When you buy online, a robot could be helping to fill your order. A behind-the-scenes look at an Amazon fulfillment center shows how they impact jobs.

Sidewalk robots are small delivery robots that can navigate sidewalks and climb curbs, helping with last-mile delivery. Sidewalk robots operate on battery power, can run on renewable energy, don't get ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Burmese pythons are a big problem in southern Florida. CBC Kids News contributor Manny Brennan explains how robot rabbits are ...

General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to ...

It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote ...

On a metallic door in San Francisco’s Mission District, a single character—“π”—offers a cryptic clue as to the virtuous circle of labor taking place beyond. The door opens to reveal furious activity ...

The folks at Nissan want you to know they’re taking protection against denim stains seriously, thanks to a special seat coating and a robot.

As the use of robots to replace human beings in dangerous situations becomes more common within local and state public safety agencies, a well-known robotics manufacturer has sounded the warning ...

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

Robots.txt just turned 30 – cue the existential crisis! Like many hitting the big 3-0, it’s wondering if it’s still relevant in today’s world of AI and advanced search algorithms. Spoiler alert: It ...