For decades, the idea of humanoid robots on the battlefield has belonged squarely to science fiction. They stalked through ...

DARPA recognizes that insect-scale flying robots have immense military potential. In laboratories around the world, engineers are racing to shrink robotics into microscopic proportions, many examples ...

The Pentagon today announced a robot competition, putting out a call for the type of full-service bot that could go into a dangerous emergency situation, perform multiple tasks and complete a mission.

This was the second year of the DARPA Triage Challenge grant program, which saw teams test their AI-driven bots in disaster ...

Forget robot wolves and missile-deflecting satellites — those things are already becoming old news. Instead, future wars just might revolve around insect-size spy robots. A recent digest of ...

Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: You’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, ...