Autonomous drones could deliver packages, inspect bridges and skyscrapers, monitor emergencies like wildfires and, eventually, ferry people. But the airspace still lacks the testing and coordination ...

Amazon unveils AI-powered Proteus robot and scales robotics across fulfillment network. AMZN deploys DeepFleet AI model, cutting robot travel time by 10% using AWS tools. Amazon invests 10B euros in ...

BYD, one of the world's largest electric vehicle makers, has confirmed it is building humanoid robots, joining the wave of Chinese automakers moving into embodied artificial intelligence. As CnEVPost ...

Humanoid robots just got another real job. This time, they are clocking in behind the scenes at a major retail operation. Figure AI has signed a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands. That is the ...

The humanoid robot of the future is a hulking specimen with a body that’s made in China and a brain that runs on American silicon. This week, Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, announced a blueprint for ...

While science fiction has long envisioned robots resembling humans, recent advances in sensing, actuation, AI, embedded computing, and power systems have enabled practical, real-world robotic ...

The latest EIT installment explores the engineering design process, system integration challenges, and the role of legacy infrastructure, safety, and ROI in shaping scalable humanoid robot deployment.

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An interdisciplinary student research team at the University of Waterloo has achieved an advance in materials science with the creation of a tissue-like hydrogel for artificial muscles to make soft ...

The robotics startup Figure AI livestreamed humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for more than a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern ...

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation, which is something of a departure: a ...

Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant said. “We acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a company at the frontier of ...