Imagine a rubber band that turns into a steel cable on command. Now imagine it’s inside a robot. That’s the basic trick of a ...

The last time Nintendo got close to VR was with the Virtual Boy back in 1995. Now, the Nintendo Switch is really, truly going to be a VR platform... with a pair of cardboard goggles, as part of a ...

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

Have you ever wanted to wipe down a table hundreds of times while Elon Musk watches? Training Tesla's humanoid robot might be the job for you.

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.

The first units will ship to customers in the US in 2026. There is a $499 monthly subscription alternative to the $20,000 full-purchase price, though that will be available at an unspecified later ...

It makes Amazon’s fleet of industrial robots the world’s largest and Brady, who has driven its growth, its human overlord.

In 2012, Amazon workers had to walk 10 miles a day collecting goods from all parts of the warehouse and bring them back to their stations. Now, in 2025, goods come to them. ‘All they have to do is ...

Abstract: Sim-to-real reinforcement learning (RL) for humanoid robots with high-gear ratio actuators remains challenging due to complex actuator dynamics and the absence of torque sensors. To address ...

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Abstract: Maintaining robust standing stability is critical for humanoid robots performing precision manipulation tasks, where traditional balance strategies (e.g., stepping) can disrupt task ...

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