iCub is an open-source hardware project described as a “cognitive humanoid robotic platform." The project was initiated in Italy, but the technology is now in use at several other labs, including the ...

AT FIRST it’s just noise: a stream of incoherent sounds, burbling away. But, after a few minutes, a fully formed word suddenly emerges: “red”. Then another: “box”. In this way, a ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...