WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

There have been many questions about what direction Arduino would take after being bought by Qualcomm. Now it would seem that we’re getting a clearer picture. Perhaps unsurprisingly the ...

The ideal way to recreate the glamBOT look is with an extra set of hands. While recording in slow motion, the person with the phone moves toward the person posing while slowly zooming in on the screen ...

Figure is gradually prepping its humanoid robot to competently take on household chores. While the California-based company has ambitions to deploy its robot in industrial settings like factories and ...

Qualcomm, which purchased microcontroller board manufacturer Arduino last year, just announced a new computer that marries AI with robotics.

Here is the controller I designed for my 3D printed animatronic eye mechanisms. The main advantage it has over a traditional gaming controller is the ability to fine-tune a value (such as the openness ...

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.

Three books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying ...

Fondue has a way of convincing people they need specialized equipment to pull it off — a dedicated pot, a tiny flame, maybe even a chalet. But fondue’s magic isn’t in the hardware. It’s in technique: ...

Discover how Physical AI home robots 2026 navigation works with iRobot Roomba on‑device AI mapping, robot vacuum SLAM obstacle avoidance, and data‑efficient navigation AI. Pixabay, NickyPe In 2026, ...

It's become a common scene on UNC Charlotte's campus: students on their way to class or to their dorms, walking in step with little six-wheeled robots rolling about Charlotte's red brick paths. "I ...

Most American dairy cows are milked by immigrants. On Dale Hemminger’s farm in upstate New York, the cows are milked by robots. When a cow wants to be milked, it walks up to a machine that cleans its ...