AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. After two ...

Despite huge technical progress, these robots are still clumsy at handling everyday tasks in homes or hospitals or other ...

“Murderbot,” a sci-fi comedy about a binge-watching killing machine, introduces TV’s latest fascinating cyberbeing for an age of A.I. angst. The title characters of, clockwise from top left, ...

Humanoid robots developed by Unitree Robotics performed kung fu and backflips during China's 2026 Lunar New Year broadcast.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ainsley Harris, senior writer at Fast Company, about the accelerated rollout of delivery robots and how they're being received in communities across the country.

Ken Goldberg, professor of engineering at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the AI robotics company Ambi Robotics, says home chores are that are easy for humans are often hard for robots to master. Robots ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

In a move that brings science fiction closer to reality, researchers have developed a new kind of robot that can "grow," "heal," and even improve itself by using parts from its environment—or even by ...

The life and adventures of a six-year-old boy can seem magical, especially when the story is portrayed inCalvin and Hobbes. Calvin's adventures range from esoteric and philosophical to fantastical ...