Doctors used to be the gold standard of job security. After all, you can't outsource a heart transplant to a chatbot… right? But according to Elon Musk, even the most elite surgeons might want to ...

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot has been named the Best Robot of CES 2026. It’s a decisive moment for humanoid machines as they move from experimental lab ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a system that could make social robots more effective at detecting and managing user interruptions in real time based on a human speaker's intent—a ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...