If I asked you to design the perfect robot for throwing a block, you’d probably think of something humanoid, with legs for stability and hands for grasping. And who could blame you? If humans are good ...

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Teleoperation of robots can be quite challenging, especially for novice users because it forces users to focus on low-level aspects of robot control, rather than higher level goals regarding task ...

Many manufacturing jobs require a physical presence to operate machinery. But what if such jobs could be done remotely? This week researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ...

Robots are getting better at dealing with the complexity of the real world, but they still need a helping hand when taking their first tentative steps outside of easily defined lab conditions. That’s ...

These robots, according to ArsTechnica, are not exactly real because they're technically CGI. However, they are still robots that were developed by a team of researchers from Switzerland's ETH Zurich ...

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Facebook has announced a new step in the company's journey towards achieving what it calls "embodied AI" – the technology that could one day enable robots to carry out tasks in mundane settings, such ...

An overview of robotic process automation (RPA): what it is, its different types and the evolution and current adoption of RPA The business world is always in flux. New technologies and strategies are ...

LINCOLN, Neb. & PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Virtual Incision Corporation, a medical device company pioneering a first-of-its-kind miniaturized surgical robot, announced it has raised ...