Walk into the Anna Hiss Gymnasium at the University of Texas, and an autonomous, or self-operating, robot might just pass by you. With a team of interdisciplinary researchers, a renovated space, about ...

The more intelligent and autonomous robotics systems become, the more attractive—and vulnerable—they are to cyber threats.

Engineers at Princeton University and Google have come up with a new way to teach robots to know when they don’t know and ask for clarification from a human. Modern robots know how to sense their ...

On a metallic door in San Francisco’s Mission District, a single character—“π”—offers a cryptic clue as to the virtuous circle of labor taking place beyond. The door opens to reveal furious activity ...

Engineers have come up with a new way to teach robots to know when they don't know. The technique involves quantifying the fuzziness of human language and using that measurement to tell robots when to ...

Infinite Craft is a browser-based sandbox game in which players combine various elements together to create new outcomes. These outcomes can be almost everything and anything you could imagine, from ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots may offer a unique kind of support in learning environments. For many children, ...

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