Published on: 2025-06-05 05:15:42
A teen tech entrepreneur is working to retrofit robots with simulated artificial bodily functions like a virtual heart rate, body temperature, and sweating response — a bong-rip idea to make them better emulate human emotional states like joy or anxiety. In an interview with TechCrunch, the 19-year-old founder of "emotionally intelligent robots" company Intempus, Teddy Warner, explained why he's imbuing AI with digital versions of the often-uncomfortable sensations you feel during spells of hei
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 10:35:38
With car sales cratering worldwide, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperately looking for alternative areas of growth. Apart from preparing to launch a fleet of autonomous "Cybercab" robotaxis, the billionaire has promised that an army of Optimus humanoid robots could soon be roaming factory floors, heralding a revolution in manufacturing. At least, that's his grandiose vision. Earlier this week, Musk told CNBC that the carmaker will have "thousands of Optimus robots working in Tesla factories by the
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Driving a 2026 Ioniq 9 SUV around the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant in Georgia can feel like a victory lap for the South Korean automaker. Hyundai’s electric flagship carves out room for three America-centric rows of seats, from a booming brand whose EVs and hybrids already make up one in every four US sales. Even better, the Ioniq 9 and smaller Ioniq 5 are emerging from a futuristic new factory in America, giving Hyundai a defensible bulwark against the tariffs and onshoring fervor of Donald T
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 16:03:00
What just happened? A team of engineers at the University of Edinburgh has unveiled a new chapter in robotics: soft, four-legged robots that can walk off a 3D printer as soon as they're made. This innovation, powered by a desktop machine called the Flex Printer, could make advanced robotics accessible to a much wider audience and spark fresh advances in fields from medicine to nuclear safety. Unlike traditional robots built from rigid materials and packed with electronics, these new devices are
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What just happened? A team of engineers at the University of Edinburgh has unveiled a new chapter in robotics: soft, four-legged robots that can walk off a 3D printer as soon as they're made. This innovation, powered by a desktop machine called the Flex Printer, could make advanced robotics accessible to a much wider audience and spark fresh advances in fields from medicine to nuclear safety. Unlike traditional robots built from rigid materials and packed with electronics, these new devices are
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Let's get ready to rumble: In a clash where silicon meets sinew, China just hosted the world's first-ever humanoid robot kickboxing tournament – and no, it wasn't a sci-fi movie set. The China Media Group World Robot Competition – Mecha Fighting Series kicked off on May 25 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, with humanoid bots from Unitree Robotics stepping into the ring for some MMMA. It was an event reminiscent of the old Robot Wars show in the late 90s but slightly less violent. Four Unitree G1
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Finding the balance: Workplace automation has long promised to relieve humans of tedious tasks, freeing them to focus on more meaningful and satisfying work. Yet, as automation spreads across industries, new research raises doubts about whether robots truly improve the work lives of employees. Recent academic studies reveal a more complex reality. One investigation, led by Professor Milena Nikolova at the University of Groningen, analyzed data from across Europe and found that workers in highly
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 21:03:00
Finding the balance: Workplace automation has long promised to relieve humans of tedious tasks, freeing them to focus on more meaningful and satisfying work. Yet, as automation spreads across industries, new research raises doubts about whether robots truly improve the work lives of employees. Recent academic studies reveal a more complex reality. One investigation, led by Professor Milena Nikolova at the University of Groningen, analyzed data from across Europe and found that workers in highly
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 17:23:00
There’s just something about robots that makes us really want to kick them. Like this one, this one, or all of these ones. I know that the kicking technically has a purpose, but let’s be honest, it’s not the harrowing trial of human-like locomotion and stability that makes us want to kick, it’s the uh… kicking part. Abusing robots is fun, apparently, but also very tiring. I mean, who has time to kick and punch? In this economy? Luckily, this is 2025, and now the robots can kick and punch each ot
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 20:45:41
Forget Battle Bots... this is robot combat with fists of steel. Mortal Robots Two humanoid robots entered the ring to trade punches and kicks at an event in Hangzhou, China, over the weekend. Footage shows the two skinny bipedal units jabbing, kneeing, and swiping at each other, leading to plenty of stumbling and a faceplant. However, the fallen competitor got back on its feet in seconds, extending the scuffle for a nail-biting finale. However, the robots weren't acting autonomously just yet
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 17:01:00
In brief: Elon Musk puts a lot of faith in Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot. Not only does the CEO believe it will drive the EV firm's valuation into the trillions, but he also expects thousands of the bots working at Tesla – and other companies' – factories. However, the former Optimus team lead thinks these robots aren't the right fit for high-speed, repetitive factory work. In August 2021, Tesla announced that it was creating a general-purpose, bipedal, humanoid robot capable of performing tas
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 22:09:34
Two humanoid robots traded punches while fans watched on, in a competition held in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday. The fight was part of the China Media Group World Robot Competition and featured robots developed by Unitree Robotics. The event included both fighting demonstrations and matches, marking a world-first combat sports event featuring humanoid robots.
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I Bought a Robot Cat for My Rabbit — and Fell Into the Weird World of Animal-Robot Research What began as a TikTok experiment with my rabbit led me into a strange world of cyborg cockroaches, imposter fish, and the ethics of care. By: Ericka Johnson A↑ A↓ Off Bright Dark Blues Gray BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. For a while, as part of a research project on care robots in Sweden, I had Paro the seal in my house. I had borrowed Paro from a r
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 03:48:30
For years, many workers at Amazon warehouses walked miles each day to track down inventory. But over the past decade, Amazon has increasingly relied on so-called robotics warehouses, where pickers stand in one spot and pull inventory off shelves delivered to them by lawn-mower-like robots, no walking necessary. The robots generally haven’t displaced humans; Amazon said it has hired hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers since their introduction, while creating many new skilled roles. But th
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At Google's recent I/O developer conference, the tech giant featured a demo of its Gemini AI animating Aloha 2 robots. Developers describe these robotic arms as a relatively low-cost option for teleoperation and data gathering and a full tabletop setup costs more than $30,000. The demo was part of Google's AI Sandbox and featured two pairs of Aloha 2 robot arms, cameras and microphones where visitors could give the robots instructions. To see the robots in action and a deep dive on how Google
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This Robotic Centipede Crawls Farms to Kill Weeds — and Might Join the Military Just keep them far away from us. Creepy Robo Crawlers Engineers have developed a giant robotic centipede that can scuttle across farmland to root out weeds. As IEEE Spectrum reports, Georgia Tech spinoff Ground Control Robotics has created a bio-inspired centipede that uses sensors and plenty of motor-actuated limbs to control weeds. "Centipede robots, like snake robots, are basically swimmers," founder Dan Gold
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At an event in Dortmund, Germanytoday, Amazon announced a new robotic system called Vulcan, which the company is calling “its first robotic system with a genuine sense of touch—designed to transform how robots interact with the physical world.” In the short to medium term, the physical world that Amazon is most concerned with is its warehouses, and Vulcan is designed to assist (or take over, depending on your perspective) with stowing and picking items in its mobile robotic inventory system. Re
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust A hot potato: Recent efforts by tech companies to develop increasingly human-like autonomous robots have invited endless comparisons to the Terminator films. While the criticisms are usually made in jest, a couple of recent incidents with Unitree robots present some of the strongest evidence yet of the risks of humanoid robotics. A chilling video that recently began circulating on social media alle
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 21:00:50
Amazon has deployed over 750,000 robots to its fulfillment centers over the last decade or so, but now there's a new, shall we say, more sensitive addition. The company has announced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch. It's one in a series of new robots introduced today at Amazon's Delivering the Future event in Germany. Vulcan uses force feedback sensors to monitor how much it's pushing or holding on to an object and, ideally, not damage it. “In the past, when industrial robots have
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Amazon has developed a new warehouse robot that uses touch to rummage around shelves to find the right product to ship to customers. The robot, called Vulcan, is a meaningful step towards making robots less sausage-fingered compared to human beings. Honing robots’ tactile abilities further may allow them to take on more fulfillment and manufacturing work in the years ahead. Aaron Parness, Amazon’s director of robotics AI who led the development of Vulcan, explains that touch sensing helps the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 05:10:00
Bryan Johnson is on a mission to not die. The 47-year-old multimillionaire has already applied his slogan “Don’t Die” to events, merchandise, and a Netflix documentary. Now he’s founding a Don’t Die religion. Johnson, who famously spends millions of dollars on scans, tests, supplements, and a lifestyle routine designed to slow or reverse the aging process, has enjoyed extensive media coverage, and a huge social media following. For many people, he has become the face of the longevity field.
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Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory. The new version of the bot, evolved from the hydraulic Atlas model that’s been performing viral video demos since 2013, made its public debut last spring. But while the company’s dog-like Spot and warehouse robot Stretch are already deployed at industrial sites, the Hyundai pilot will be the first time Atlas is used in commercial manufacturing. Boston Dynamics, which was acquired by
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The world has a trash problem. The amount of stuff we throw away is expected to nearly double, to 3.8 billion metric tons, by 2050. Reducing what we use would go a long way to addressing the issue, but let’s face it, we’re not very good at buying less either. That leaves recycling, which has its own problems. People routinely try to recycle dirty yogurt cups or toss plastic in the aluminum bin. It all makes recycling more expensive because, ultimately, someone has to manually pick out the unwan
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In context: Teaching robots new skills has traditionally been slow and painstaking, requiring hours of step-by-step demonstrations for even the simplest tasks. If a robot encountered something unexpected, like dropping a tool or facing an unanticipated obstacle, its progress would often grind to a halt. This inflexibility has long limited the practical use of robots in environments where unpredictability is the norm. Researchers at Cornell University are now charting a new course with RHyME, an
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You can’t throw a rock these days without hitting someone trying to build humanoid robots. The Humanoid Robot Guide lists 47 different humanoids made by 38 different manufacturers, and this Technology Review article claims 160 companies worldwide are building humanoids. Many of these manufacturers are startups that have raised (or are raising) hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital. 1X Technologies has raised around $125 million in funding, Apptronik has raised $350 million, and Agil
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🔊 Listen to this ► A Review Of The Personal Humanoid Robots. Robots are AI in motion. In 2025, humanoid robots will begin to start entering into the homes of ordinary people (higher income at first), promising to transform daily life in ways reminiscent of the personal computer revolution. Imagine a robot helping with household chores, tutoring children, or assisting the elderly—tasks that could make life easier and more fulfilling. We explore how these robots, modified by garage innovators us
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A half marathon foot race in Beijing, China, saw thousands of humanoid robots of various sizes running right alongside their flesh-and-blood counterparts for an attempt to take the crown. Footage shows the awkward bipedal robots trotting off, closely followed by their respective teams of two to three human navigators and engineers. As the Associated Press reports, the machines were separated by a divider from the hordes of human runners, making sure they didn't get trampled — or tipped over. B
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PEDRO PARDO/Getty Images If you thought bipedal robots were limited to the somewhat creepy and sweet breakdancing moves of Boston Dynamics' Atlas, think again, because the robots are now coming for your marathon medals. More than 20 robots took to the streets of China over the weekend to compete against real people in the first-ever human-humanoid half-marathon. The robots were from various manufacturers, and, like people, came in all different sizes. Also: AI humanoid robots step closer - th
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It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on Saturday, with 21 humanoid robots competing alongside thousands of humans. Bloomberg reports that the winning robot, Tiangong Ultra, was built by the government-backed research institute X-Humanoid and finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes. This would not be an impressive time for a human — the race’
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 15:41:00
What just happened? It appears that one thing humanoid robots still can't do better than their human counterparts is long-distance running. This fact was illustrated during a half-marathon in Beijing, China, over the weekend, when most of the competing robots fell over, fell apart, or failed to finsih. The world's first humans vs. robot half-marathon in China saw 21 humanoid machines running alongside their operators in the 13-mile race, in which more than 12,000 people took part – the robots a
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