Robotic surgical systems such as the da Vinci X are very impressive, with their two arms that are controlled by the surgeon's two hands. An experimental new system takes things even further, though, by adding two more arms controlled by the user's feet.| New Atlas
We humans have mastered fire, split the atom, and shot ourselves into space. We've built machines that can outthink us and tools that can cook us lunch or cut open our chests to perform life-saving surgeries. That's all well and good. The space part is certainly cool, sure ... but it doesn't look like us. It doesn't feel human. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Dance, Humanoid, Tesla Robot, Figure, Aldebaran Robotics, Evolutionary robotics| Robotics
Boston Dynamics probably has the most show-offy robots on the planet right now, and the company's latest video shows that its robodog, Spot, is no exception. Spoiler alert: he nails a septuple back flip that is wildly impressive. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Boston Dynamics, Robots| Robotics
In order for robots to operate safely around humans, they need to see that people are approaching and they need to know when they make physical contact with those people. A new system allows them to do both, using cameras located inside their arms. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Sensory, Tactile, Touch-technology| Robotics
We've seen robot dogs run up hills with luggage, and help fight fires. Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Quadruped, Robots, Sports, ETH Zurich| Robotics
Although we've seen a number of different robotic water striders over the years, scientists are still finding clever new aspects of the insects to replicate. Recently, for instance, researchers created a strider-bot that zips across the water's surface via fans on its feet. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Insect, locomotion, Biomimicry| Robotics
For some time now, we've been hearing about "bistable" devices that can remain in either of two states without expending any energy. A new one, inspired by plant seed pods, takes the form of a robotic gripper which is strong yet easily activated. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Sun Yat-sen University, Dalian University of Technology, Biomimicry| Robotics
Instead of going to the time and trouble of designing and building tiny robots from scratch, some scientists are now turning existing insects into remote-control cyborgs. A new "assembly line" could help, by converting cockroaches into cyborgs far faster than can be done by hand.| New Atlas
Though robodogs are available for consumer purchase, most will be deployed to industry and research and maybe even security or rescue. Unitree's latest intrepid quadruped is tough, durable, fast and agile, and is ready for action.| New Atlas
When you think of ceiling cranes, you'd generally think of large steel I-beam girder systems that weigh a million pounds and could probably hoist the concrete foundation right out from under the building. CeiliX, however, has invented an elegant omnidirectional system called the InifnityCrane Skyrunner. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Manufacturing, Robotic construction, Robot Factory| Robotics
In a move that inches us just a little closer to the singularity, engineers have developed robots that can grow, self-repair, and morph by absorbing parts from other robots. They can also help their brethren do the same. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Robots, Columbia University, Modular Robotics, Magnetic, Modular| Robotics
All of the quadrupeds we cover have rigid one-piece bodies, which seems to be a good shout for most of the antics they get up to. But a flexible spine might be better in certain climbing situations, and that's where the KLEIYN robodog could shine.| New Atlas
While robotic laparoscopic surgical systems do make certain procedures safer and less invasive, those systems are still operated by human surgeons. Now, however, a surgical robot has performed a delicate operation entirely on its own.| New Atlas
Is there anything ChatGPT can’t do? Yes, of course, but the list appears to be getting smaller and smaller. Now, researchers have used the large language model to help them design and construct a tomato-picking robot.| New Atlas
We're a step closer to entering an operating theater without any human life besides ours, following the world's first surgery performed by a robot responding and learning in real time. Its precision and skill matched that of experienced surgeons.| New Atlas
Boston Dynamics has expanded the capabilities of its dog-like Spot robot, introducing new remote control software, a new robotic arm attachment and an entirely new version that can recharge itself. These skills are hoped to further expand the appeal of these agile four-legged robots, which are…| New Atlas
China's Unitree Robotics is claiming a new world speed record for its H1 humanoid robot. In a just-released video, the bipedal bot is pictured hustling along at a claimed 3.3 meters per second (11.9 km/h or 7.4 mph) … and the fun doesn't stop there.| New Atlas
After setting a new world speed record for humanoid robots earlier this month, China's Unitree is now claiming another. Its latest H1 bipedal takes the title for first to perform a standing backflip without the use of hydraulics.| New Atlas
Chinese company Unitree has opened pre-orders on its second-gen robot dog companion. The Go2 can follow you around at jogging speeds, perform some wild gymnastic feats, and even talk to you through a GPT-enabled system that writes code on the fly.| New Atlas
While Boston Dynamics may have pioneered the field of quadruped "robot dogs," Chinese company Unitree has definitely done a good job of jumping on board. Its latest industrial robot, the B2, offers some major improvements over its predecessor.| New Atlas
A robo-dog capable of throwing 30-ft flames from its back might seem the stuff of sci-fi nightmares, but such terrors were made real last year with the launch of the Thermonator from Ohio's Throwflame. Now the fire-breathing quadruped is available to buy for under $10k.| New Atlas
Tesla has completely overhauled its humanoid robot. The Optimus Gen 2 is 10 kg (22 lb) lighter, 30% faster, a lot smoother and more capable, and it looks much more human in the way it moves. It's also got new hands and feet, and some of Elon's style.| New Atlas
Replacing the real dog with a robot guide dog might seem like a step backwards, until you realise that only one in every 12,650 visually impaired people can afford one. The robot guide dog of the near future will empower a lot of people.| New Atlas
You've seen a ton of videos of humanoid robots – but this one feels different. It's Sanctuary's Phoenix bot, with "the world's best robot hands," working totally autonomously at near-human speeds – much faster than Tesla's or Figure's robots.| New Atlas
Figure has demonstrated the first fruit of its collaboration with OpenAI to enhance the capabilities of humanoid robots. In a video released today, the Figure 01 bot is seen conversing in real-time.| New Atlas
Building a wall by precisely stacking randomly shaped boulders could almost be the definition of hard work – both physically and mentally. It's the sort of thing we might want robots to do one day, so it should come as no surprise that one has in fact just done it.| New Atlas
A robotic truck equipped with a 105-ft (32-m) telescopic boom arm has just journeyed from Australia to Florida. Now the construction robot will get busy churning out up to 10 houses in a bid to become the employee of choice for building entire communities.| New Atlas
From home-building micro-factories to wall-building excavators, robotic construction workers are coming on strong. Civ Robotics now brings bot benefits to the planning stage of the construction process with autonomous, roving, battery-powered surveyors.| New Atlas
Imagine a 2.4-ton robotic arm wielding a six-foot-seven (2-m) circular sawblade with a 12-foot (3.7-m) reach, slung onto a truck-mounted hooklift system for easy transport. It's as terrifying as it is awe-inspiring. That's Smart Production's latest creation, built on the back of Kuka's KR Fortec…| New Atlas
Swiss Mile's ANYmal robot is a remarkable beast, capable of getting around as a wheeled quadruped, or standing up on its hind legs and using its front wheels as hands. Now, it's learning to do useful tasks – in about the funniest way possible.| New Atlas
Walking, legged robots may excel at climbing over obstacles, but wheels are still more efficient for travelling over smooth ground. That's why engineers at ETH Zurich have added powered wheels to their existing ANYmal quadruped robot.| New Atlas
ANYmal is a truly remarkable robot, capable of standing and lifting things like a humanoid, or slinking around on all fours like a quadruped, with or without wheels. But what's really surprised us now is the eerie grace it's starting to move with.| New Atlas
ETH Zurich's ANYmal robot was already impressive back when it simply walked on four legs. It got more interesting when wheels were added to those legs, letting it both walk and roll. That wheeled version is now also able to stand up, and could soon be used for urban deliveries.| New Atlas
Imagine a robot that can transform between "flying drone" and "wheeled rover" configurations. It could potentially be quite useful, but only if it works in real-world conditions. The ATMO bot was designed to do just that, by performing its transformation in mid-air. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Caltech, Quadcopter, Transformable, Flight| Robotics
While there are many potential uses for soft-bodied robots, the things are still typically only built in small experimental batches. Scottish scientists are out to change that, with a mass-production-capable soft bot that is 3D-printed in a single piece which then walks off of the print bed. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Soft Robotics, University of Edinburgh, 3D Printing, Compressed Air| Robotics
Back in 2022, we brought development news from a robotics startup looking to launch a smart garden helper sporting two jointed arms. A lot has changed since then, and as the commercial release approaches we take a fresh look at the Willow X. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Garden, Lawnmowers, Artificial Intelligence, Maintenance| Robotics
I bet that headline wasn't on your bingo card this week. Researchers at the University of Osaka have equipped cyborg insects with teeny tiny helmets to steer them around various environments, without the need for invasive surgery or internal wiring. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:biohybrid, Insect, Cyborg, Osaka University| Robotics
"That is so cool! But what do you do with it?" Those are the two main things that just about everyone says upon seeing my Unitree Go2 Pro robot for the first time. The latter is a hard question to answer, as the bot is kind of a tool and kind of a toy. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Reviews, Unitree, Quadruped| Robotics
Although soft-bodied robots themselves can be fairly simple, low-cost devices, they typically require complex onboard electronics to control their locomotion. Such is not the case with a new bot, however, which utilizes a phenomenon of physics to automatically move its inflatable legs. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Soft Robotics, Inflatable, locomotion, Physics| Robotics
Quadruped "robot dogs" may move quite a bit like their canine counterparts on land, but they're not nearly as good at swimming (although some can walk underwater). Such is not the case with a new mini-dog-bot, however, which is an expert at doing the dog-paddle. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Quadruped, Biomimicry, Swimming, Amphibious, locomotion| Robotics
If you're releasing a robot into the aquatic environment with no intention of retrieving it, that bot had better be biodegradable. Swiss scientists have gone a step better than that, with li'l robots that can be consumed by fish when their job is done. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:EPFL, Microbots, Fish, Aquaculture, Environment| Robotics
Unitree has launched a modified version of its B2 quadruped aimed at putting out fires. Able to host various use-specific modules, the robodog hauls a powerful water cannon high-flow and can operate in extreme environments. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Unitree, Quadruped, Rescue, Fire, Safety| Robotics
Adding new meaning to the term "fusion cuisine," an international team of adventurous researchers has united robot science and gastronomy to create an elaborate multi-tiered cake with edible components and the world's first edible rechargeable battery. (Well, it's rechargeable until you eat it.) Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Italian Institute of Technology, Battery, sustainable design, Food technology, Electronic, Smart| Robotics
Ground-going delivery robots are already streamlining operations in various industries, but they typically still have to be loaded and unloaded by humans. That's where the multi-terrain LEVA bot comes in, as it can autonomously lift and drop off cargo boxes weighing up to 85 kg. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Delivery robots, Quadruped, ETH Zurich| Robotics
It's happening: The robots are taking our jobs. No sick days, bathroom breaks, and no more curly hairs in your buns. Just cold, hard efficiency. More specifically, BurgerBot is a new fast-food joint where robots are doing all the work that humans aren't interested in, like burger assembly lines. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Automation, Food, Food technology, Robots, Robotic| Robotics
Cable cars are certainly handy for transporting cargo up steep mountain slopes, but what if you want to do the same sort of thing on a much smaller scale? Well, you could try using a tiny new light-powered robot, which is cable of carrying items up thin mid-air tracks. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:North Carolina State University, Light, Climbing, Soft Robotics, Cable Cars| Robotics
We've seen the Lynx robodog from China's Deep Robotics perform some incredibly athletic feats since launching last year, such as bounding over extreme terrain and chilling in snow. Now the company has debuted a rugged version for industrial use. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Quadruped, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial design, Agility| Robotics
Unless you're some boring, unimaginative schmuck, chances are you've sometimes wondered what the world looks like from a tiny creature's point of view. Well, the Goby robot will show you, as you remotely control it via a simple online dashboard. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Kickstarter, Telepresence, Remote Control| Robotics
Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard University have now given their RoboBee a set of long, jointed legs much like those of the crane fly. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Harvard, MAV, Flight, Biomimicry| Robotics
Steel measuring tape is an interesting material, in that it's rigid enough to hold its shape when extended, but flexible enough that it gives way under pressure. Scientists have taken advantage of that dual nature in a clever new robotic gripper designed for handling fragile items. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:UC San Diego, Hand, Agriculture| Robotics
Flying robots have some big advantages over their ground-going counterparts, but they're definitely not very energy-efficient. An experimental new bot addresses that tradeoff by using a wing-assisted mechanism to hop instead of walking or flying in the traditional sense. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:MIT, City University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, locomotion| Robotics
You wanna drive a Mars rover? Well sorry, but you can't. You could, however, buy and drive a li'l four-wheel-drive rover that can be controlled from anywhere in the world via 4G cellular networks. Appropriately enough, it's called the EarthRover. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Rover, Remote Control, 4G| Robotics
While we've heard a lot about humanoid robots lately, the technical requirements for their bipedal walking gait will likely keep them quite expensive – and thus little-seen. By contrast, the "semi-humanoid" FlashBot Arm is something you might actually encounter sometime soon. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Delivery robots| Robotics
Scientists have created what they say is the world's smallest untethered flying robot, by taking a unique approach to its design. To minimize size and weight, they've moved the bot's power and control systems out of its sub-centimeter-wide body. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:UC Berkeley, Flight, Magnetism| Robotics
Most people likely think of robots as complex electronic devices, made up of many parts that have to be assembled in factories. An experimental new non-electronic bot, however, can be 3D-printed all in one piece, and it's powered by nothing but air. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:UC San Diego, Soft Robotics, Compressed Air| Robotics
Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Soft Robotics, MIT, Artificial Muscles| Robotics
I love me a bio-inspired robot that pulls off challenging feats by taking cues from the natural world. University of California, Berkeley (UCB) researchers have now shown off the one-legged Salto bot mimic the way squirrels leap effortlessly between precarious branches and stick the landing on the very first attempt. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Robots, University of California Berkeley, Motion, Biomimicry| Robotics
China's LimX Dynamics launched a versatile bipedal robot last year with modular foot ends to walk or roll around as needed. Now the company has demonstrated its agility chops by having the squat bot hop over low fencing, climb stairs and clear obstacles with aplomb. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:biped, LimX, Wheel, Agility, Self-balancing| Robotics
Rise Robotics is setting its sights on getting its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's strongest non-hydraulic robotic arm – a record that has remained uncontested for nearly a decade after the Fanuc M-2000iA/2300 bench-pressed 5,070 lb (2,300 kg). How? With good old-fashioned belts and pulleys. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Robotics, Robotic construction, Drones in construction| Robotics
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Prosthetics, medical-robotics, Robotic, Johns Hopkins University| Robotics
You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that people can't go. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Harvard, Biomimicry| Robotics
Figure is leveling up its humanoid robot business far more rapidly than any other robotics company I can think of right now. CEO Brett Adcock just announced it plans to begin alpha testing its robots in the home sometime in 2025 – that's two years ahead of schedule. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Figure, Robots| Robotics
If a robot is going to excel at traversing multiple types of terrain, it shouldn't have an unadaptable "Jack of all trades, master of none" body shape. That's where the GOAT robot comes in, as it automatically changes shape depending on the landscape. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:EPFL, Transformable, Shape-shifting| Robotics
Cue the self-replicating robot revolution: Apptronik's humanoid Apollo robot is gearing up to assist in manufacturing copies of itself. That's thanks to a deal between the Texas-based robotics company and global engineering solutions firm Jabil, which produces components for the likes of Apple, Dell, and HP. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Robots, Apptronik, Manufacturing| Robotics
If a robot is being used to gather data in sensitive aquatic environments, it shouldn't have a whirring propeller that could harm wildlife or get caught in weeds. A new bot addresses that issue by utilizing a swimming mechanism inspired by flatworms. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:EPFL, Biomimicry, locomotion| Robotics
1X has just dropped a video of its new at-home robot helper, the Neo Gamma. It can clean, serve, and act as a voice companion. Never has a humanoid robot looked so huggable. Or in such need of a hug. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Figure, Robotics, Robots, Tesla Robot, Tele-operation| Robotics
Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed insect-sized aerial bots with a reimagined wing system that can fly for up to 1,000 seconds – 100 times more than any similar bots we've seen in the past. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Micro drones, Bees, MIT| Robotics
Only weeks after Figure.ai announced ending its collaboration deal with OpenAI, the Silicon Valley startup has announced Helix – a commercial-ready, AI "hive-mind" humanoid robot that can do almost anything you tell it to. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Figure, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Swarm Robotics, Open AI| Robotics
California's Clone Robotics has just posted a video of its full-body Protoclone humanoid robot, and well … it's a wee bit creepy. The prototype's less disturbing Clone descendants, however, could one day be vacuuming our carpets. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Android, Humanoid| Robotics
Combining lab-grown muscle tissue with a series of flexible mechanical joints has led to the development of an artificial hand that can grip and make gestures. The breakthrough shows the way forward for a new kind of robotics with a range of potential applications. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:biohybrid, Artificial Muscles, Tokyo University, Prosthetics, 3D Printing| Robotics
Luxo Jr. has been brightening up every Pixar film since 1995, when the anthropomorphic desk lamp first appeared on screen and stomped on the animation studio's logo in its opening credits. This character has now inspired researchers at Apple who have developed ways to make robots more expressive, and improve human-machine interactions – and it is simply adorable. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Apple, Machine Learning| Robotics
Here at New Atlas, we like to keep tabs on developments in the world of robotics – just so we're aware of how soon Terminator-style machines will assemble and march against the human race. As it turns out, they're now well past marching without falling over, and are now joining human dancers in complex choreographed performances. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Unitree, Dance, biped| Robotics
When a real-world Montgomery Burns snarls "release the hounds" in the near future, you'd better hope that it's not a pack of determined and capable Lynx robodogs coming after you. We've already seen the wheeled wonder speed through fair-weather wilderness, and now it's back to prove its all-weather mettle – with impressive acrobatic style. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Quadruped, Agility, Off-road, Snow| Robotics
Researchers at Cornell University have been working on batteries that can 'flow' through the internal structures of robots, kind of like how blood in humans' veins powers our bodies. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Robots, Battery, Flow Battery, Batteries, Soft Robotics| Robotics
If you're setting out to build an underwater robot that's speedy, maneuverable and versatile, why not just copy what already works in the natural world? That's exactly what Beatbot has done, with its bio-inspired Amphibious RoboTurtle. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Biomimicry, Swimming, Ocean, Autonomous| Robotics
Sanctuary AI's Phoenix robot is certainly an impressive beast, with hydraulically actuated hands that are incredibly dextrous. Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is now capable of simultaneously holding and manipulating an object. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:Sanctuary AI, Hand, Dexterity| Robotics
This 125-kg (276-lb) robotic ball looks – and acts – like it could've broken free from the Batpod. It's a self-balancing sphere that can chase down criminals at up to 35 km/h (22 mph) on land or water, and strike with a range of non-lethal weapons. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:China, Police, Crime, Robot, Sphere, Amphibious| Robotics
It was just two years ago that a tiny robotic manta ray became the world's fastest-swimming soft-bodied robot. Well, one of its descendants has now smashed that record – and it uses less energy than its predecessor, to boot. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:North Carolina State University, Soft Robotics, Swimming, Biomimicry| Robotics
While autonomous flying robots have some intriguing potential applications, their usefulness is limited if they can't move across uneven terrain once they land. An experimental new bio-inspired bot can do so, however, by mimicking the gait of the raven. Continue Reading Category:Robotics, Technology Tags:EPFL, Biomimicry, Flight, Birds| Robotics
It takes years of intense study and a steady hand for humans to perform surgery, but robots might have an easier time picking it up with today's AI technology.| New Atlas
The ANYmal quadruped robot not only walks on four legs, it can also roll on four wheels, stand up, throw boxes, and make its way up and down stairs. As if all that wasn't enough, the thing can now also climb ladders.| New Atlas
Researchers are developing a robotic exoskeleton platform that could overcome the limitations of treadmills used during the rehabilitation of the many stroke survivors who have problems walking. Continue Reading Category:Stroke, Brain Health, Body & Mind Tags:University of Massachusetts, Exoskeleton, Strokes, Rehabilitation, Walk| Stroke
Two years ago we first heard about the Swiss-Mile Robot, a quadruped bot with powered wheels on the ends of its four legs. It's now in for some competition, as China's LimX Dynamics has announced it own wheeled quadruped, called the W1.| New Atlas
Somebody better break it to the Ewoks: crafty log tricks aren't gonna cut the mustard. LimX Dynamics has released video of its P1 Biped – heavily inspired by the AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, taking an absolute pounding with ease.| New Atlas
Back in February, Norway's 1X showed off the progress it had made with its pick-and-place workplace humanoid, Eve. Now the OpenAI-backed company has released video footage of its latest prototype, a bipedal butlerbot named Neo Beta. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Robots, Humanoid| AI & Humanoids
Imagine that you're injured on a remote mountain path but have managed to contact emergency rescue. The first to arrive on the scene could be a small humanoid robot wearing a jetpack if Italian research bears fruit. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Humanoid, Robots, Jet+Pack, Jets, Prototype| AI & Humanoids
A few short months after Chinese startup Astribot released jaw-dropping video footage of its humanoid helper, the company has now unveiled a launch video for the S1 – which shows the bot making waffles, feeding the cat, serving tea and shooting hoops. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Robots, Artificial Intelligence| AI & Humanoids
China's Unitree Robotics is a relatively recent entry in the general-purpose humanoid robot space, but its $16,000 G1 model is already proving itself to be quite the performer. So much so that the company has now revealed a version that's ready for mass production. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Unitree, Humanoid, Robots, Artificial Intelligence| AI & Humanoids
Using heaps of data, Google trained a table-tennis-playing robot to take on human competitors and get better as it did so. The results were impressive and represent a leap forward in robotic speed and dexterity. It also looks really fun. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Google DeepMind, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Sports| AI & Humanoids
California-based robotics outfit Figure has today announced its second-generation humanoid robot, which is initially being aimed at production lines in commercial settings, but the company is promising a bipedal butler in our homes in the near future. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Figure, Robots| AI & Humanoids
We're already seeing humanoid robots entering the workplace in limited trials, but when will we be able to kick back and let the service droid take care of household chores? A new video from Germany's Neura Robotics shows this dream is inching ever closer to reality. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Humanoid, NVIDIA, Artificial Intelligence, Robot, Assistive Technologies, assistant robot| AI & Humanoids
Nearly six months ago, Figure announced its gleaming silver humanoid robot had got its first job working at a BMW manufacturing plant. It's been training up for the occasion, and new video shows how far this general-purpose worker has come. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Figure, BMW, Humanoid, Artificial Intelligence, Robot| AI & Humanoids
Instead of equipping its sharp-looking GR-1 general purpose humanoid with a full next-gen sensor suite including such things as radar and LiDAR, Fourier Intelligence's engineers have gone vision-only. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Humanoid, Robots, Cameras, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Network, Navigation, Perception| AI & Humanoids
Zipeng Fu, Qingqing Zhao, and Qi Wu, researchers at Stanford University near Palo Alto, CA, have developed a human-like robot, dubbed HumanPlus, that's capable of learning to autonomously do human tasks by first copying them. The team uses a full-stack system to aid in the robot's ability to learn from humans. Continue Reading Category:AI & Humanoids, Technology Tags:Stanford University, Unitree, Autonomous, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence| AI & Humanoids
Humanoid development at Chinese robotics company Unitree continues apace. Following its entry into the melee just last year, its fast-walking H1 bot recently got its backflip groove on. Now the faceless and hand-less humanoid is being joined by an impressive all-rounder.| New Atlas
Agility Robotics is well into construction of a 70,000-sq-ft (6,503-sq-m) facility in Salem, Oregon, with the capacity to produce more than 10,000 units per year of the company's Digit humanoid robot – which will work alongside humans on the factory floor.| New Atlas
Scientists regularly draw ideas from the natural world in a bid to improve robotic performance, and when it comes to soft robots that swim, motion in the ocean is a rich source of inspiration. The latest creation to emerge in this space is a soft robot modeled on the manta ray that mimics butterfly…| New Atlas
According to Japanese robotics firm TMSUK, there's currently a shortage of sewer-inspection workers in that country. The company has therefore set out to streamline the workload for existing workers, by developing a sewage-pipe-inspecting robotic spider.| New Atlas
