Figure AI claims its three humanoid robots completed over 24 hours of continuous autonomous package sorting without any human control in a warehouse test.

Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

Robots are improving fast, but most jobs are still safe. Here’s what robots can and can’t do in today’s workplace.

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Robots are coming to a town near you—deployed by cities to do work that is labor-intensive, repetitive or dangerous for humans. Cities have long lagged behind the private sector when it comes to ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on the company's fourth-quarter earnings call that China is the biggest competition for humanoid ...

Gayle Anderson reports the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship is a Wasp-class landing helicopter dock that’s at the Port of Los Angeles for L.A. Fleet Week 2026. It was a star attraction when it ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. For decades, ...

Across the top floors of an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, about 10 miles south of Raleigh, the robots are already crowding out human workers. A sprawling robotic system in the middle of ...

Robot companies are racing toward a breakout year, but they'll have to confront some fundamental problems before making bigger promises. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET.

The future is almost here — and, surprise, it’s going to be very relaxing. That’s according to Elon Musk, at least. In recent months, the tech tycoon has been pushing the idea of “sustainable ...