To the Editor: As regards to the article about the Traffic Safety Summit this past week, I went to the N.H Highway Safety Agency website looking for background information and data. In the section ...

To the Editor: I have a forward-looking suggestion that may reduce the atrocious levels of ambushes and deadly violence, such as that directed toward our American peace officers in the last year.

Robots that can kill could save lives in settings such as schools and other SWAT situations. Two points concerning to me are the chance of misidentifying a target and malfunction without a human ...

Several companies are fighting to be the one that tricks you into thinking a real person has written you a thank-you letter. Imagine an army of robots holding real pens, writing real letters that look ...

As robots from Boston Dynamics and the like continue to find more widespread applications, concerns are growing around their misuse. In a bid to prevent the spread of killer robots in society, a group ...

Helen Greiner’s call to design practical robots really hit the nail on the head (21 January, p 20). I was an early pioneer in autonomous human-scale robotics. My friends often ask me why I’m no longer ...

A robot has learned how to mould modelling clay into letters that it has never seen before. Creating complex shapes out of doughy materials is a skill that could be put to use in the future in the ...