The rise of humanoid robots isn’t just a technical story – it’s a test of how much human connection we’re willing to ...
Humanoid robots have drawn renewed attention this year as companies such as Agility Robotics, Tesla, and Figure AI showcase machines walking, running, and handling warehouse tasks ...
Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...
At the biggest tech conference in the world in Las Vegas, Sky News looks at just how close robots really are to becoming like ...
A Parisian restaurant once promised a pizza experience unlike any other. Order your pizza and, within five minutes, a robot would craft your pie from scratch, no human hands required. This was the ...
McLain seems to have come away with the impression that makers of robots are worried they’ve oversold a technology that, well ...
An academic study found that large language models that drive some humanoid robots could make the machines prone to bias, ...
While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — they haven’t really been a focus of research into how ...
I’ve been teaching robotics at the University of Washington for more than a decade. Every class begins with “robotics news of the week.” For years, humanoid robots appeared only occasionally—usually ...
AI and robotics have stirred unease in the public, but good design principles can help avoid problems, writes Serve Robotics' ...
We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving ...