We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Decades ago, the common hope was that, by the year 2000, we would be living in a full-on science-fiction utopia, with intelligent robots ...

Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. Yet outside of factories ...

For a long time, robots were the stuff of sci-fi movies, but not anymore. We have them rolling, spinning, skimming, and scooping as part of our everyday lives. The best part? They're everywhere, ...