Astrobee: AI-guided robot navigates space station corridors with improved speed and safety

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ...
Electrek

I tried the Strutt EV1 – the autonomous robot-chair that might redefine mobility

At its core, the EV 1 is a mobility device that can drive itself and think for itself. But the level of tech onboard goes far ...

Creating Cyborg Morrow on ‘Alien: Earth’ Was a Team Effort Across Editing, VFX, Prosthetics, and Actor Babou Ceesay

Creating Babou Ceesay's Morrow was a team effort across editing, VFX, and prosthetics. Watch Pass the Remote panel with ...
AZ Animals

15 Human Technologies Inspired by Plants and Animals

Explore 15 real-world innovations where animal biology inspired modern technology, from robots to raincoats and more.
Futurism

Elon Says His Robot Will Follow Criminals Around to Make Sure They Never Offend Again

Just when you thought Elon Musk was finally done meddling in the affairs of downtrodden Americans, he comes right back with a bang. At a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, the world’s richest man ...
Mashable

Video shows Xpeng cutting open its creepy new robot on stage. See it cross the uncanny valley.

Xpeng founder He Xiaopeng introduces Iron, a new humanoid robot. Credit: Jade Gao / AFP via Getty Images Xpeng, a Chinese electric vehicle company, stunned social media with the introduction of its ...
Electrek

Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead

At today’s Tesla shareholder meeting, Tesla CEO Elon Musk got right to the point in making his trademark ridiculous pronouncements, suggesting that criminals should be let out of prison and followed ...
Wired

Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Team of Human Workers—to Train Robots

AgiBot, a humanoid robotics company based in Shanghai, has engineered a way for two-armed robots to learn manufacturing tasks through human training and real-world practice on a factory production ...
Futurism

Secret Elon Musk Lab Is Collecting Data on Every Human Activity to Train Robots

Elon Musk’s Optimus Robots are currently Looney Tunes slapstick disasters. But there’s a massive effort behind the scenes to make sure they don’t stay clumsy clankers forever. Enter Tesla’s secret lab ...
Government Technology

How did a roboticist make a humanoid robot absolutely terrifying?

Just in time for Halloween, one AI and robotics enthusiast has found a way to turn a humanoid robot into nightmare fuel in seconds. Logan Olson got his hands on a G1 unit from Unitree this spring and ...
Engadget

1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation

California-based AI and robotics company 1X is now accepting pre-orders for its humanoid robot NEO, which was designed to automate everyday chores and to offer personalized assistance. Users will be ...
Forbes

Amazon Employs Robots So That It Can Pay Its Human Workers Much More

The sparrow robot is able to pick up unpackaged items to sort them at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022. - Nothing is a matter of chance at ...