Robot

This fall, a "humanoid communication robot" called Kirobo will travel to the International Space Station to keep astronauts company.

Could robots be the next medical revolution?

Retail is getting more and more "robotified," and where it's most evident is the self checkout kiosks at supermarkets. Retail clerks are finding themselves displaced by the machines.

An ear of corn almost derails David Brancaccio's misanthropic cross-country road trip from New York to San Francisco.

From man's best friend to the hotel reception desk; check-in on the successful first leg of David Brancaccio's cross-country road trip from New York to San Francisco, which he's attempting to complete without any human interaction.

Technology is advancing at an exponential rate, and at that speed, computers, automation, and robots are already doing tasks most people did not believe were possible. So what does that mean for the jobs economy?

The giant online retailer buys robot-maker Kiva Systems for $775 million. The automatons will bring products to workers in Amazon's massive distribution centers.

On our Friday show, we talk about MABEL, the robot from the University of Michigan who has learned to run. Here she is in action.

University of Michigan researchers have made a robot that runs. Her name is MABEL. It's the only robot, they say, that can run like a human. From...

Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles Apple's iPhones and iPads, is reportedly planning to "hire" 1 million robots to take on the boring,...