MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

We can use the data obtained by our system to train a robot to do exactly (that) housework with this dexterous hand motion.” ...

Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.

The California startup released the fourth-generation of its home assistance robot, Stretch.

The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain

The humanoid robot of the future is a hulking specimen with a body that’s made in China and a brain that runs on American ...

An app that lets anyone control a robot from their phone, no coding required

Georgia Tech researchers have developed COBALT, a smartphone-based platform that allows anyone to remotely control robots from anywhere using simple motion controls and Wi-Fi connectivity.
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Anthropic says Claude writes 80% of its own code and the world needs a plan to hit the brakes

Claude now authors 80% of Anthropic's production code. The company's new paper maps the path to recursive self-improvement and calls for a global pause mechanism.

Scientists in 'autonomous laboratories' are starting to outsource work to robots

Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots ...

The case for merging human bodies with machines

From robot helpers to smart body parts, the line between human and machine is blurring. This hour, TED speakers design tech ...
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China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time

Localized, low-cost data harvested in homes and factories gives China a scaling edge over the research-heavy and outsourced U ...