Robots might need to become more boring to be useful. We’ve all seen videos over the past few years demonstrating how agile humanoid robots have become, running and jumping with ease. We’re no longer ...

Once upon a time, machine learning was an arcane field, the preserve of a precious few researchers holed up in grand academic institutions. Progress was slow, and hard won. Today, however, just about ...

What is the best way to teach a robot? Sometimes it may simply be to speak to it clearly. Researchers found that human-language descriptions of tools can accelerate the learning of a simulated robotic ...

Edging ever closer to technology that won’t need us at all to progress. Want to program your own robot but lack the coding knowledge? Maybe you have an abundance of android allies, but a scarcity of ...

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A team of researchers in Germany published a study of the relationship between language and trustworthiness when it comes to human views on talking robots, stated Cointelegraph. “Surprisingly, people ...

Researchers at the University of California Berkeley have developed a framework that allows robots to teach each other without human intervention. Historically, robots struggle to transfer skills ...

Nature is brimming with animals that collaborate in large numbers. Bees stake out the best feeding spots and let others know where they are. Ants construct complex hierarchical homes built for defense ...

Research at Michigan State University is focused on teaching robots to use colors to perceive, visualize, and interpret interactions when manipulating objects. A force-interpreting optical system is ...

AI’s grabbing headlines, but the robotics field is still making a significant impact in the real world — and this is your briefing on our latest coverage of the growing industry. Before we get into ...