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From Doraemon to dexterous hands: LinkerBot equips robots with human skills
Last August, Beijing hosted the world's first ever robotics competition, hailed as the Olympics for robotics, where human-shaped biped robots competed in sports events. Opening the grand show was a piano piece performed by a human pianist and a…
Tech companies are making their robots cute to try and win over humans
When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city's residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris. “She's doing her best, you guys,”…
US software firm opens doors for global adoption of China's humanoid robots
US software company OpenMind, according to founder and CEO Jan Liphardt, caused a commotion last year at a park in San Francisco where the firm shot a promotional video. “A crowd of people came, children came running, cars stopped and the…
The cult that wants to give human rights to robots
After the artificial-intelligence company, Anthropic, put its in-house philosopher, Amanda Askell, up for a profile by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, its media team must have thought things had gone quite well. Askell did not commit…
Intuitive Surgical: This Robotic-Surgery Leader Could Keep Compounding for Another Decade
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG +0.86%) has faced challenges over the past year. President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs are impacting its financial results, and it's now facing more competition than it has arguably ever had in the market for robotic…
This Private Defense Contractor Wants to Build the U.S. Navy a Fleet of Robot Warships
At 505 feet long and 9,000 tons, powered by four GE Aerospace gas turbines, and carrying dozens of vertical launch system missiles, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is the mainstay of the U.S. Navy. Two U.S. defense giants --…
Nvidia's DreamDojo is an open source world model for robot training
Nvidia's AI research team has released DreamDojo, an open-source, interactive world model for robotics. It takes robot motor controls and generates a simulated future in pixels; no engine, no meshes, no hand-authored dynamics are required. Jim Fan…
Over 350 students compete at 2nd Annual Redhawks Robotics Rumble
TULSA, Okla. — For these young engineers, the Robotics Rumble is more than a competition, it's preparation for the future. More than 60 elementary and middle school robotics teams from across Oklahoma gathered at the Union Freshman Academy…
Hyundai Motor eyes investment in southwestern Saemangeum for AI, hydrogen mobility
Hyundai Motor Group is preparing to announce a multitrillion-won investment plan in reclaimed land in North Jeolla Province to foster growth in areas of artificial intelligence (AI), hydrogen and robotics, industry sources said Monday. According to…
Why is the Hang Seng Tech Index in a funk while AI shares are soaring?
Hong Kong's tech equity benchmark is struggling to balance the artificial intelligence frenzy and picking the right industry leaders, leading to its underperformance this year, according to analysts. The Hang Seng Tech Index, which comprises 30…
Do Androids Dream of Wall Street CEO Bonuses?
Pay for top bosses at the biggest US banks has reached new records in the past couple of years, surpassing even what chief executive officers got in the pre-crisis peak of 2007. Someday these vast rewards might run dry. After all, in the age of…
People only just realising how pre-packaged sandwiches are made and it's grim
People are only just realising how pre-packaged sandwiches are made, and some are vowing never to touch them again as a result. Many people are in denial about how many of the sandwiches for your lunchtime meal deal are made, often choosing to…
Amazon Blue Jay fails quickly but Vulcan ramps up automation
Blue Jay lasted less than six months despite rapid development speed Prototype status was not clearly communicated during Blue Jay's initial press announcements Blue Jay employees are reassigned to programs leveraging core robotic innovations…
The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan
A Team Mirai sign at the Tokyo office of Takahiro Anno, the party leader, after the elections this month.Credit...Kentaro Takahashi for The New York Times Listen to this article · 5:28 min Learn more With a ponytail, an indigo suit and a…
Infosys chair says AI must clean up legacy systems ASAP
Asia In Brief Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani has said the advent of AI means organizations no longer have any excuse to retain their legacy systems. Speaking at Infosys AI Day last week, Nilekani said AI is changing the very nature of work, and…
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