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humanoids, drones, self-driving vehicles and machines that move on their own
The Robot's Hand Matters as Much as Its Brain
AI can tell a robot exactly what to do. But if the gripper can't feel what it's touching, the smartest model in the world still drops the box.
A robotics startup wants to fix America's housing shortage with automated mini-factories
Reframe Systems has raised $40 million to build homes using robots and software instead of dozens of subcontractors. Its first proper factory opens in Massachusetts this October.
The 'Edge AI Wall': Why Putting Powerful AI Into a Robot Body Is Harder Than It Sounds
Robots and self-driving vehicles face a crunch that more batteries and bigger chips cannot fix. Here is the problem in plain English.
Swarm Robotics: Centralized vs. Decentralized Power Models Explained
Power architecture shapes how robot swarms coordinate and recover from failure. Here is what Amazon and Ocado show us about the real trade-offs.
50,000 robots, 25 million hours: Brain Corp's CTO on what comes after teach-and-repeat
John Black built one of the largest fleets of self-driving floor robots on the planet. Now he says the next shift is AI that finds its own path, with no human guidance required.
John Deere beats earnings forecasts and backs a $10 million AI farming startup
The farm equipment giant reported $1.38 billion in quarterly profit and signed a three-year deal with Reservoir, a California startup building rugged AI systems for cropland.
Dentro de la Mano Robótica que Puede Recoger una Bolsa de Plástico
Locus Robotics compró una startup canadiense de agarre para resolver uno de los problemas más difíciles en la automatización de almacenes: recoger cosas blandas, flexibles o incómodas que las ventosas simplemente no pueden manejar.
Meta prueba robots en silencio dentro de sus centros de datos, y los trabajadores están preocupados
Brazos robóticos, dispositivos de intercambio de cables y un botón con forma de dedo ya están funcionando en pruebas en el campus del centro de datos más grande de Meta. Los humanos que trabajan allí están prestando mucha atención.
Waymo Plans Driverless Taxis in Munich by Late 2027, Its First European City
The American robotaxi company will begin mapping Munich streets in the coming weeks, with public rides targeted for the end of next year.
Propietario de Universal Robots Demanda a Rival Chino JAKA por Plagio de Cobot
Teradyne Robotics ha llevado a una segunda firma de robótica china a los tribunales en Europa este año, esta vez por patentes que cubren hardware y software dentro de sus brazos de robot colaborativo.
NSF Commits $90 Million to Three New Research Centers, One Built Around Robots That Learn From People
The National Science Foundation is funding a new centre at the University of Texas at Austin where scientists will teach robots to adapt to the humans they work alongside.
Hugging Face's $399 Microduck Is a Waddling Open-Source Robot You Can Train Yourself
The duck-shaped bot picks things up, roller skates, and gets back on its feet when it falls. It ships before Christmas, and the code is free for anyone to inspect or modify.
Meet the Microduck: Hugging Face's New Tiny Robot Has One Eye, Rollerskates, and Its Own Voice
Pollen Robotics, the robotics arm of AI company Hugging Face, is taking preorders for a 10-inch bipedal robot that picks up socks, follows a laser pointer, and makes sounds unlike any other robot on the shelf.
Zara's owner just opened a robot-assisted bargain store in the UK. Here's what that means.
Inditex, the Spanish group behind Zara, has brought its cut-price chain Lefties to Britain, starting in Liverpool, with robots helping run the shop floor. Primark, Shein and the supermarkets are the named targets.
Carbon Robotics swaps dozens of crop-specific AI models for one that learns a new field in minutes
A single 'large plant model' trained on 150 million labeled plant images lets farmers define crops and weeds on an iPad, then point a laser weeder at exactly what they want gone.