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Although Amazon Alexa and Google Home have been successful, Jibo's struggles illustrate the challenges facing social robots. Will smart speakers and appliances lead to other instances of robotics and artificial intelligence in homes?

The latest trade deals negotiated between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are just as important to competitiveness as the DARPA's push for the "third wave" of AI. Plus, this week's robotics roundup looks at workforce shortages.

As robots spread quickly into multiple industries, the need for automation safety to be part of companies' adoption plans also grows.

Training employees on complex processes in manufacturing and assembly is a good use case for augmented reality and virtual reality. Here are some innovative AR/VR providers.

Robot restaurants, aerial analytics, and awesome exoskeleton firms also score big this week.

Partnership aims to improve interactions between humans and humanoid robots

Many see the benefits of AI, but get nervous with AI that acts without human interaction, a new report suggests.

This week, China flexes its robot muscles as part of its robot strategy, Russian police robots prepare to patrol Asia, and a study shows how much influence robots can have on children.

European robotics research institutions are world leaders, and Martin Haegele has spent his career helping industrial and service robot innovations reach commercialization.

Mobile ground robots add more autonomy to bring packages, groceries, and even laundry to customers.