Humanoid robots pour coffee and fold laundry at CES trade show — but painfully slowly

Human-inspired robots, aptly called humanoids, have emerged as the tech industry’s big bet on what comes next. They stand ...
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If robots replace factory jobs, who will be able to afford new cars?

In modern plants, robots are no longer confined to fenced-off welding cells, they work side by side with people, changing the ...
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Dreame’s robot vacuum grew legs and can climb full stairs

Robot vacuums have spent years bumping politely into the base of staircases, forever exiled to a home’s ground floor. Dreame ...

Microscopic Robots That Swim Think and Act on Their Own

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Robots learn 1,000 tasks in one day from a single demo

Scientists achieve major robotics milestone as robot learns 1,000 different physical tasks in single day, potentially ...
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I Watched a Robot Slowly and Inefficiently Load Laundry at CES

I watched Switchbot's Onero H1 attempt the first two of these tasks, and I wasn't impressed, especially since, unlike most ...
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Eye, Robot: Researchers Give Machines a New Perspective with Active Vision

Iman Soltani is developing active vision technology that would allow robots to change their line of sight and viewpoint to complete tasks instead of relying on multiple cameras. Here, Soltani (left) ...
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Machine learning helps robots see clearly in total darkness using infrared

From disaster zones to underground tunnels, robots are increasingly being sent where humans cannot safely go. But many of these environments lack natural or artificial light, making it difficult for ...