This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans

MicroFactory has more than 100 preorders for its general-purpose tabletop robotic factory, which it hopes to start shipping ...

The $500,000 robot servant Elon Musk claims will sell 10 billion units by 2040 can barely walk and struggles with questions like 'where can I get a coke?'

Elon’s Tesla Optimus 🤖🔥 is here! Dawn of the physical Agentforce revolution, tackling human work for $200K–$500K.
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Inventor who encouraged Elon Musk to make Optimus says most humanoid robots today are 'terrifying'

Scott LaValley, CEO of Cartwheel Robotics, says robot makers should prioritize social acceptance over capabilities interview ...
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Nvidia Made Every Robot 7x Smarter and Way More Expensive

Nvidia released a "robot brain" it is calling Jetson Thor. eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More ...

A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...
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Atlas Robot Moves Spot Parts From One Place to Another Despite Humans Playing Tricks on It

Thanks to the many ongoing projects in this field, we're used by now to seeing humanoid robots performing all sorts of impressive, almost human-like tasks and movements. But it's not until you see one ...