Liam Thompson builds a real-life robot butler in an ambitious attempt to automate daily tasks.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Having nailed the laundry — including loading the washer and later folding everything up — the Figure 02 humanoid robot is now taking on the task of loading the dishwasher. And it seems to have nailed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI The butler, in many parts of America, at least, is now seen ...

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