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Robots debate future of humans at Hong Kong tech show
Artificial intelligence dominant theme at this year's RISE tech conference
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Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses
Owner said he was inspired by videos of robot waiters in China
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Snake on a plane! Don't panic, it's probably just a (soft) robot
This is technology that challenges how we think of, and interact with, the robots of the future.
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Desperately short of labour, mid-sized Japanese firms plan to buy robots
The country expects working-age population to fall to 45 million by 2065
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Man plays the five-finger fillet with a robot arm
Watch as our hero grows tense when the machine picks up speed
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One step at a time: Rehabilitation robots that will keep ‘elderly’ mobile
Toyota Motor Corp to commercialise robots this year after making its robotic walk assist system available for rent
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Chinese engineer marries female robot
The female robot, Yingying, wore a black dress and her head was covered with a red scarf, a Chinese wedding ritual
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Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats up
Are robots coming for your job
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New wave of robots set to deliver the goods
Startup Starship is launching a pilot project of robotic deliveries in early February
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Robot arms replace factory hands
95 per cent of job losses are due to automation and computer technology
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'Half the work people do can be automated'
A McKinsey Global Institute study across 50 countries finds a potential impact of automation on 1.1 billion workers.
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China turns to robots as workers age
The country is already the world's largest market for the mechanical helpers
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Mini "Pepper" robots start new jobs in Taiwan
The robots have already been introduced into other workplaces around the world, including in Japan and France
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Pepper the robot gets to work in Japan
Pepper can respond to voice, facial expressions, body language, and words
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A beauty contest was judged by AI and the robots picked white winners
The first international beauty contest decided by an algorithm has sparked controversy
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Elon Musk’s next project may solve all your maid issues
Tesla Motors CEO hopes to build robot that can be asked to perform a task orally
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Robot home-help and virtual reality at Taiwan's Computex
The Computex fair comes as Taiwan looks to tech innovation as a way out of economic stagnation
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Thrice in a row: Nust qualify for robocup
Pakistan's prestigious university is the only team from South Asia to have qualified for the international tournament
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The rise of the robots
The rise of robots with in-built emotion sensors and artificial cognition to maintain intimate relations
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Robots welcome visitors to Berlin travel fair
Mechanised hosts are developed to answer preprogrammed questions
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Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs
Selman says humans might one day lose control of the artificial intelligence they once built
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Snug as a bug: the hated cockroach inspires a helpful robot
The robots are designed to navigate through rubble to find survivors after natural disasters or bombings
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World's first 'robot run' farm to open in Japan
The farm will start operating by the middle of 2017 and produce 30,000 heads of lettuce a day
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Many young people fear losing their jobs to robots, survey finds
Nearly half of young workers surveyed in Western countries say their education did not prepare them to do their jobs
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Japan shows off disaster-response robots at android fair
Four-day event which kicked off on Wednesday, is held once every two years in Japan's capital
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China dreams of electric sheep at robot conference
Head of Horizon Robotics says China's automated helpers will do everything from building cars to driving them
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China robot sales to almost triple by 2018: industry group
World's second-largest economy has far lower robot penetration than other big industrialized economies
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No sci-fi joke: 'killer robots' strike fear into tech leaders
Scientists call for a ban on offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control