How far, and for how long, a robot can navigate depends on how much power it consumes over time. Robot navigation systems are ...

The leading designers are all focused on a ‘brain-first’ approach that insists on controlling everything centrally rather ...

It's a step toward The Terminator, built 20 times faster than people can program Computer scientist Peter Burke has ...

Machines have come a long way in seeing and understanding images, but they still don’t see quite like humans do. A new ...

Computer scientist Peter Burke has unveiled a robot that uses generative AI models to train its brain and host hardware, subject to proper prompting by handlers. Currently working as a professor of ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

Weighing in at about 78 pounds, humanoid robots showcased their human-like combat skills inside in the boxing ring at China's ...

Scientists even have a name for the queasy feeling: the "uncanny valley". A team at the Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa have shown how a robot's gaze can trick us into thinking we ...

Scientists still do not understand why we have subjective experiences or awareness. This is known as the “hard problem” of ...

A six-foot-tall, 300-pound Valkyrie robot is seen at University of Massachusetts-Lowell's robotics center in Lowell, Mass. "Val," one of four sister robots built by NASA, could be the vanguard for ...