MIT Associate Professor Luca Carlone works to give robots a more human-like perception of their environment, so they can interact with people safely and seamlessly.
The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.
- Robot dentist performs first fully automated procedure The first fully automated dental procedure on a human has been completed in Barranquilla, Colombia. US-based company Perceptive used a robotic arm, artificial intelligence and 3D imaging to complete the work.
A new system enables a robot to “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously, allowing the robot to solve a multistep problem in a few seconds.
Companies and individuals alike can benefit from humanoid robots, but society and industry will require clear guardrails to embrace this transformation.
From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series
New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and vegetables.
This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical ...
Autonomous robots have moved from labs to real-world industry, operating at scale in ports, warehouses and factories. In a recent episode of Radio Davos and in a session at the World Economic Forum's 56th Annual Meeting in Davos, experts on physical AI explored what's next for autonomous systems. Experts say that the hardest technical breakthroughs are now behind us, but that the transition to ...