Robotics
Having already revolutionized the production line, robots promise to transform our lives in myriad ways. Here you'll find the news and opinion on the latest advances in robotics and where they are taking us.
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Disney brings beauty and personality into robot movements
July 22, 2024Disney Research Hub has different priorities to other robot developers; its robots need to move effectively and efficiently – but also with a ton of style and personality. This super-cute biped, based on the BD-1 droid, is a perfect example. -
Watch: Vacuum-footed robot dog cleans up the beach
July 20, 2024This nifty little quadruped robot has been trained to seek and eliminate litter by researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology, using a vacuum cleaner backpack with nozzles strapped to its ankles. -
World's fastest brick-laying construction robot lands on American shores
July 16, 2024A robotic truck equipped with a mighty telescopic boom arm has just journeyed from Australia to Florida. Now the construction robot will get busy churning out up to 10 houses in a bid to become the employee of choice for building entire communities. -
Xiaomi's self-optimizing autonomous factory will make 10M+ phones a year
July 10, 2024There are no humans working the new Xiaomi production lines – this new Smart Factory is 100% automated. Indeed, the company says the system is smart enough to diagnose and fix problems, as well as optimizing its own processes to "evolve by itself." -
Six-legged robot looks to replace guide dogs for the blind
July 09, 2024The ratio of guide dogs to blind people in China is roughly one service pooch for every 40,000 people. Researchers are currently developing a six-legged, AI-enhanced robodog to close the gap and safely guide users to their destinations. -
Video: Figure 01 humanoid trains for its first job assembling BMWs
July 02, 2024Nearly six months ago, Figure announced its gleaming silver humanoid robot had got its first job working at a BMW manufacturing plant. It's been training up for the occasion, and new video shows how far this general-purpose worker has come. -
'Brain-in-a-jar' biocomputers can now learn to control robots
June 30, 2024Living brain cells wired into organoid-on-a-chip biocomputers can now learn to drive robots, thanks to an open-source intelligent interaction system called MetaBOC. This remarkable project aims to re-home human brain cells in artificial bodies. -
Agility's humanoid robots are now handling Spanx
June 28, 2024A fleet of Digits, the 5-ft 9-in bipedal bot developed by Agility Robotics, has been put to work hauling totes in a Connecticut Spanx factory under the first Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid robots. -
New technique gives robotic faces living human skin
June 26, 2024In a breakthrough that isn't at all creepy, scientists have devised a method of anchoring living human skin to robots' faces. The technology could actually have some valuable applications, beyond making Westworld-like scenarios a reality. -
GR-1 humanoid takes multi-camera view of the world around it
June 24, 2024Instead of equipping its sharp-looking GR-1 general purpose humanoid with a full next-gen sensor suite including such things as radar and LiDAR, Fourier Intelligence's engineers have gone vision-only. -
Autonomous humanoid robot shadow-boxes, but kung fu is weak
June 22, 2024In a Stanford lab, researchers took a Unitree H1 humanoid robot, modified it, and used it to copy human movement with a webcam to train it to autonomously do tasks people would do – or don't want to do, like fold laundry. -
Pixelbot 3000: A robot 'printer' made entirely out of Lego
June 19, 2024Pixel art uses small blocky details to make a larger image. Proving there’s nothing blockier than Lego, a YouTuber has created the Pixelbot 3000. Made entirely of Lego parts, the bot ‘prints’ pixel art using input from an AI image generator. -
Edible batteries, sensors and actuators unlock robots designed to be eaten
June 17, 2024Scientists have already made edible robotic components. The next challenge is integrating them together to create an entire robot snack that could be used in a wide range of applications, from delivering healthcare to monitoring the environment. -
Video: Humanoid chauffeur put in the driving seat for robotaxi future
June 13, 2024Japanese researchers have released footage of a humanoid robot called Musashi sitting in the driving seat of an electric micro-car to examine a possible future direction for autonomous vehicle technologies. -
Chinese humanoid takes on the Great Wall in new video
June 05, 2024In the past few months we've seen humanoid robots do their fair share of impressive things. Now, thanks to a new video from China-based Robot Era, we can add "monument conqueror" to this rapidly growing list. But wait. Is that duct tape?
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