Commentary: The idea of a human-controlled robot in your home might sound weird, but perhaps it's not all that different from what we're used to. Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a ...

Disney Imagineers have created a new, life-like Olaf robot that will debut in Disney parks next year. The robot is part of a larger effort to bridge the gap between on-screen characters and real-world ...

AI won’t replace writers in the way people dramatically imagine. What it will replace, though, is a lot of copywriting. AI ...

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We've all been there, protecting our ears—the school play in the gym or community hall, where sound is distorted due to ...

It’s one small step for man — and one giant, badass layup for robot kind. Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have programmed a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play ...

[Aditya Sripada] and [Abhishek Warrier]’s TARS3D robot came from asking what it would take to make a robot with the capabilities of TARS, the robotic character from Interstellar. We couldn’t find a ...

Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself—such as turbulence in its atmosphere, changes in its ...

A humanoid robot has strolled into the record books after completing the longest-ever walk by such a machine. Built by Chinese robotics firm AgiBot, the A2’s record-breaking trek covered 106.3 ...

Working across teams and departments within Nissan, it went from idea to application in less than 18 months. The Personalized ...

You might assume that Tesla has the humanoid robot stage to itself, but several Chinese automakers are also sprinting toward the same goal. Among them, EV startup Xpeng is taking the lead, planning to ...