As physical distancing guidelines remain in effect because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are increasingly enlisting robots to help close the gap. In central England, the town of Milton Keynes has a ...

Scientists have discovered how to build robots out of rice paper, opening up brand new possibilities for robotic applications. A team from the University of Bristol discovered that the same ingredient ...

Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven't set their very capable robot vacuum up for success in the ...

Fei Liu was tired of trying to find herself a romantic partner. So she set out to make her own partner. Literally. His name is Gabriel 2052 and he's Liu's robot boyfriend. Liu started building him ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...