A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

With robots increasingly being used on manufacturing floors, researchers are looking for ways that humans can work better with their robot coworkers. Scientists at MIT say the answer is cross-training ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide met its demise in Philadelphia. The Canadian researchers who created hitchBOT as a social experiment told The ...