Stereotypes can creep in if ‘culturally sensitive’ robots are not designed with great care.

The next generation of spacesuit needs to do more than simply protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space.

‘Loopy’ is a multicellular robot inspired by biology and designed to react to its environment without instructions on how to do so.

Robots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and snakes could move around obstacles faster, thanks to an idea called mechanical intelligence.

Humanoid robots tend to be white or resemble white people. Here’s why this is a problem and what social scientists, designers and engineers can do about it.

Robotics and AI look set to transform how we carry out domestic work, including caring for other people.

AI poses a variety of ethical conundrums, but the NASA teams working on Mars rovers exemplify an ethic of care and human-robot teamwork that could act as a blueprint for AI’s future.

A study found that adding legs does more for you than having a good sense of the ground around you − if you’re a mobile robot.

New forms of AI are waiting in the wings, but society may decide there are ethical problems using them.

New forms of AI are waiting in the wings, but society may decide there are ethical problems using them.