New footage shows an expressionless iRonCub MK3 robot taking off using four thrusters — two where its arms should be and two in a jetpack on its back.

Can Yotaro, the Japanese cyber-infant, really teach prospective parents about raising a newborn? Lisa Grunwald on the electronic practice child.

Researchers, led by a team from Rutgers, evaluated the ability of an automated robot, equipped with an ultrasound probe, to find a vein and draw blood. Judging by the results of the trial, it ...

Technology Robots Toyota launches a 'real-life baby' robot that will be a companion to childless women and the elderly The robot - which is 10 centimeter tall and weighs just 183 grams - will go ...

Human baby Charlotte, the 13-month-old daughter of NPR producer Tom Bullock, tried the same tests that DeeChee, the robot, does for language-learning experiments. Dr.

‘American Sniper’s’ Fake Baby Mocked by Critics, Moviegoers Clint Eastwood's war biopic grossed a shocking $105 million over the weekend, earned six Oscar noms last week — and is drawing ...

Can robots be creative? Gallery owner Aidan Meller hopes to go some way towards answering that question with Ai-Da, who her makers say will be able to draw people from sight with a pencil in her ...

Toyota says the robot has baked in artificial intelligence that makes it as smart as a 5 year-old. The robot also uses a built-in camera to recognize facial expressions and learn phrases.

Meet the offspring of iRobot, and Transformers creator Hasbro. No, really. Back in 2000, the two companies teamed up on a project to create a baby doll ...

Bringing Up Robot Baby, a Teenage Rite of Passage Students around the country take home the infant simulators, with little evidence that they reduce pregnancy.

Uncanny valley, heard of it? No worries, you're knee-deep in it right now. It's the revulsion you feel to robots, prostheses, or zombies that try, but don't quite duplicate their human models. As ...