Fernando Flores can spend eight hours a day pouring the same cup of coffee. He is not a barista. He’s a robot puppeteer, trying to train humanoids. He manipulates mechanical controllers to make nearby ...

What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks? The agents can apparently figure ...

Dublin's robocop has been sent off for an early retirement. The Dublin Police Department retired its robot cop, named "DubBot," on May 12 after less than a year patrolling a city parking garage, ...

Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world ...

Robots are no longer limited to carefully controlled lab settings. They’re sorting packages, navigating warehouses, assisting on factory floors and supporting a growing range of business operations, ...

Hyundai wants to bring humanoid robots into American car factories in a big way. The company is looking at a future where Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots work alongside people inside U.S. auto plants.

At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...

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Abstract: This work is motivated by the complexity of conventional robot programming methods, which require a deep understanding of both robotics and software development. This situation presents ...

The Anki Cozmo - a proper AI robot at £200? Today Ben takes a look at the Anki Cozmo robot, available for £200 in the UK. Is this something your kids, or even you would enjoy playing with? Full review ...