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Interacting with Robots can Reduce Feelings of Loneliness for Caregivers

These interactions with a social robot provided caregivers with something they deeply miss. In a quiet room at the University of Cambridge, something remarkable took place—not through technology or programming, but through simple conversation. A group of informal caregivers, emotionally drained from supporting their loved ones, discovered a sense of comfort not from therapy or […]

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Autonomous Diving Robot Clears Seabed Trash

Applied Science, Robotics / Valeriano Ndeyi

Picture an oversized arcade claw machine—only instead of toys, it picks up the waste littering the seafloor. That’s what an autonomous robot has been doing recently in Marseille. We humans generate a lot of waste, much of which gets dumped on land or into the sea, often ignored once it’s out of sight. This careless

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Humanoid Robot Launched for Better Interaction

Applied Science, Robotics / Jorge Paka

Chinese robotics firm Fourier has introduced its first full-sized humanoid care robot, GR-3, designed to blend functionality with emotional connection. As Fourier’s latest humanoid, GR-3 advances the mission to integrate robots into daily life, asking: Can they truly belong in human environments? Designing Robots with Emotional Appeal GR-3 was designed for both task performance and

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Even with Encryption, Robots are Vulnerable to Privacy Breaches

Applied Science, Robotics / Eduardo Paulo

A recent study by the University of Waterloo has revealed significant privacy vulnerabilities in collaborative robots, highlighting the need for enhanced protective measures. Widespread Adoption of Robotics and Emerging Privacy Risks In recent years, robotics have become widely used in both public and private sectors. Hospitals utilize robots as surgical assistants because of their precision

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Figure AI Teams Up With Brookfield to Build a Humanoid Training Dataset

Applied Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics / Jorge Paka

To make humanoid robots practical, they must be trained using real-world data. This week, humanoid robot maker Figure AI Inc. partnered with Brookfield Corp., a top asset manager with over $1 trillion in assets and 100,000 homes. Brookfield, headquartered in Toronto, will assist Figure AI: Figure’s Valuation Boosted as Brookfield Joins Major Series C Round

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OpenMind Releases OM1 Beta, a Robot-Agnostic Open-Source OS

Applied Science, Robotics / Jorge Paka

According to OpenMind AGI, the robotics industry has long been fragmented, with developers limited by closed ecosystems, hardware-specific tools, and complex learning curves. Today, the company announced the beta launch of OM1, which it calls “the world’s first open-source operating system for intelligent robots”—a universal platform enabling robots to perceive, reason, and act in the

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Swisslog Healthcare and Diligent Robotics Partner to Optimize Hospital Delivery

Applied Science, Robotics / Eduardo Paulo

Swisslog Healthcare announced a strategic partnership yesterday with Diligent Robotics, the creator of the Moxie hospital robot. Together, they aim to deploy autonomous last-mile delivery robots in hospitals throughout the U.S. This partnership integrates Diligent Robotics’ autonomous mobile manipulation robots (AMMRs) with Swisslog Healthcare’s transport and pharmacy automation solutions. The companies stated their joint efforts

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Interacting With Robots Can Reduce Feelings of Loneliness Among Caregivers

Robotics, Science / Ngoma Manuel

In a quiet room at the University of Cambridge, something remarkable took place—not through technology or programming, but through simple conversation. A group of informal caregivers, emotionally drained from looking after loved ones, found solace not in therapy or peer support, but in the presence of a humanoid robot called Pepper. This wasn’t a scene

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The MOTIF Hand: A Step Forward in Robotic Hand Technology

Applied Science, Robotics / Jorge Paka

As we grow up, we learn to apply just the right amount of force to move objects and to avoid touching things like a hot pan with bare hands. Now, engineers have created a robotic hand that can do the same. A student team partnered with USC Viterbi computer science assistant professor Daniel Seita to

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Humans See a Collaborating Robot as Part of Themselves

Applied Science, Robotics / Eduardo Paulo

Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa and Brown University in the U.S. found that people perceive a humanoid robot’s hand as part of their own body schema, especially during collaborative tasks like slicing a bar of soap. The study, published in iScience, could lead to improved design of robots intended to

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