Household Help: π0, a machine learning system for household robotics
Robotics

Household Help: π0, a machine learning system for household robotics

A new generation of robots can handle some household chores with unusual skill.

November 27, 20244 min read
Household Help: π0, a machine learning system for household robotics
Robotics

Household Help: π0, a machine learning system for household robotics

A new generation of robots can handle some household chores with unusual skill.

November 27, 20244 min read
Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports
Robotics

Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

November 7, 20242 min read
Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports
Robotics

Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

November 7, 20242 min read
A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs
Robotics

A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs

A new report documents the interplay of powerful forces that drove AI over the past year: open versus proprietary technology, public versus private financing, innovation versus caution. 

October 16, 20243 min read
A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs
Robotics

A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs

A new report documents the interplay of powerful forces that drove AI over the past year: open versus proprietary technology, public versus private financing, innovation versus caution. 

October 16, 20243 min read
Robot Server: Google’s table tennis robot triumphs over beginners
Robotics

Robot Server: Google’s table tennis robot triumphs over beginners

A robot that plays table tennis beats human beginners and entertains experts.

September 25, 20243 min read
Robot Server: Google’s table tennis robot triumphs over beginners
Robotics

Robot Server: Google’s table tennis robot triumphs over beginners

A robot that plays table tennis beats human beginners and entertains experts.

September 25, 20243 min read
Amazon Boosted by Covariant: Amazon strengthens logistics and robotics with new AI partnership
Robotics

Amazon Boosted by Covariant: Amazon strengthens logistics and robotics with new AI partnership

Amazon took on talent and technology from robotics startup Covariant to enhance its warehouse automation, an area critical to its core ecommerce business.

September 18, 20242 min read
Amazon Boosted by Covariant: Amazon strengthens logistics and robotics with new AI partnership
Robotics

Amazon Boosted by Covariant: Amazon strengthens logistics and robotics with new AI partnership

Amazon took on talent and technology from robotics startup Covariant to enhance its warehouse automation, an area critical to its core ecommerce business.

September 18, 20242 min read
Brain-Controlled Robots Get More Versatile: NOIR, a system to control robots via electroencephalogram for everyday tasks
Robotics

Brain-Controlled Robots Get More Versatile: NOIR, a system to control robots via electroencephalogram for everyday tasks

Brain-to-computer interfaces that enable users to control robots with their thoughts typically execute a single type of task such as reaching and grasping. Researchers designed a system that responds to a variety of intentions.

May 15, 20243 min read
Brain-Controlled Robots Get More Versatile: NOIR, a system to control robots via electroencephalogram for everyday tasks
Robotics

Brain-Controlled Robots Get More Versatile: NOIR, a system to control robots via electroencephalogram for everyday tasks

Brain-to-computer interfaces that enable users to control robots with their thoughts typically execute a single type of task such as reaching and grasping. Researchers designed a system that responds to a variety of intentions.

May 15, 20243 min read
Robo-Football From Simulation to Reality: Reinforcement learning powers humanoid robots to play football
Robotics

Robo-Football From Simulation to Reality: Reinforcement learning powers humanoid robots to play football

Humanoid robots can play football (known as soccer in the United States) in the real world, thanks to reinforcement learning.

March 27, 20243 min read
Robo-Football From Simulation to Reality: Reinforcement learning powers humanoid robots to play football
Robotics

Robo-Football From Simulation to Reality: Reinforcement learning powers humanoid robots to play football

Humanoid robots can play football (known as soccer in the United States) in the real world, thanks to reinforcement learning.

March 27, 20243 min read
Conversational Robots: RFM-1, a model that enables robots to understand and act on human commands
Robotics

Conversational Robots: RFM-1, a model that enables robots to understand and act on human commands

Robots equipped with large language models are asking their human overseers for help.

March 21, 20242 min read

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