Teams from 16 countries are competing in a range of sports including football, athletics and dance as part of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China.
Our hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages?
Artificial intelligence is being used to generate paintings, images and even sculptures, with some selling for thousands of dollars. Do we need to reframe our definition of art?
When we give AI a humanoid form, we typically choose the robot to have feminine characteristics. Are we playing on stereotypes?
When Nasa sent twin rovers to Mars, they came to life. A new documentary looks at the remarkable missions and their effect back on Earth.
While the West tends to see robots and artificial intelligence as a threat, Japan takes a more philosophical view.
A shortage of childcare workers prompted one Tokyo nursery to seek more unusual alternatives
Robots could be a way of caring for our ageing populations in the future. But what challenges have to be overcome?
When disaster strikes, finding trapped people quickly is often the difference between life and death. Could this tiny, flying robot be the answer?
