The Baka RoboCup 2007 is a robot competition in Japan, but not one to see what robot can kick a soccer ball the best or drive the fastest. No, it’s a competition to see which robot is the most ...

Artificial intelligence will never get the context of jokes like humans do, and thus machines, in themselves, have no real need for humor. Pixabay/Tumisu Humor is like an opposable thumb; it’s what ...

When it comes to naming your Roomba, or any other brand of robot vacuum, keep in mind that you'll probably be saying this name out loud in front of guests in your home or on the phone with support.

Siri has all the right answers and then some. Robots have no trouble tackling straight forward questions, but the more esoteric or punnier queries can trip them up because, well, they're not human.

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Anki is releasing a major free update for Cozmo, the funny robot that has ...

If at first you don’t succeed, try again—and, if you’re a robot, again and again and again and again and again and again. Because it’s worth remembering that unlike many humans, automatons will keep ...

I sat outside Walter Library, basking in the hot October sun, but the unseasonably warm weather wasn’t the only thing that felt dystopian. After all, a robot was on the way. I’d just ordered a toasted ...

OK, so maybe he was mixing his Star Wars and Star Trek references. But when President Barack Obama spoke of getting congressional leaders into a "Jedi mind meld" back in 2013, eight years after the ...

Dang robots are crummy at so many jobs, and they tell lousy jokes to boot. In two new studies, these were common biases human participants held toward robots. The studies were originally intended to ...