MLB has tweaked Triple A's electronic strike zone, for the benefit of robot umps — and crouching hitters — everywhere. Why you should care.

Mesobot looks like a giant AirPods case, but it's in fact a sophisticated machine that tracks animals making the most epic migration on Earth.

Robot systems explore unfamiliar terrain, buildings or danger zones with cameras. In the 3D-InAus project, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and ...

Why Did Robby the Robot Appear in The Twilight Zone So Much? The Robby prop was an elaborate suit, far more complex and convincing than typical robots of ‘50s sci-fi movies.

The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn’t match the one mapped out in the rule book.

When I talk to roboticists, one scenario that keeps them up at night is the possibility of their robots making an unexpected movement and hurting someone. An industrial arm could accidentally wallop a ...