9+ hour, 22+ min ago  (456+ words) Researchers have developed a 3 D printing strategy to create programmable artificial muscles." Harvard's SEAS and the Wyss Institute researchers drew inspiration from slender, coiling filaments found in nature, such as grapevines and elephant trunks. This enabled soft synthetic materials to…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago  (394+ words) Combines binocular vision, a 4-array mic, and voice interaction to enable real-time visual perception and speech-based control in one system. Chinese robotics firm Unitree has introduced a low-cost bipedal humanoid robot with an upper-body-only design. According to the Hangzhou-based firm,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (572+ words) 1 X begins humanoid robot production in California, scaling NEO output to 100, 000 units by 2027. U. S. -based robotics firm 1 X has started full-scale production of its humanoid robot NEO at a new manufacturing facility in Hayward, California. The factory marks a key step…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (344+ words) Improved supplier quality and 50+ checks lift yields past 80 percent, with battery yield at 99. 3 percent and 9, 000+ actuators produced. US Robotics player Figure has rapidly scaled production of its Figure 03 humanoid robots, marking a shift from prototype to mass manufacturing. At its…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (351+ words) LATENT trains humanoid robots using imperfect human data, breaking tennis into basic motions for efficient, scalable skill learning. A Chinese humanoid robot has demonstrated real-time tennis rallying, marking a step forward in embodied artificial intelligence. The system, developed by Galbot…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (471+ words) Motubrain combines video, language, and action to help robots complete complex tasks in real-world settings. Sheng Shu Technology has unveiled Motubrain, a unified AI model designed to act as a general-purpose brain for robots, combining perception, reasoning, prediction, and action…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (466+ words) Asse II project will develop robotic arms to retrieve nuclear waste barrels from a damaged salt mine that remains unsafe for human work. German engineering firm Bilfinger and research institute Fraunhofer IOSB are developing a tele-operated system to retrieve radioactive…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (287+ words) China is ramping up the use of robotics in its power grid, with plans to deploy thousands of AI-powered machines across its infrastructure. According to reports, the government intends to procure around 8, 500 robots this year to handle inspection and maintenance…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (422+ words) The partnership centers on improving safety and efficiency by reducing human exposure to hazardous environments. In the high-risk environment of nuclear energy, the most valuable worker may soon be the one who doesn't need to breathe. Atkins R'alis, a Canadian…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (348+ words) Coverage here spans industrial robots, cobots, humanoids, drones, and service robots, along with the hardware and software that enable them to operate at scale. Snap introduces AI-powered ads in Chat, enabling brands to interact with users through conversational agents. Generative…...