Credit: Futuro prossimoIt weighs just 7 kilograms, but it's powered by an AI trained with over 8,000 hours of professional tennis experience. The Tenniix robotic tennis coach adjusts to your skill level and reacts to your every move.You might remember when Deep Blue beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov — but forget that. In...
(From left) Alberto Comoretto, Mannus Schomaker and Bas Overvelde, with their remarkable robotAMOLFWhile soft-bodied robots are often simple and cost-effective, their movement typically relies on complex electronic systems. That’s not the case with a new model developed by researchers at the AMOLF institute in the Netherlands, which harnesses a physical principle to move its...
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University, College of EngineeringStanding under 1.5 inches tall—about the height of a LEGO minifigure—the world's smallest self-contained bipedal robot can start on its own, walk over half a mile per hour, turn, skip, and climb small steps using only its built-in battery, actuator, and control system.Nicknamed "Zippy" by its creators, the...
Credit: PixabayDyna Robotics, a startup specializing in AI-driven robotics, is preparing to launch a new embodied AI model for robotic arms, which it describes as a “major breakthrough.”The model, Dynamism v1 (DYNA-1), enables robotic arms to perform high-precision tasks autonomously over extended periods.To evaluate its performance, DYNA-1 was tasked with continuously folding napkins for...
Unitree's H1 humanoid is nearly 6 feet tall and strong enough to lift heavy objects, so it can understandably be unnerving to see it go rogueUnitreeA disturbing video making waves on social media seems to show a chilling scenario straight out of science fiction: a humanoid robot going rogue. The brief clip captures the...
Credit: TechxploreMIT engineers have entered the robotic ping pong scene with a lightweight, high-performance design capable of returning shots with rapid precision.The new table tennis robot features a multi-jointed arm mounted at one end of the ping pong table, equipped with a regular paddle. Using multiple high-speed cameras and an advanced predictive control system,...
The robots' bodies are made of molded and freeze-dried commercial fish feed, along with other biodegradable materialsAlain HerzogWhen deploying a robot into an aquatic environment without plans to retrieve it, ensuring the device is biodegradable is crucial. Swiss scientists have advanced this idea by developing tiny robots that fish can safely eat once the...
Having the ability to swim could come in quite handy for a quadruped robotIOP PublishingWhile quadruped “robot dogs” can mimic the way real dogs move on land with relative accuracy, their swimming skills often fall short—although some can walk underwater. That’s not the case for a newly developed small-scale robot, designed specifically to swim...
Credit: Canaltech"Cooking isn’t always an easy task. It not only takes up people’s time, but also demands constant attention to avoid burning the food or getting the cooking point wrong. But a new robot is about to change that. Posha, developed by the startup of the same name, is a countertop 'robot chef' capable...
Credit: Devindra Hardawar for EngadgetSince 2017, Piaggio’s Fast Forward division—the team behind Vespa—has been working on a novel way to reduce car use: creating robots that can follow you around your belongings. Its first model, the Gita (pronounced “jee-tah,” Italian for “trip”), was a sleek, rolling helper, but its bulky size and steep $3,250...
