Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful.

A robot that can locate lost items on command, the latest development at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), combines knowledge from the internet with a spatial map of its surroundings to ...

A search robot developed by researchers in Germany can reportedly track missing objects in ...

POMDP, an AI framework inspired by dogs that allows robots to use human gestures and language to find objects with 89% accuracy.

A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking it up and giving it a shake, without the need to see what's inside. Researchers from MIT, Amazon Robotics, ...

Researchers have designed an intelligent household robot capable of autonomous navigation, object detection, and sorting. This robot, equipped with advanced technologies like depth cameras, YOLOv11 ...

Engineers developed a system that helps robots quickly map a scene and identify items they need to complete a set of tasks. Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter ...

After testing 24 robot vacuums at CNET Labs to see how well they clean and avoid obstacles, we discovered an unusual relationship. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.