I was in the elevator heading up to my room at Hotel EMC2, a boutique hotel in downtown Chicago, when one of the hotel’s most popular staff members — Leo, a robotic butler — methodically cruised on in ...

What's your favorite hotel perk: Is it the swanky gym, the fluffy pillows, the opulent spa? Or maybe it's the simple but luxurious treat that is room service. After all, once you've ordered an ...

Maybe hotels should focus first on the basics, like getting on the cloud and ditching cable TV. But having fun products like robots is, at the very least, good for marketing. There are nearly 350 ...

As waiting rooms fill up, doctors get increasingly burned out, and surgeries take longer to schedule and more get canceled, humanoid surgical robots offer a solution. That's the argument that UC San ...

Here’s a scene from the not-too-distant future. In a bright, high-tech operating room, a sleek robotic arm stands poised next to the operating table. The autonomous robot won’t operate completely ...

A video of a Chicago hotel's unique form of high-tech room service has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was shared by Sarah A. VanVactor (@gogettersaraha) and has had 4.6 million views since it was ...

What’s three feet tall, 100 pounds, and has a touchscreen for a face? The A.L.O Botlr, of course. Designed to provide concierge service to guests at the Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, CA, the robotic ...

Robot servers escort diners to tables, take orders, carry dishes, cook and clean, tasks they’ve been performing in Asian countries for more than a decade. Now they’re working at a dozen restaurants ...

As Global Chief Innovation Officer at EY, Jeff Wong helps companies harness disruptive technology and prepare for the future of work. Now more than ever, they’re busy serving companies, consumers and, ...

An IDTechEx report reveals that AI and mobility have transformed service robots to take jobs in logistics, cleaning, ...