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Commentary: Apple may have a lot to learn from the failed robots of years past.

The AI Institute’s new Zurich head will focus on reliable, mobile robots

Amazon.com Inc. is rapidly advancing its use of robotics, deploying over 750,000 robots to work alongside its employees. The world's second-largest private employer employs 1.5 million people. While that's a lot, it's a decrease of over 100,000 employees from the 1.6 million workers it had in 2021. ...

A 3D printed panel made from wood and clay that is filled in with hempcrete is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology.

New MIT flexure design could be a game-changer for biohybrid robotics and the development of muscle-powered machines.

Researchers are using generative AI and other techniques to teach robots new skills—including tasks they could perform in homes.

Stefano La Rovere, director of global robotics at Amazon, said that, rather than replacing jobs, robotics and other technologies are enhancing people's roles.

Researchers used a robotic lab to mix unconventional ingredients in just the right order to make complex materials for batteries.

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Hyundai and Kia continue to push boundaries and expand in the electric vehicle arena, and that now includes getting into EV battery production in India. They’ve also been doing their own thing with robots ... [...

As humanoid robots storm into the workplace, the company that pioneered them — Boston Dynamics — is taking a wait-and-see approach, though there are hints that could change.

Tesla has revealed some of its humanoid robot technology through filings for several new patents related to its Optimus robot...

In a new book, MIT roboticist Daniela Rus looks at the powers and limitations of robots and how humans can work with them to unlock new capabilities.

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have developed H2O – Human2HumanOid – a reinforcement learning-based framework that allows a full-sized humanoid robot to be teleoperated by a human in real-time using only an RGB camera. Which begs the question: will manual labor soon be performed remote...

Collaborative Robotics has raised $100M to commercialize its cobot, starting with automating warehouse operations.

These soccer-playing robots can respond faster than ones trained in a standard way because they improved their skills via an artificial intelligence-based technique called deep reinforcement learning

Weighing about 1,300 pounds and about seven feet long, BeBot was brought to the sandy beach thanks to a partnership between the city, the Belle Isle Conservancy, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

SAN ANTONIO —April 9, 2024 — Southwest Research Institute has invested in new space robotics capabilities to help the space industry pave the way for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities. SwRI’s Intelligent Systems Division will demonstrate new ISAM-focused research at ...

AI, in combination with robots, can transform warehouses into more efficient operations — by working with humans, not displacing them.

Smaller batch sizes instead of mass production, more complex production lines, increasing competitive pressure, unstable supply chains: Against this background, the Franco-German research project GreenBotAI ...

Architecture may elicit thoughts of towering skyscrapers and monuments meant to stand tall for decades. For one local duo, though, architecture means much more: it is fields of colorful designs, dreams of impermanent creations and abstract art. Outpost Office, a design practice founded by Knowlton S...

A restaurant owner in China has become an international online hit by mimicking a robot to wait on tables at her hotpot eatery.

NVIDIA Nova Carter is an autonomous mobile robot platform to help streamline development of AI-driven systems.

BlackBerry (BB.TO), opens new tab shares jumped more than 7% on Tuesday after the Canadian company teamed up with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab to roll out a platform that will enable better robotics capabilities for the industrial and healthcare industries.

ThedaCare’s Neenah facility has been using AI-assisted robotic helpers in recent weeks to lessen the workload on nurses and other hospital workers.  The health system on Friday announced ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah is the first hospital in Wisconsin to deploy...