During her three stints as an operator, Sakai worked with about 30 other pilots who reside across Japan. All are unable ... while she works as a waitress via the robot. But the benefits are ...

The Government of Japan has been promoting startups to boost innovation and growth, and the pool of potential unicorns, those ...

Unitree, a Chinese robotics company competing with outfits like Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Agility Robotics and others, has unveiled a new video of its humanoid G1 and H1 robots, showing off some new ...

Chinese robotics company Unitree unveiled new videos showing off advancements in the agility of its G1 and H1 humanoid robots, including running, dancing and more-natural walking. Jesse Orrall ...

This is Paro, one of the world’s most successful therapeutic robots--popular to the extent that some refer to it as “Japan’s pride.” “I came up with the idea for a pet robot because I ...

An abstract AI model couldn’t do any of that, so Vijayaraghavan’s team gave one an embodied experience—their AI was trained in an actual robot that could interact with the world ...

Amazon has stepped up its robotics development in recent years, and it could save the e-commerce giant as much as $10 billion annually, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a research note on Sunday.

Figure AI, a robotics company working to bring a general-purpose humanoid robot into commercial and residential use, announced Tuesday on X that it is exiting a deal with OpenAI. The Bay Area ...

When I saw the image of the server robot in a dress, with a feminine chest, I assumed its appearance would be addressed. In particular, the sexist practice of casting obviously female robots in ...

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If you live with cats or dogs who regularly leave a flurry of fur in their wake, a robot vacuum can take on some of the legwork to minimize how often you need to manually clean. We spoke with two ...

“It’s happening right now around all of us: the new AI world. I am a big believer in not letting robots dream for us. Robots cannot reflect the human condition for us. That is a dead end if an ...