Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to reach $38 billion within the next decade.

AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.
Stars and Stripes

NATO eyes robots as first boots on ground against Russian attack

The Eastern Flank Defense Line envisions that in a future fight, NATO will blunt any Russian offensive with an unmanned zone ...
Interesting Engineering

Programmable materials create motor-less finger that offers stable positions for robotics

A programmable metamaterial finger can lock into four positions without electronics. A simpler, more functional future for ...

2 Robotics Stocks Riding the Sensor and Medical Boom

Two smaller robotics stocks capture these opportunities: a LiDAR company, with a stock that quadrupled over the last 12 months as robotics deployments accelerated, and a surgical robotics platform ...
IEEE

Task-Aware Semantic Map: Autonomous Robot Task Assignment Beyond Commands

Abstract: With recent advancements in Large Language Models, task planning methods that interpret human commands have garnered significant attention. However, as home robots become more common, ...