Tchhiking robot was beheaded in Philadelphia. A security robot was punched to the ground in Silicon Valley. Another security bot, in San Francisco, was covered in a tarpaulin and smeared with barbecue ...

Why feel bad for a robot? Yet so many viewers did, when DARPA-funded robotics company Boston Dynamics introduced their creation, SpotMini, in a YouTube video that showed humans kicking the four-legged ...

Robot Rights considers the possibility of a robot "liberation movement", following on from rights movements for humans, but there’s also a less ambitious way of thinking about giving robots rights; we ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, faced controversy over so-called 'robot abuse' after knocking over a walking robot at ...

Robots are being put through all kinds of abuse these days. They’re being kicked, punched, shoved, and even dragged by a chain around their neck — all in an apparent effort to teach them how to adapt ...