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Dog crate-sized robot factory learns to assemble electronics by watching humans

Developed by MicroFactory, the general-purpose tabletop robot can be trained with the help of AI or human demonstration. The ...
Science Daily

AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies

A new AI technique enables a robot to develop complex plans for manipulating an object using its entire hand, not just fingertips. This model can generate effective plans in about a minute using a ...
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I tested the futuristic Roborock Saros Z70 robot vacuum that moves objects out of the way with its mechanical arm – it cut my manual vacuuming by 70%

Having spent more than a decade testing home tech, I’ve seen my fair share of 'groundbreaking' features, but few have failed to pique my interest quite as much as the Roborock Saros Z70 and its ...
Inc

This Startup Raised $300 Million to Build a Better AI Brain for Robots

Skild is building a “general purpose” robot brain, essentially a prefabricated AI model that can go into pretty much any general purpose robot, for less cost than custom-built robot software. The ...
MIT Technology Review

Robots that learn as they fail could unlock a new era of AI

Lerrel Pinto says the key to building useful home robots is helping them learn from their mistakes. Lerrel Pinto is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2023 Innovators Under 35. Asked to explain his work, ...
Hackaday

3D Pen Used To Build Cleaning Robot That Picks Up Socks

Your average 3D printer is just a nozzle shooting out hot plastic while being moved around by a precise robotic mechanism. There’s nothing stopping you replacing the robot and moving around the ...
ExtremeTech

Researchers use Kinect to create precog robots that know when you want a beer

Researchers at Cornell University have been hard at work using Microsoft's Kinect to help robots predict human behavior. Thanks to the Kinect's ability to track human motion and identify objects in ...