General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

There's an app for everything. And everything has an App Store. Including, now, humanoid robots, courtesy of Unitree.

That’s where a robot vacuum comes in. While it won’t completely replace manual cleaning, it can cut down the time and effort ...

But you can see the market appeal. A robot vacuum cleaner can’t climb stairs to clean an upstairs room. A robot arm that ...

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Robotic technology is advancing rapidly, and researchers are exploring new ways to make robots more functional and environmentally friendly. One breakthrough comes from scientists at Westlake ...

Gen AI models aren’t just good for creating pictures—they can be fine-tuned to generate useful robot training data, too. Generative AI models can produce images in response to prompts within seconds, ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.

Police have used drones and robots over the years for purposes ranging from getting an eye-in-the-sky view of accidents to remotely tear-gassing a hard-to-reach suspect. Many anticipate police use of ...