Good news — more stories on robotics and artificial intelligence will be published here throughout the year. Click below to sign up for weekly email updates from Nature Briefing: AI and Robotics ...

"Imagine a robot vacuum or a personal assistant bot that notices its arm is bent after bumping into furniture," Hu said. "Instead of breaking down or needing repair, it watches itself, adjusts how it ...

On its Github page, the Microsoft Research team outlined how Magma can perform tasks, such as how it can manipulate robots and navigate user interfaces like clicking buttons. To develop the ...

As the global construction robots market surges toward $3.5 billion by 2030, these machines are fundamentally transforming job site safety and capabilities. From autonomous pile drivers constructing ...

“Imagine a robot vacuum or a personal assistant bot that notices its arm is bent after bumping into furniture,” said Hu. “Instead of breaking down or needing repair, it watches itself, adjusts how it ...

In a large, brightly lit warehouse in Flowery Branch, Ga., a pair of human-shaped robots made by Agility Robotics tiptoe across polished concrete floors, their gait oddly mincing. Their legs end ...

“We humans cannot afford to constantly baby these robots, repair broken parts and adjust performance. Robots need to learn to take care of themselves if they are going to become truly usefu ...

The small Danish city of Odense has become known for collaborative robots. Tourists to Odense, Denmark, come for the city’s rich history and culture: It’s where King Canute, Denmark’s last ...

ORANGE COUNTY, New York -- The famous Oscar statues are made at a workshop in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. The iconic statuettes have been a symbol of the best in film since 1929.

Additionally, the new system could detect changes to the robots' bodies, such as a bend in an arm, and assist them in modifying their movements to repair the damage that was represented. This kind of ...

For example, "imagine a robot vacuum or a personal assistant bot that notices its arm is bent after bumping into furniture," Hu says. "Instead of breaking down or needing repair, it watches itself, ...

An artist’s depiction of a material-like collective of robots forming a rigid device. Credit: Brian Long, University of California Santa Barbara, edited Researchers have designed a robotic material ...