It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote tasks like fold laundry or sort recycling simply by being asked.

Rising prices can’t stop this man from helping those in need In the Slovak town of Zvolen, a man named Rado is quietly changing lives. Instead of charging for his handyman skills, he’s helping seniors ...

A roti, Pranoti Nagarkar likes to say, is a non Newtonian fluid—its behaviour shifts with pressure, temperature and time. That scientific itch sits at the heart of Rotimatic, the robot she conceived ...