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Japanese engineers unveiled a robot that can shape-shift into a sports car in about 30 seconds, and can actually carry people on board. They're calling it the first accomplishment of its kind in ...

But there is a longer history of robotics research happening at Google DeepMind. It started from the increasing view that perception technology was becoming really, really good.

The first Humanoid Robot Games have started in Beijing, bringing together the latest in robotics and artificial intelligence. The three-day event is taking plac ...

MILLBURN, New Jersey (WABC) -- History was made for a team of students from a New Jersey high school who took home the top prize at the VEX Robotics World Championship.

Agility Robotics, which makes humanoid warehouse robots with backing from Amazon and others, announced a Salem, Ore., manufacturing facility that it says will ultimately be able to produce more ...

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