Scientists from the LASSIE project with their quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, New Mexico in August. The quadruped robot was able to scout and train autonomously. The work is part of NASA ...

A new handheld interface developed by MIT engineers enables a person to teach a robot new skills, using any of three training approaches: natural teaching (top left), kinesthetic training (middle), ...

Robots that work flawlessly in a lab often fail the moment conditions change. A bump in the floor or an object placed slightly differently can derail tasks that looked reliable in controlled tests.

Watertown, about a 20-minute drive from Boston, Massachusetts, the state, upon entering the brown brick building, 100 white robots the height of an adult male were busily moving their black pincers ...

Teaching a robot new skills used to require coding expertise. But a new generation of robots could potentially learn from just about anyone. Engineers are designing ...