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Be careful what you say, because the Big-I is watching. Always.

Japan is taking it up a notch on the creepiness scale as researchers unveil the new human-like Alter.

Down a side street bracketed by massage parlors and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze River, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesized classical music.

By promoting muscle activity, it could prevent the onset of cerebral palsy.

Wonder Workshop, which makes toy robots that teach kids how to code, said it raised $20 million in its second round of funding and was looking to expand into new markets, especially China.

Within five years, one in three U.S. surgeries is expected to be performed with robotic systems, with surgeons sitting at computer consoles guiding mechanical arms.

Instead of worrying about a robot taking your job, start thinking about how to keep robots working for you.

China's push to modernize its manufacturing with robotics is partly a response to labor shortages and fast-rising wages.

Softbank and Honda described a future in which Honda cars could speak and interact with their drivers via cloud-based technology based on SoftBank's "Pepper" robot

Robots are eliminating job drudgery in hospitals, and as technology advances, they'll take on therapeutic roles too.

"We're building a living machine -- a biohybrid robot," project lead Victoria Webster said.

You'll find hundreds of articles praising the benefits of automation. You'll find very few warning of the dangers.

The dreaded act of parallel parking could soon become a thing of the past with Chinese inventors backing their new parking robot to take away the stress for anxious drivers.

Say hello to Pillo, a smart device that combines facial- and voice-recognition technologies to dispense daily vitamins and medication.

Plus: New Belgium has collaborated with Ben and Jerry's on an ice cream beer.

A humanoid robot in Russia made a break for it, but people are wondering if it's all a hoax and not just human error.

A new, tech-savvy generation of wealthy clients and family offices are creating opportunities for fintech startups, challenging traditional private banks who have been slow to meet these demands.

The Japanese automaker is discussing an acquisition of Boston Dynamics -- known for the Cheetah, which is claimed to be the world's fastest-legged robot.

The robots are coming for these jobs.

'One of the big causes for the stagnation of middle class wages is essentially because of clever computer programs,' said David Siegel, co-chairman of Two Sigma.

Industrial robots don't always get as much attention as their humanoid counterparts, but they are changing the life of humans just as much, if not more.