As humanoid robots move from labs into homes, stores, and warehouses, a simple question is gaining urgency: who teaches them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A specialized training facility in China has taken on its first cohort of 'robot students'. Located in Hefei—capital of the ...

NVIDIA says its latest general-purpose robot update can teach a humanoid machine using software entirely, bypassing the months of motion capture sessions most rivals still depend on. The chipmaker ...

In an office at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand carefully curls its fingers to grasp a small object. The intriguing part isn't the mechanical ...

But that all might change now, the Post says, since researchers have successfully trained state of the art of robot surgeons with next-generation technology, using videos of procedures, so that ...

Once upon a time, machine learning was an arcane field, the preserve of a precious few researchers holed up in grand academic institutions. Progress was slow, and hard won. Today, however, just about ...

Why it matters: Ever since Boston Dynamics first showcased its famous legged robots in 2013, numerous organizations have introduced machines that autonomously perform various professional and ...

Nakahira received a Young Investigator Award from the Japan Science and Technology Agency for developing a machine that builds autonomous systems.

Changing robot standards provide an opportunity for designers of cobots to deliver improved safety and greater functionality, ...

“First, they learned to learn,” may sound like the clichéd opening line of a movie on some fictional robot uprising, but in an inevitable twist of fate, researchers from Washington State University’s ...

For decades, robotics has focused on mastering the physics of the world. We have poured enormous effort into manipulation, ...