Can a robot figure out how heavy or soft an object is without using a single camera or force sensor? According to a recent arXiv paper, the answer is yes—and the solution lies entirely in how the ...

Google DeepMind recently demonstrated that Apptronik’s Apollo robot can perform complex tasks using objects it had never encountered before. In the showcase, the robot is seen handling oddly shaped or ...

The tech industry has become obsessed with the idea of humanoid robots, bipedal androids designed to complete tasks on behalf of their flesh-and-blood counterparts. But as many experts have argued, ...

It'll likely be a while before we have humanoid robots taking over our household chores, but what you can count on sooner is seeing more robots in industrial settings, like factories and warehouses.

Dyson has officially launched the Spot+Scrub AI robot vacuum in China, positioning it as a high-end home cleaning device powered by on-device artificial intelligence. The product is priced at 5,499 ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

DIGITIMES observes that humanoid robots require field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to execute multi-axis motor control for diverse tasks and to flexibly adjust designs according to different ...

Midea has officially unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, Miro U, at an event in Guangzhou, China. The robot is the world’s first to feature a six-arm wheel-leg design, and it is built for ...

The overall weight of Black Panther 2.0 is 38 kg and the standing height is 0.63 m. HIC-ZJU claims it is currently the fastest quadruped robot in the world, with a speed of up to 10 m/s. The R&D team ...

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