In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But ...

Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence -- called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) -- that allows robots to learn tasks ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a suite of technologies at the company's GPU Technology Conference 2025 designed to help robots learn how to be robots. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

Robots have been trained to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even learning to correct their own mistakes during surgeries. They don’t get fruitcakes or Christmas cards from ...

With tests of humanoid bots and new developments in military applications, the year ahead will intrigue even the skeptics. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, ...