Bipedal (two-legged) robots are sophisticated machines, but they are not the most graceful when things go wrong. A simple push, fall or an obstacle can send them crashing to the ground, often ...

A new research effort by Disney experts and university engineers shows how robots can now manage controlled landings when they fall. The project answers a key question in robotics about what happens ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

When you hear the term humanoid robot, you may think of C-3PO, the human-cyborg-relations android from Star Wars. C-3PO was designed to assist humans in communicating with robots and alien species.

Six of multiple possible assistance scenarios with a prototype of a new robot being developed at MIT. Top row: getting into/out of a bathtub, bending down to reach objects, and catching a fall. Bottom ...

Need a gift for the robot aficionado who has everything? A Japanese company is giving consumers the opportunity to buy a moving, talking robot that looks just like them, only creepier. For a limited ...

It’s been a rough few weeks for humanoid robots. At a store in Shenzhen, China, ironically named “Future Era,” a robot face-planted while attempting to dance to “Billie Jean” and had to be dragged ...