Building on a platform Meta developed to integrate sensors on a single robot hand, the upcoming Allegro Hand will feature control boards that encode data from the tactile sensors onto a host computer.

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Dog-like robots could one day learn to play fetch, thanks to a blend of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision helping them zero in on objects. In a new study published Oct.10 in the ...

In October 2024, a claim that Elon Musk and Tesla were developing "a new version of robots that can carry your baby for 9 months while you go about your work" circulated on social media.

An Oct. 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of Tesla CEO Elon Musk alongside pictures of what appears to be a pregnant robot with a baby inside its clear belly.

A new paper published in the scientific journal Science Robotics argues that robots can be used to understand the development of the human sense of self, as well as related disorders. The review, ...

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Ai-Da, dubbed the world's first lifelike humanoid robot artist, is set to make history once again. A painting of Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, that she helped to create with ...

A new computer vision system inspired by the design of a feline eye could give future drones and other military robots the ability to track targets in low-visibility and dynamic environments.