In the mid-1990s, Cyberdyne Systems Corporation created an artificial intelligence-based defense system called Skynet. When the system achieved self-awareness on August 29, 1997, it decided that ...

The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile. Robots at a DHL facility in Columbus, Ohio.Credit ...

Robots are part of an exciting new frontier in tech, but here’s the challenge: Robots rely on arrays of sensors, external signals like GPS and Wi-Fi, and customized software to navigate their ...