Sci-fi tropes find their way into tech all the time. There are holograms (looking at you, Humane), personal AI assistants (not HAL, thank God), flying cars (sort of), creepy AI, and the list goes on.

The dream of having a personal robot assistant at home is rapidly transforming from science fiction into reality. By 2026, ...

Robots are coming to homes as well. Companies that make smart speakers, like Amazon and Google, are expected to eventually start to ship personal assistant robots, completely transforming the current ...

Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) provides a grand stage for the most ground-breaking technologies and futuristic visions. Among ...

Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant who could follow you around, take care of your chores, entertain you, and keep you updated on the latest news and events? Well, you might be in luck, ...

Meet Willow Garage, the developers of an open source robot that will hand you a beer and then clean your kitchen and living room. Imagine a robot that hands you a beer and then cleans your kitchen and ...

Pepper the robot is programmed with hundreds of jokes, and if you don't believe it, just ask her. The residents of the Estates nursing home in Roseville sure did as the robot made its national debut ...

Yutori is based in San Francisco, and just raised $15 million to help get it off the ground—some of the money, Reuters notes, came from Google’s DeepMind AI division. The startup is co-founded by Devi ...

We've long been fascinated with the idea of having robots around the house to take care of daily chores, freeing us up for more interesting pursuits. Though it would be cool to think that a robot like ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Last summer Jibo Inc., makers of a social table-top family robot, cleaned up on Indiegogo, raking in $2.3 million toward a $100,000 goal.

Recorded on December 7, 2015. Olly is a robot personal assistant that has different emotional states that respond to your own personality. Plan ahead for the 2026 StrictlyVC events. Hear straight-from ...