The computer scientist Christoph Salge is trying to circumvent the need for rules that guide robots’ behavior. His strategy: Give them a goal of making us more powerful.

Humanoid robots have come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of years, but the grand promises of factories filled with ...

So do robot lawn mowers work to cut grass? Yes, but so do scissors. Ensuring you get a properly sized robot lawn mower is the first step in getting back time lost to you manually mowing your yard.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

Modern robots know how to sense their environment and respond to language, but what they don't know is often more important than what they do know. Teaching robots to ask for help is key to making ...

Most robot vacuums—indeed, most smart home devices—will only work if they're on the 2.4-GHz band. Nearly every vacuum will pick the right Wi-Fi band automatically, but some do not.

Robot vacuums are actually worth it if you understand their settings. As a pro robot vacuum tester, I've learned some tips to set them up for success.

Even sophisticated robots with self-emptying bins can get clogged from time to time, so no matter how fancy your robot vacuum is, you'll want to be sure to check its dirt-handling apparatus ...

It's hard to compare robot vacuum cleaners in an apples-to-apples way, or to even know what criteria actually matters. As someone who has tested several models over the past 18 months, here's what ...

In his new book, Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun, PhD ’82, says universities must rethink how they prepare ...