Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to communicate like humans do—even when they communicate in only beeps and bloops.

Tennessee Tech University students can now order meals through an app and have them delivered across campus by Starship food delivery robots.

Brian Pelke, president of Kay Manufacturing, an automotive parts company in Calumet City, Ill., looks at their newest Universal Robot on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. The manufacturing company has been incorporating collaborative robots, widely known as ...

While real dogs still have a major leg up over robots, the machines are catching up. Popular Science previously highlighted a company called Glide that sells a vacuum cleaner shaped mobility aid that uses AI and passive kinetic guidance to help people with impaired vision navigate.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to communicate like humans do — even when they ...

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the nurse assistant stopped by a patient's room to pick up some lab samples while dropping off toiletries. Then, as the helper's pixilated blue eyes flashed a heart sign to indicate the task had been completed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Jianfeng Yang Researchers in Finland have developed small, fairy-like robots that can fly, which could help to pollinate vital crops across the globe. Created at Tampere ...