The robots they produce are gendered in conventional and conservative ways: “female” robots are slender, have their mechanical hardware concealed and have high pitched, childlike voices, while ...

India has unveiled a "female" humanoid robot which it plans to send into space in 2020 as part of an unmanned mission. The robot, which doesn't have any legs, is called 'Vyommitra'. A prototype of ...

When a robot woman in Saudi Arabia was granted citizenship this week, it appeared to have immediately gained more rights than millions of women in the Gulf nation.