This week, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons may decide whether to consider a ban on autonomous machines of the future that could kill without command.

These robots are straight out of a movie.

Sign spinners at the local bagel shop make minimum wage. That is, if they have a beating heart. Are we about to lose even these low-skilled service jobs -- jumping-around-holding-a-sign-dressed-in-a-silly-costume-while-rapidly-moving-vehicles-speed-by -- to robots? Marketplace’s intrepid labor-trends reporter Mitchell Hartman investigates.

A continuing goal and a heated debate in the tech world: Can robots truly create art? And what does that even mean?

A robot snake -- just like the name suggests -- is a long, segmented metal rig. When you toss it, it automatically wraps around whatever it hits.

Ready for your personal drone? A look at what a world of civilian drones with CEO of 3D Robotics, Chris Anderson.

How one little robot named Baxter could take over the last of America's manufacturing jobs.

Elance, a company that uses the web to fix up freelancers, forecasts that one out of four college students in 2013 will earn money through online jobs. Researchers at Georgie Tech are working to create a robot that will improvise music along with humans.

Economist Paul Krugman talks about a new direction in 'the technology universe' that has taken shape over the last decade.