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.

But a start-up company called Grabit is using static electricity as a way to allow robots to manipulate the real world. In particular, Nike is using these robots to build shoes.

Boston Dynamics has revealed an all-electric version of its Atlas robot that looks even more dexterous and agile than previous models.

A soft electroactive gel enables untethered robots to deform, grip, and move using only external electric fields, eliminating the need for internal wiring or circuitry.

In Netflix's "The Electric State," the sci-fi adventure from Anthony and Joe Russo, Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt help renew a robot rebellion in an alternate version of the '90s. The robots ...

Watch robots perform ‘industrial origami’ to fold sheets of steel into an electric scooter The process to build the Stilride scooter involves robots folding sheets of steel instead of cutting ...

The charging robot, developed by EFI Automotive, intelligently detects the vehicle’s charging needs, moves into place for the charge, and will choose off-peak times to do so when possible.