BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a defense technology journalist, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A multi-segmented robot at the DARPA Urban Challenge in ...

Researchers at University College London (UCL) have written a computer program using neural networks which are duped by optical illusions the same way as we do. Their virtual robots, which were ...

From movies such as Her and Blade Runner, science fiction has often portrayed a future in which humans engage in intimate relationships with robots or artificial intelligence. But with developments in ...

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. In the simulation, the machines—called ...

Robots are getting better at dealing with the complexity of the real world, but they still need a helping hand when taking their first tentative steps outside of easily defined lab conditions. That’s ...

There’s a zero percent chance you instead thought of the thing in the video above, a Frankenstein’s monster of what appear to be cobbled-together Tetris pieces. That’s because a computer “evolved” ...

Robots, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence have all been key elements of modern technological advancements. Naturally, many innovators have found new ways to connect these versatile ...

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. In the simulation, the machines—called ...

In the not-so-distant future, characters might practice kung-fu kicks in a digital dojo before bringing their moves into the latest video game. AI researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of ...

Microsoft’s Cortana, as depicted in the Halo video games. Consider the artificially intelligent voices you hear on a regular basis. Are any of them men? Whether it’s Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, ...