Tesla is repurposing EV factories to build its Optimus robots. The company is doubling its spending to $20 billion to help expand its robotics business. While it may have an early lead, success isn't ...

It feels like just yesterday we were talking about how cool it would be to have robots helping out in warehouses. Now, it’s actually happening, and it’s changing how things get done. Mobile robots, ...

Robots will get their own brains, thanks to a Chinese developer; Alibaba introduces the AI model RynnBrain. To get ahead in the race for embodied intelligence models, Chinese company Alibaba Group ...

Weave’s Isaac 0 can’t fold large blankets, sheets, or inside-out clothes, and still needs help from human teleoperators. Weave’s Isaac 0 can’t fold large blankets, sheets, or inside-out clothes, and ...

Humanoid robots are no longer hiding in research labs somewhere. These days, they are stepping into public spaces, and they are starting to look alarmingly human. A Shanghai startup has now taken that ...

By-wire systems eliminate the physical connection between the steering wheel and front wheels, and between the brake pedal and brake hardware. Instead, computers, sensors, and electric actuators ...

The compound eyes of the humble fruit fly are a marvel of nature. They are wide-angle and can process visual information several times faster than the human eye. Inspired by this biological ...

University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced that it re-opened its Series A to raise a total of $935 million for the ...

Alibaba has entered the race to build “physical AI” with a new model designed to power robots in the real world. The Chinese tech giant on Tuesday unveiled RynnBrain, an artificial intelligence system ...

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

The rise of autonomous food delivery in Chicago has made colorful, flag-bearing robotic carts a familiar sight as they steadily roll along busy sidewalks and crosswalks on a last-mile mission to ...

Soft robots made out of flexible, biocompatible materials are in high demand in industries from health care to manufacturing, but precisely designing and controlling such robots for specific purposes ...