The Clockwork Minicure is the first-of-its-kind manicure done by a robot. Need a manicure? There’s now a robot for that. In under 10 minutes and for less than $10, you can get a "Clockwork Minicure" - ...

Customer Sara Carruth gets her nails painted during her second visit to Clockwork's robot manicurist at Medallion Center Target in Dallas. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer A robot that can paint ...

A robot gave me a manicure last week. Let me stop you before you envision a bipedal humanoid carefully dipping a brush into a bottle and lacquering my nails. Instead, the experience felt more like ...

When I think about the artificial intelligence revolution, I never imagined it giving me a manicure. But now that’s a possibility, thanks to beauty-industry robotics pioneer Clockwork and its ...

David Pescovitz links today to an absolutely fascinating article about a 16th Century "robot monk" that was built for King Phillip II of Spain as payment to God in thanks for saving the life of his ...

Are you too pressed for time to indulge in a full-service manicure at a salon? Do you just want a mani that is simple and no-frills but isn’t done at home? Would you trust a robot to solve this ...

Skaff had always been interested in making toy robots. “It’s the best way to introduce robotics to the public,” he says. “And toys allow you unlimited creativity.” RHex, however, wasn’t a toy. It was ...

Hanson Robotics is making its first foray into the consumer electronics market with an educational toy called Professor Einstein. The device is a pint-sized, shuffling Albert Einstein that uses ...