Researchers in China have developed a new system that significantly improves how humanoid robots ...

Nvidia is so gung-ho about AI agents that it’s betting the buzzy software can power another one of its big bets: robots. The “agentic AI system is being built for digital first,” said Deepu Talla, ...

Overview AI robots need both real-world and synthetic data to learn effectively, with tools like simulation and teleoperation ...

By incorporating insights from canine companions, researchers enable robots to use both language and gesture as inputs to help fetch the right objects.

POMDP, an AI framework inspired by dogs that allows robots to use human gestures and language to find objects with 89% accuracy.

MSR students look back on their time demonstrating projects to visitors at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry David Khachatryan (MSR '25) was standing among dozens of roboticists and ...

Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Jan 14, 2026 at 8:15 ...