1X has rolled out a major AI update for its humanoid robot NEO, introducing what it calls the 1X World Model. The company ...

In sci-fi tales, artificial intelligence often powers all sorts of clever, capable, and occasionally homicidal robots. A revealing limitation of today’s best AI is that, for now, it remains squarely ...

Inside a UNC-Chapel Hill Science lab sits an autonomous robot. Imagine a machine like a Roomba, but with an arm, so it can pick up things like a dirty sock off the floor. A group of researchers from ...

It’s becoming a little easier to build sophisticated robotics projects at home. Earlier this week, AI dev platform Hugging Face released an open AI model for robotics called SmolVLA. Trained on ...

The new model from Google DeepMind is a huge step toward robots that can generalize. Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tech giant Google and its subsidiary AI research lab, DeepMind, have ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

NVIDIA has unveiled the Isaac GR00T N1, the world’s first open, fully customizable foundation model for generalized humanoid reasoning and skills. This advanced system is designed to address the ...

In an era where artificial intelligence and robotics are rapidly converging, Hugging Face’s latest breakthrough is set to democratize access to advanced robotics technology. The company has introduced ...

31 months after incorporating, Figure is shipping its second model, Figure 02, to commercial clients according to a LinkedIn post by CEO Brett Adcock. Figure therefore joins Agility Robotics’ robot, ...

At a time when autonomous humanoid robots from multiple companies are being hyped by the richest and most powerful people on the planet, there’s only one that’s actually got a job. Like a real, 9-to-5 ...

As robotics has advanced, industry has steadily adopted more robots to automate many kinds of grunt work. More than 540,000 new industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2023, taking the number of ...