A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

Humanoid robots have crossed a line that once belonged firmly to science fiction. In crowded convention halls and viral clips, machines that walk, smile and even misbehave like people are startling ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and ...

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts ...

A humanoid robot ran a half marathon in under 51 minutes, showing major gains in speed and endurance while revealing limits ...

For centuries, people tried to build ornithopters that flapped like birds, but none became a practical path to human flight.

Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world's fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan's record time ...

In Beijing, a humanoid robot named Lightning finished a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly 7 minutes.

Swiss scientists have published research showing AI-informed robots can learn how to self correct and teach other robots how to behave. It raises questions of consciousness in artificial intelligence.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: U.S. first lady Melania Trump enters the East Room with a humanoid robot during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit at the White House on March 25, ...

Artificial intelligence works when computers learn from data that is readily available. But there is no data to teach robots ...