Imagine a 2.4-ton robotic arm wielding a six-foot-seven (2-m) circular sawblade with a 12-foot (3.7-m) reach, slung onto a truck-mounted hooklift system for easy transport. It's as terrifying as it is ...

Rehabilitation robots, such as exoskeletons designed for gait training after a stroke, surgery, or limb injury, as well as companion robots that assist seniors with loneliness and dementia, are ...