First, though, the machines will have to learn how to pour water or carry soup, as a Chinese restaurant that replaced its wait staff with robots quickly learned. If we trusted this drone to get little ...

A new two-layer language-model algorithm is helping robots break down tasks, refine actions on the fly, and execute movements ...

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At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, a robotic arm reaches out, grasps a red block, and moves it to ...

This AI Breakthrough Could Put the Same Brain in Every Robot Your email has been sent Pittsburgh startup Skild AI just secured $300 million to build what it is calling a “shared, general-purpose brain ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognise objects, navigate ...

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on its back, it repeatedly twitches as if doing sit-ups. By tinkering with the light’s ...

Robots are being put through all kinds of abuse these days. They’re being kicked, punched, shoved, and even dragged by a chain around their neck — all in an apparent effort to teach them how to adapt ...

What if a robot could show us how the brain keeps us balanced? UBC scientists built one – and their discovery could help shape new ways to reduce fall risk for millions of people.

A French startup named Robeauté has just raised about $29 million to develop a truly groundbreaking neurosurgical microrobot. Imagine a device no bigger than a grain of rice that can carefully ...

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