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4 days ago · Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans. A new approach could enable intuitive robotic helpers for household, workplace, and warehouse …
This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical ...
Jan 15, 2025 · The robotic insect, which weighs less than a paperclip, can fly significantly faster than similar bots while completing acrobatic maneuvers like double aerial flips. The revamped …
Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, …
May 1, 2024 · To illustrate this, LGA developed robotic policies to help Boston Dynamics’ Spot quadruped pick up fruits and throw drinks in a recycling bin. These experiments show how the …
Watch this terrifying robotic torso spring into life
Nov 1, 2024 · The robotic torso is mounted to a human-like pelvis and topped with a head-like appendage. It has a rigid spine, a solid rib cage and ghostly white "skin" reminiscent of the …
Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls
May 15, 2024 · “We designed these robotic arms based on an AI search and design optimization, to look for designs of classic robot manipulators with certain engineering constraints,” …
MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 …
Feb 10, 2025 · MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are …
Robots: Facts about these programmable and autonomous …
Apr 30, 2025 · NASA's Voyagers 1 and 2 robotic spacecraft have left the solar system and entered interstellar space in 2012 and 2018, respectively. That means Voyager 1, at 15.6 …
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if …
May 13, 2025 · Asada’s group at MIT develops a variety of technologies and robotic aides to assist the elderly. In recent years, others have developed fall prediction algorithms, designed …
Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right …
Mar 7, 2025 · Graduate student Felix Yanwei Wang nudges a robotic arm that is manipulating a bowl in a toy kitchen set up in the group’s lab. Using the framework Wang and his …
Hydrogen-powered 'robot horse' could one day take you up a …
Apr 8, 2025 · Japanese engineers have unveiled a concept design of the Corleo, a four-legged robotic horse that could one day carry people across a vast range of terrains.