How do some robot vacuums clean and navigate better than others? They're probably using AI.

Some level of human-esque discernment feels necessary for a truly precise clean. AI dirt detection uses a mix of sensors and cameras to assess the mess at hand in real time and customize settings like ...

Inside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon

The Pentagon had kept trying to leave itself little escape hatches in the agreements that it proposed to Anthropic. It would ...

Delivery robots have his old job — and now they’ve created a new one for him

AI-powered delivery robots from companies like Serve Robotics are replacing human drivers across the nation — but they can’t ...
WGN-TV

Chicago’s food delivery robots: How they work and what’s next

CHICAGO (WGN) — Windy City residents may be noticing certain food delivery robots rolling down sidewalks all across town. Two companies — Coco and Serve Robotics — have been operating in Chicago under ...
Gizmodo

The Last ‘Person’ You Want Handling Your Surgery Is a Hallucinating Robot

Everyone’s favorite nightmare scenario when it comes to artificial intelligence is that it somehow gains sentience and starts killing humans. Turns out, it doesn’t require achieving superintelligence ...
Psychology Today

Will Sex Robots Be a Problem? Maybe

This post is in response to Will the Rise of Sex Robots Mean the End of Relationships? By Glenn Geher Ph.D. In a PT post, my colleague Glenn Geher shared some concerns expressed by clinical ...
Frontiers

Transformer-based human-motion forecasting coupled with safe reinforcement learning for telepresence robot co-navigation

Introduction: Telepresence robots (TPRs) must co-navigate with humans in constrained hospital environments, where safety depends on anticipating rather than merely reacting to human motion. Existing ...
MarketWatch

Elon Musk says Tesla has solved the 'hardest' problem for humanoid robots

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that his Optimus humanoid robot will be more capable than "anything" else under development. Musk named what he called the "hardest" pieces to make a good humanoid robot: ...
RealClearPolitics

Elon Musk: We'll Be Selling Humanoid Robots By End Of Next Year, Self-Driving Cars "A Solved Problem"

Elon Musk spoke about advancements in AI, robotics, and space travel during an appearance at the World Economic Forum on Thursday. Musk said that by the end of next year, he expects to be selling ...
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Illustrating physics problems with Web VPython in Python

Illustrating physics problems with Web VPython in Python. Learn how to build clear 3D visualizations for motion and forces, and bring physics concepts to life with interactive animations and simple ...
The Verge

LG teases a new chore-completing home robot

The two-armed robot can complete a ‘wide range’ of tasks around the home, according to LG. The two-armed robot can complete a ‘wide range’ of tasks around the home, according to LG. is a news writer ...