The Robot Report

We know how to build smarter robots. Now, we need to learn smarter ways to test them

Atharv Kolhar, a staff test automation engineer at Figure AI, says the robotics industry needs a testing philosophy that scales alongside autonomy.
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Winter heating bills rise, We Energies explains and how you can save

12 NEWS TONIGHT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO LOWER YOUR BILL. >> IT’S A NEIGHBORLY WINTER QUESTION WHAT IS YOUR THERMOSTAT? WHAT DO YOU GUYS LEAVE YOUR THERMOSTAT ON? >> I BELIEVE WE LEAVE IT AT 71 OR 72. >> ...
Boston Herald

MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ...
The Verge

Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to

The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers. The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers.
Ars Technica

The Internet can’t stop watching Figure AI’s humanoid robots handling packages

The robotics startup Figure AI livestreamed humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for more than a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern ...
Wired

If You Have $650,000 and Don’t Buy This Giant Mecha Robot You’re a Fool

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation, which is something of a departure: a ...
Business Insider

Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. If you dread making your bed each morning, now robots may be able to do the job for you. In a video ...
Medical Xpress

Can AI-embodied surgical robots revolutionize surgery?

Embodying surgical robots with next-gen AI can safely augment practice if ethical and regulatory questions are addressed, say experts writing in Frontiers in Science. A team of pioneering surgeons and ...
Forbes

These Robot Hands Can Literally Make You An Egg Scramble Breakfast

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Screenshot of the Genesis AI robot hands making breakfast: cracking eggs, frying them, ...
Gizmodo

Roomba’s Creator Is Making an AI Robot Pet That Can’t Lie to You

There’s a new robot pet in town—or, at least, there will be—and it’s made by some of the same people who popularized the robot vacuum back in the early 2000s. Colin Angle, former iRobot CEO (and now ...
Business Insider

Take a look at these hands: Genesis AI says it taught a robot to cook and play piano close to human-level performance

Manipulation is considered one of the hardest problems in robotics. The ability to grab, move, take apart or put together an object with precision is what would make humanoid robots truly useful in ...