From bananas to burgers, store aisles to sidewalks, an army of robots has descended upon Chicagoland with the singular mission to bring us food. Robotic serving carts, once the stuff of foodie science ...

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on Saturday, ...

BEIJING (AP) -- In one small step for robot-kind -- thousands of them, really -- humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon Saturday in the Chinese capital of Beijing. The bipedal ...

There are a few humans alive who can outrun the new DARPA-funded Cheetah robot; if your name isn’t Usain Bolt, however, chances are you’re not one of them. This robot can reach speeds of up to 18 mph, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Pikul, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this year, a ...