Around this time last year, the Chinese robotics company Unitree impressed us with the circus tricks and GPT chat capabilities of its $1,600 second-generation robot dog. Now, the company has introduced an all-terrain upgrade. While robot quadrupeds can be fast, agile, useful, and even cute, moving on all fours isn’t always ideal. In some scenarios, […]
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Disney Research Hub has different priorities compared to other robot developers; its robots must move efficiently and effectively, but also with a lot of style and personality. This adorable biped, inspired by the BD-1 droid, exemplifies this approach. For those unfamiliar, BD-1 first appeared in the 2019 video game Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. A
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A robotic truck with a 105-ft (32-m) telescopic boom arm has recently traveled from Australia to Florida. Now, this construction robot is set to begin constructing up to 10 houses, aiming to establish itself as the preferred choice for building entire communities. Robotics company FBR developed the truck with its brick-laying arm, known as the
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A fully automated “smart factory” in Changping, Beijing, manufactures Xiaomi’s upcoming foldable phones, the MIX Fold 4 and MIX Flip, at a rate of about one every three seconds, 24/7. This 80,000-square-meter (860,000-sq-ft) facility, Xiaomi’s new Changping production facility, operates without human intervention thanks to its 11 fully automated production lines. Xiaomi’s proprietary “Pengpai Intelligent
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In China, there is approximately one guide dog for every 40,000 blind individuals. To address this shortage and ensure safe navigation for users, researchers are developing a six-legged, AI-enhanced robotic dog. According to a press release citing the China Blind Association, over 17 million people in China are blind, but there are only slightly more
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Living brain cells integrated into organoid-on-a-chip biocomputers are now capable of learning to control robots through MetaBOC, an open-source intelligent interaction system. This extraordinary initiative aims to relocate human brain cells into artificial bodies. Biocomputing stands at one of the most surreal frontiers of emerging technology, enabled by the shared language of electrical signals between
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About six months ago, Figure revealed that its shiny silver humanoid robot had secured its first role at a BMW manufacturing plant. It has been gearing up for this moment, and a new video highlights its progress as a versatile worker Currently, numerous AI-driven humanoids are in development, featuring various hardware and learning strategies. Despite
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A fleet of Digits, the 5-ft 9-in bipedal robots developed by Agility Robotics, is now operational in a Connecticut Spanx factory, transporting totes. This marks the first Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid robots. Following a successful proof-of-concept pilot in 2023, Agility Robotics has signed a multi-year agreement with GXO Logistics, Inc. to utilize Digit robots
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In a groundbreaking and slightly unsettling development, scientists have created a technique to attach living human skin to robotic faces. Beyond its sci-fi implications, this technology has practical potential. Two years ago, Professor Shoji Takeuchi and his team at the University of Tokyo achieved a similar feat by covering a motorized robotic finger with bioengineered
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Fourier Intelligence’s engineers opted for a vision-only approach with their sleek GR-1 general-purpose humanoid, foregoing a full suite of next-generation sensors like radar and LiDAR. Six RGB cameras positioned around its frame equip the GR-1 with a complete 360-degree view of its surroundings. This configuration supports the creation of a birds-eye-view map using camera data,
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