The Latest Breaking News from Robots

When Craig Jeffrey heard about a 200-mile foot race through Western Australia he thought it sounded ‘brilliant’. But after a while, things got odd

A multi-award-winning drama film and a fan-favorite Netflix animated show lead this week's streaming recommendations.

Amazon has just unveiled its newest warehouse robot called Vulcan, which has a “sense of touch”. Designed to gently stow items using pressure-sensitive gripping and artificial intelligence (AI), Vulcan is now being tested in two Amazon facilities, in Spokane, Washington state, US, and Hamburg, Germany.

AI will do the thinking, robots will do the doing. What place do humans have in this arrangement – and do tech CEOs care? says Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly Trained

Dig into all the new Netflix TV shows and movies heading to Netflix this week, including "Smile," "Bad Thoughts" and more.

While there have been concerns over the safety and legal status of the technology, working models from local startups are showing its benefits

From 3D-printing with bacteria to cocktail-mixing humanoids, from the future of space suits to reassurances about climate change, this mind-boggling rollercoaster of a show could do with a more focused curatorial vision

System is a ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ – and Amazon claims it will work alongside rather than replace human workers

Viral footage shows out-of-control robot damaging equipment and endangering people, raising concerns over automation safety and reliability.