Today's robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company. But soon — perhaps very soon — these ...

SINGAPORE – Imagine enjoying a cappuccino from a nearby coffee joint delivered right to your office on the fifth storey by a delivery robot. That robot would have to navigate a path outdoors, avoid ...

And some big cities with crowded sidewalks, like New York, Beijing and San Francisco, aren’t welcoming them. But maybe preferable in a city like Tokyo that allows bicycles on the sidewalk to an Uber ...

SHANGHAI -- China began its decades-long economic ascent as the "workshop of the world" by taking advantage of cheap labor. Now it is spending big to swap those factory workers for high-tech robots.

Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour – but it’s still a ...

Chinese robotics company AgiBot has set a new world record after its humanoid bot, A2, walked 106.3 kilometers (66 miles) in three days.

HONG KONG -- Making new friends, or even catching up with old ones, can be hard enough when you're 93 years old and living in fear of the coronavirus.