Fans of humanoid robots might want to catch a recent NBC News report on Unitree’s Lunar New Year celebration. It features chorus lines of robots performing feats of dexterity and coordination—kung fu, ...

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Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles on Monday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Reiner sat in court behind his attorney in a glass-enclosed custody area.

LOS ANGELES — The son of director Rob Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents in their Los Angeles home last year, pleaded not guilty to two murder counts at an arraignment Monday. Nick Reiner, ...

A former Citi executive predicted that there will be more AI robots than human workers in just a few decades. "You can already buy a humanoid today, which gives you a payback period versus human ...

Dr. Solomon is a professor of medical clinical psychology at Columbia University Medical Center. The question of good or evil is religious; the question of right or wrong is legal; the question of ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

All eyes will be on Nick Reiner as he enters an LA courtroom Monday for the third time since he was accused of slashing his famous parents to death in their $20 million Brentwood mansion. The ...

Meet Nick Boyd, the smooth lefty whose having a career season for Wisconsin. The men's college basketball season is ramping up with high-stakes games every night and the NCAA Tournament just around ...

Nick Goepper managed to escape serious injury - when during the final jump of what could have been a gold medal-winning run - he suffered a terrifying crash. Goepper, who sat in bronze medal position ...

China's humanoid robots impressed at the Spring Festival Gala earlier this week, shifting public sentiment. The robot's abilities displayed at the event were far more advanced than those shown just ...

Eduardo B. Sandoval is a Friend of The Conversation. Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform ...