These new Roombas aren’t the robots I know and love
Long known for its innovation in home robotics, iRobot is marketing its new line as “breakthrough new products.” But the only ...
Good luck sleeping after you watch this humanoid robot ‘rise from the dead’
A new video demonstrates how robots can "rise from the dead" from almost any position, even when humans are trying to stop ...
New York law would ban civilians from weaponizing robots
The bill specifically bans the sale, transfer, modification, operation, or equipping of robots or drones with mounted weapons ...
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China’s humanoid robot gets butler brain to make toast, coffee, serve drinks
Chinese firm AgiBot's GO-1 AI model enhances humanoid robots with vision-language models for better task execution using real ...
Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage
It's worth noting that even though hardware for robot platforms appears to be advancing at a steady pace (well, maybe not always ), creating a capable AI model that can pilot these robots autonomously ...
How ‘The Electric State’ team created a world of unlikely robots
The new Netflix movie “The Electric State” depicts a world full of robots — but not robots as we know them. Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo ...
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Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful
Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. Plugging in the LLM seems to give robots the ability to be more dexterous, work ...