Robotics

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Robotics

Robots That Adapt to New Tasks: Sony and university researchers train robots on new tasks without catastrophic forgetting

Neural networks can forget how to perform earlier tasks as they learn new ones.
A humanoid robot with teal and white elements handles metal parts in bins on a factory floor.
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Humanoid Robots Work Factory Floors: Agiliy Digits humanoid robots fetch and carry bins at a Schaeffler auto-parts factory, displacing humans into higher-level jobs

A small number of humanoid robots have made their way into industrial settings, where they’re roughly matching the cost of human labor and propelling some workers into higher-level roles.
A dimly lit studio with an idle camera and an illuminated exit door signaling OpenAI's retreat from video.
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OpenAI Exits Video Generation: OpenAI will shut down Sora, its once state-of-the-art video model

OpenAI plans to shut down its video generator Sora in a sudden retreat from the video market.
GIF showing a robotic arm picking up glasses on a table and handling tools on a kitchen countertop.
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Coherent, Interactive Worlds: Runway’s GWM-1 models generate videos with consistent physics for robots and entertainment

Runway’s GWM-1 family of video-generation models respond to user input in real time while producing scenes that remain consistent regardless of the camera’s position.
In a lab, four robots move a metal frame using graph neural network coordination on a platform.
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Coordinating Robot Teams: Google DeepMind’s RoboBallet project blends GNNs with RL to drive 8-armed robots

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.
Image shows MolmoAct system processing "Put the plate in the dishwasher" through spatial reasoning.
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Better Spatial Perception for Robots: MolmoAct creates spatial maps for robots to plot their actions before executing text directions

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 skyline with modern skyscrapers, the golden sphere of Intercontinental Hotel, and the silver dome of Qianjiang complex.
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China’s Emerging AI Hub: Inside DeepSeek and the other "little dragons" transforming Hangzhou into China's Silicon Valley

Hangzhou, a longtime manufacturing hub in eastern China, is blossoming into a center of AI innovation.
Researcher adjusts sensors on a quadruped robot disguised as a Tibetan antelope in a high-altitude reserve.
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Robot Antelope Joins Herd: Chinese scientists disguise modified robot dog as antelope to study herd behavior

Researchers in China disguised a quadruped robot as a Tibetan antelope to help study the animals close-up.
A fully autonomous surgical robot clips and cuts a bile duct in an ex-vivo gallbladder removal experiment using the da Vinci system, guided by AI.
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Robot Surgeon Cuts and Clips: Doctors at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and Optosurgical operate on animal organs without human intervention

An autonomous robot performed intricate surgical operations without human intervention.
Beekeepers inspect Beewise robotic hive that uses computer vision and other AI to monitor and maintain a bee colony.
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Robotic Beehive For Healthier Bees: Beewise’s robotic beehive uses AI to save pollinators.

An automated beehive uses computer vision and robotics to help keep bees healthy and crops pollinated.
Meta Aria Gen 2 smart glasses for AI research, equipped with cameras, microphones, and other sensors for real-time data capture.
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Meta’s Smart Glasses Come Into Focus: Meta reveals further details of Aria Gen 2 smart glasses for multisensory AI research

Meta revealed new details about its latest Aria eyeglasses, which aim to give AI models a streaming, multisensory, human perspective.
Person interacting with a humanoid robot using virtual reality headset and controllers.
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Hugging Face Rolls Out Open Robot: Hugging Face acquires Pollen Robotics, launches Reachy 2 robot for open-source research

Hugging Face has made a name by providing open AI models. Now it’s providing an open robot.
GIF of two humanoid robots walking, one on grass and the other on a paved surface.
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Humanoid Robot Price Break: Unitree and EngineAI showcase affordable humanoid robots

Chinese robot makers Unitree and EngineAI showed off relatively low-priced humanoid robots that could bring advanced robotics closer to everyday applications.
Robotic arms collaborating to fold a red garment on a table.
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Household Help: π0, a machine learning system for household robotics

A new generation of robots can handle some household chores with unusual skill.
Autonomous heavy-duty vehicle moving in an industrial warehouse area.
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Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports

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