Like the idea of a humanoid robot taking care of chores around your home? Well, the dream of having a robot butler serve your needs has come a step closer after 1X Technologies announced on Tuesday ...

The robot butler era has begun—and China is leading the charge. But the machines that cook and clean still can’t handle real homes. Here’s why.

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Many of us grew up watching The Jetson’s, and while the flying cars and talking appliances were pretty nifty, it was Rosie the Robot who really stole the show. The future has now arrived, and several ...

In 2025, the Jetsons fantasy of a robot butler stopped feeling like retro-sci fi kitsch and started looking—if you squint through a teleoperator’s VR headset—almost plausible. Meanwhile, investors ...

There are lots of smart home hubs nowadays, but very few of them are on wheels. If that’s a problem for you, LG is here to answer your prayers. LG’s “smart home AI agent,” is a two-wheeled robot that ...

Artificial intelligence can make smart homes smarter, help us manage our days, and even help us plan major life changes. This series looks at the new — and sometimes surprising — ways AI is being used ...

Meet Sprout, the latest humanoid robot on the scene. about using Sprout as a kind of butler that brings items to guests in need. One of Fauna's first customers is Disney.

Casually having a conversation with a robot butler might not be as far out as we thought. Figure, an AI robotics company that’s attracted the financial backing of Microsoft and Nvidia, showed off why ...