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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 ...

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Amazon has developed a new warehouse robot that uses touch to rummage around shelves to find the right product to ship to customers. The robot, called Vulcan, is a meaningful step toward making ...

A video circulating online shows a Unitree H1 robot in China malfunctioning, reportedly due to a coding error, and nearly injuring factory workers. This incident follows another recent event where ...

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Meet Sophia, a social robot created by former Disney Imagineer David Hanson. Modeled in part after Audrey Hepburn and Hanson's wife, the robot was built to mimic social behaviors and inspire ...

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Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-to videos Date: April 22, 2025 Source: Cornell University Summary: Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial ...

Cornell University researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence—called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution)—that allows robots to ...