Jan 15, 2025 · “This new robot platform is a major result from our group and leads to many exciting directions. For example, incorporating sensors, batteries, and computing capabilities …

The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.

Jan 28, 2025 · “I have 2-year-old twin daughters, and I see them manipulating objects, carrying 10 different toys at a time, navigating across cluttered rooms with ease, and quickly adapting to …

Mar 7, 2025 · Physically nudging the robot is the most direct way to specifying user intent without losing any of the information,” says Wang. Sampling for success. To ensure these interactions …

Oct 28, 2024 · At the same time, each robot is mechanically unique, with a different number and orientation of arms, grippers, and sensors. Plus, the environments where data are collected …

Apr 9, 2025 · A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through rubble . SPROUT, developed by Lincoln Laboratory and University of Notre Dame researchers, is a vine robot …

Aug 8, 2024 · The robot, which has an arm attached to its back, completed manipulation tasks after practicing for a few hours. In one demonstration, the robot learned how to securely place …

Jan 16, 2025 · An AI that helps humanoid robots mirror a person’s movement could allow robots to walk, dance and fight in more convincingly human ways. The most agile and fluid robotic …

Jun 3, 2024 · A new deep-learning system known as Grasping Neural Process aids robotic grasping via predictive physics for real-time inference of objects’ hidden properties. It trains a …

Nov 19, 2024 · LucidSim is an AI-powered simulator that trained a robot dog to perform parkour using generated images without any real-world data. This approach, from MIT CSAIL …