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Before Atlas takes its first steps into the world of work later this year, I found myself face-to-face with CES 2026's most ...

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Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99.

What if robots could not only think, but physically adapt in real time—reconfiguring their form, movement, and behavior to meet the demands of unpredictable environments? That ambition sits at the ...

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for three decades claims they are wasting their money. Rodney Brooks, the ...

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Microrobots could one day make a real difference after an earthquake, when every second counts. People may be trapped under broken concrete or wedged inside narrow gaps that rescuers can’t reach.

It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is seeing more robots in industrial settings, like factories and warehouses.

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...