Not long ago, the idea of a humanoid robot folding laundry, loading a dishwasher, or making a simple meal felt like science fiction. Robots could weld cars, move boxes, and follow tightly scripted ...

Training robots to perform physical tasks is much more complicated than training artificial intelligence to write a paper.

Years before Generalist existed, cofounder Zeng was walking in Newport Beach when he noticed someone picking up trash with a ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --A humanoid robot can now perform complex tasks with a large behavior model without needing hand programming for each task. Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute announced this ...

SoftBank's humanoid robot "Pepper" can lead funerals. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO/Alamy Live News News of a Japanese robot conducting Buddhist funerals got us thinking about how our robot-filled future ...

Microsoft, along with a consortium of academic researchers, has built a new benchmark called ...

(Reuters) -These robots don't break into a jig or jump, but their ability to do single tasks cheaply and efficiently is attracting investor dollars as focus shifts to function from flash. Far from the ...

McDonald's tested humanoid robots from Keenon Robotics at a Shanghai location, where they greeted customers and delivered food in a short pilot program.

The robots are ready to work. Rapid advancements (thanks, AI!) are creating opportunities in industries as varied as ...

Last September roboticist Benjie Holson posted the “Humanoid Olympic Games”: a set of increasingly difficult tests for humanoid robots that he demonstrated himself while dressed in a silver bodysuit.