Facing a steep decline in new monks and nuns, Korea’s largest Buddhist order is using pop culture, merchandise and technology ...

For three years, Christian missionaries with the evangelical organization Cru have gathered every Friday in VRChat, a popular social platform where millions of people from around the world interact th ...

For the first time, two teleoperated humanoid robots have been used to complete two surgeries during a preclinical trial, researchers report in the July 8 issue of the journal Nature. The work is the ...

In the 2011 movie Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, boxing has evolved into fights between robots rather than human fighters. The movie was set in the 2020s. In June 2026, REK (Robot Entertainment ...

When humanoid robots dominated the stage of last year’s Spring Festival Gala with sleek dance routines, Ai Lin saw more than a spectacle. He saw a business. Soon after, the e-commerce livestreamer in ...

On a recent sunny day in Silicon Valley, I visited the industrial headquarters of 1X Technologies. Security was tight, so I had to put a sticker over my cellphone’s camera and talk my way out of ...

These nine robots help make employees' jobs safer and more productive by handling physically demanding tasks, freeing up time for skilled technical roles. The goal of robotics technology within Amazon ...

Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

Abstract: Humanoid robots often struggle to express the intricate and authentic facial expressions characteristic of humans, potentially hampering user engagement. To address this challenge, we ...