In practical terms, a robot can receive a command—”cook scrambled eggs,” for instance—and proceed through all the steps ...

Even if an android's appearance is so realistic that it could be mistaken for a human in a photograph, watching it move in ...

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Founded in 2016 out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, Apptronik now has nearly a ...

With 2024 winding down, it’s clear we didn’t get sentient androids like C3PO. Nonetheless, there was tremendous progress. Let ...

Sanctuary AI's Phoenix robot is certainly an impressive beast, with hydraulically actuated hands that are incredibly dextrous. Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is ...

Tesla Optimus robot, Figure 02 robot, and Clone Robotics' ghostly humanoid robot are some of tremendous innovations that ...

Directors Chris Sanders and Gints Zilbalodis discuss their films' subtle yet impactful takes on climate change.

This morning, I spent 15 minutes on the phone with ChatGPT. You probably know by now that OpenAI released the ability to dial 1-800-ChatGPT to interact with the chatbot via voice call. And, so, for ...

Wearable tech, self-driving cars, and AI mishaps. There were a lot of new product launches this year—some more successful ...

Humanoids empowered by AI are coming, and the long-term market could be huge, Persona AI's Nic Radford tells columnist Oliver ...

A pioneer in the development of 3D-enabled adaptive-process-control technology, Coherix provides high-performance ...