DeepMind’s robotic ballet: An AI for coordinating manufacturing robots

With RoboBallet, the complexity of computation also grew with the complexity of the system, but at a far slower rate. (The computations grew linearly with the growing number of tasks and obstacles, ...
Frontiers

Emotion Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction

As robots transition from industrial settings to human-centric environments—such as homes, clinics, and classrooms—their ability to perceive and respond to ...

A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ ...
Futurism

Elon Musk’s New Optimus Robot Demo Is So Painful It Will Make You Wince

Hot off of proudly announcing that he had replaced 4,000 people with AI at his company, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff posted a video of Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, calling it a “productivity ...
Yahoo Finance

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff hails Tesla’s Optimus robot as a ‘productivity game changer’ in video showing what it can and can’t do

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Wednesday delivered a strong endorsement of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot, with a tweet and accompanying video declaring it the “dawn of the physical Agentforce ...
Business Insider

Tesla shifted its Optimus training strategy — and it's using a familiar playbook

Tesla has shifted the training strategy for its Optimus robot, insiders told Business Insider. Rather than motion capture suits and teleoperation, the automaker will rely primarily on video recordings ...
WUSA

Silver Spring tests out parking robot

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Montgomery County Department of Transportation is planning a security robot pilot program for a Silver Spring parking garage ─ and they want to know what you think. The 5-foot ...
The Business Journals

Miami robotics company launches pilot program with gym

A Miami-based robotics company is rolling out a high-tech pilot program at a local fitness facility as part of its push into the wellness market. Uber Eats partners with robotics company for Miami ...
The Conversation

Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?

John McCormick receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated ...
GCN

Beijing robot shop sells AI Einsteins, chess bots

Beijing seems like it wants to continue with the legacy of Albert Einstein, but with a twist. Their blinking eyes have a strangely endearing quality. They could initially be mistaken for wax figures ...
Yahoo

Foundation star Laura Birn reveals why Empire's robot advisor Demerzel is in desperate need of those therapy sessions in season 3: 'She's questioning her programming'

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Speaking to TechRadar ahead of Foundation season 3's launch in early July, Birn explained how ...