Silent. Rigid. Clumsy. Henry and Jane Evans are used to awkward houseguests. For more than a decade, the couple, who live in Los Altos Hills, California, have hosted a slew of robots in their home. In 2002, at age 40, Henry had a massive stroke, which left him with quadriplegia and an inability to speak.…
At Ocado's newest warehouse robotic arms are helping to pack customer orders.
Using AI-based object localization and 3D image processing, Dino Robotics has developed software that allows robots to understand their cooking environment.
It’s tough out there — and yet, doing my semi-regular jobs post always gives me hope. Seems every time I post one of these, the number increases. At 74 companies, this is undoubtedly the largest list we’ve made, by a wide margin. That means more work for me in putting this post together, but if […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
For The Madera TribuneThe MadTown Robotics team holds the Industrial Award for demonstrating industrial design principles and striking a balance between form, function, and aesthetics at the International FIRST Championships this weekend in Houston Texas. MadTown advanced to the championship match, but lost in two games.Madera Unified School District’s MadTown Robotics — FRC Team 1323 has once again proven its excellence in the world of robotics by making the finals of the International FIRST...
Boston Dynamic, the robotics company that has been a social media sensation, is retiring its hydraulic powered robot, but that’s not quite the end for the Atlas.
Your robot vacuum may already work well enough, but there are a few tweaks that can make it even better. A big factor in your robot vacuum's performance, it turns out, is actually you.
Brett Adcock, the founder and CEO of Figure, a company specializing in humanoid robots, has positioned his company to be a significant player in the robotics industry. With substantial funding, including a recent $675 million raise at a $2.6 billion valuation, Figure has attracted investment from major tech entities and entered into strategic collaborations, such […]
Thanks to the power of LLMs and multi-modal models, researchers are creating robots that can process natural language commands and accomplish tasks that require complex reasoning.
Having wowed festival audiences for months, Pablo Berger’s wonderful animated heart-warmer Robot Dreams finally arrives in theatres this May, and Neon are celebrating by releasing a brand new trailer for the friendship fable. Based on Sara Varon’s graphic novel of the same name, the film tells the story of Dog and the friendship that blossoms […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Robot Dreams trailer...
If you’ve always wanted a robot pet or just want to own a flame-thrower, now you can have your robot dog and set things on fire too thanks to Throwflame.
'Thermonator' quadruped machine that shoots 30ft jets of fire could be