Automakers and suppliers are a big focus of the automation industry. About half of North American robot sales go into car manufacturing, and many robot companies have a home base in Metro Detroit.

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A Purdue University team has set a new Rubik's Cube-solving record. Their robot, Purdubiks Cube, solved the puzzle in just 0.103 milliseconds. The new record surpasses Mitsubishi's previous time ...

Nearly two decades before the Roomba, a domestic robot named RB debuted in 1983.Designed to assist with household tasks, RB could vacuum, answer the phone and even grab drinks from the fridge.

In a hi-tech David versus Goliath story, a group of undergraduate students at Purdue University built a robot that crushed the world record for solving a Rubik’s cube once held by Mitsubishi ...

But playing a nonhuman character requires a different — or additional — calculation. Where is a robot’s center of gravity? As Claire, a Helperbot 5 with a defective battery (and heavy dose ...

May 15 - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) revealed new capabilities of its Optimus humanoid robot this week, showcasing improved balance, gait, and dexterity in a series of viral demo videos The robot ...

Desde el inicio, la historia que nos cuenta "Matabot" atrapa a los espectadores: un robot, abrumado por las idioteces que hacemos los humanos. Una visión única y a la que no estamos ...

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“He’ll look up from the desk and talk to you.” What the robot will say remains to be determined, but “he could be colorful,” Stephens joked of his father. Rosemont hopes to raise the ...

Languages: English. According to the company's website, Tesla has been developing the Optimus to create a, "General purpose, bi-pedal, autonomous humanoid robot capable of performing unsafe ...

Tesla continues to show progress in the development of its humanoid robot, Optimus, a machine designed to help with household tasks such as childcare or cleaning. Since Elon Musk unveiled the ...