Robots-for-rent is one way some small U.S. factories gain access to automation, reducing turnover and ensuring workers aren’t injured. Automating the most arduous and repetitive jobs, like lifting and ...

Multimodal perception is essential for enabling robots to understand and interact with complex environments and human users by integrating diverse sensory data, such as vision, language, and tactile ...

Chinese scientists have reportedly unveiled plans for the world’s first humanoid robot capable of carrying a pregnancy to term. Led by Dr. Zhang Qifeng of Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou, the project is ...

Helix-enabled Figure robots can handle almost any small household item, even unfamiliar ones, by following simple natural language instructions. Thanks to Figure’s new Helix model, folding laundry may ...

Figure AI, a California-based startup, has developed a humanoid robot called Figure 01, capable of carrying out tasks and full conversations using OpenAI’s large multimodal models. Backed by Microsoft ...

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Welcome to this week’s episode of “man-made horrors beyond human comprehension.” A humanoid robot named DeREK had what you might call a “moment” on the floor of a San Francisco robotics lab this week, ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

This study investigates how gendered anthropomorphism in robots influences human motivation to undertake challenging tasks within human–robot collaborative settings. Through two experiments—a ...

At ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab, engineers have created ANYmal-D, a four-legged robot that can play badminton with people. This project brings together robotics, artificial intelligence and sports ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - According to the U.S. Department of Justice, human trafficking generates $32 billion a year, globally. Human trafficking is the world’s fastest-growing criminal enterprise.