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Robots are increasingly learning new skills by watching people. From folding laundry to handling food, many real-world, ...

“Murderbot,” a sci-fi comedy about a binge-watching killing machine, introduces TV’s latest fascinating cyberbeing for an age of A.I. angst. The title characters of, clockwise from top left, ...

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Classic rock, which is a genre that began to coagulate in the 1960s and 1970s, is now some 50 or 60 years old. But even back then, the artists writing the songs that would become classic rock hits ...

The life and adventures of a six-year-old boy can seem magical, especially when the story is portrayed inCalvin and Hobbes. Calvin's adventures range from esoteric and philosophical to fantastical ...

That’s according to Elon Musk, at least. In recent months, the tech tycoon has been pushing the idea of “sustainable abundance” — or, the more appealingly named, “amazing abundance.” He claims that ...

By incorporating insights from canine companions, researchers enable robots to use both language and gesture as inputs to help fetch the right objects.

In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland’s RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the area for survivors. They beamed patients’ locations to robot dogs and ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

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