Robotics

In factories, where teams of robotic arms work in tight spaces, their motions are programmed by hand to keep them from interfering with one another. Researchers automated this programming using graph neural networks trained via reinforcement learning.

Robot control systems that accept only text input struggle to translate words into motions in space. Researchers developed a system that enables robots to plan spatial paths before they execute text instructions.

Hangzhou, a longtime manufacturing hub in eastern China, is blossoming into a center of AI innovation.

Researchers in China disguised a quadruped robot as a Tibetan antelope to help study the animals close-up.

An autonomous robot performed intricate surgical operations without human intervention.

An automated beehive uses computer vision and robotics to help keep bees healthy and crops pollinated.

Meta revealed new details about its latest Aria eyeglasses, which aim to give AI models a streaming, multisensory, human perspective.

Hugging Face has made a name by providing open AI models. Now it’s providing an open robot.

Chinese robot makers Unitree and EngineAI showed off relatively low-priced humanoid robots that could bring advanced robotics closer to everyday applications.

A new generation of robots can handle some household chores with unusual skill.

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

A new report documents the interplay of powerful forces that drove AI over the past year: open versus proprietary technology, public versus private financing, innovation versus caution. 

A robot that plays table tennis beats human beginners and entertains experts.

Amazon took on talent and technology from robotics startup Covariant to enhance its warehouse automation, an area critical to its core ecommerce business.

Brain-to-computer interfaces that enable users to control robots with their thoughts typically execute a single type of task such as reaching and grasping. Researchers designed a system that responds to a variety of intentions.