Microsoft (MSFT), OpenAI, and Google (GOOG, GOOGL) might be getting all the attention when it comes to generative AI like ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard. But Facebook parent Meta (META) isn’t sitting out the ...

Modern robotics has reached a point where movement is no longer the main challenge – machines can already navigate, grasp, and operate in space with impressive precision. Yet enabling them to truly ...

Home robotics is entering a more demanding phase. The question is no longer whether a robot can execute an impressive isolated behavior under tightly prepared conditions. The real test is whether it ...

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 ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

Picking up a simple object is intuitive for a human, but it's much trickier for a robot. Machines directed by artificial intelligence have historically found it very difficult to navigate awkwardly or ...

In what might be one of the most underappreciated technological breakthroughs of our time, Alphabet's Google DeepMind has accomplished something deceptively difficult -- teaching a robot to tie ...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The business need for automation continues to grow as manufacturers look to ramp up volume and improve quality, cost and employee safety. Many new ...

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 ...