminate a dangerous hands-on approach to sanitation are moving slowly. When Jitender was a child in New Delhi, both his parents worked as manual scavengers—a job that involved clearing ...