NIT Rourkela develops low-cost AI robot that can talk, understand emotions; patent secured

Researchers at NIT Rourkela have patented an AI-powered social robot that interacts naturally with users. It recognises ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s smallest programmable robots think, swim, and sense temperature using light

Scientists unveil penny-sized microrobots that swim, sense temperature, and run for months using light-powered brains.

Tamil Nadu govt schools to get robotics labs as state rolls out new STEM education initiative

Chennai: Students studying in Classes 6 to 9 in government schools across Tamil Nadu will soon learn the basics of ...
IEEE

Fast Foothold Planning for Quadruped Robot Locomotion Using Topological Perception

Abstract: Recent advancements in legged robot locomotion systems have led to significant improvements in their agility and overall performance. However, for these systems to effectively handle sudden ...
The Robot Report

Flexion to use Series A to build sim-to-real, AI systems powering humanoids

Flexion Robotics AG last week said it has raised Series A funding of $50 million. The company is building a reinforcement learning and sim-to-real platform that can power humanoid robots across ...
New Atlas

Watch: Insanely lifelike robot cut open to prove it's not a human in a suit

When the Next-Gen Iron humanoid was unveiled to the public earlier this month, strutting fluidly down the runway before a gobsmacked audience, it made headlines – but not for the reasons its creators ...
IEEE

HeRo: A State Machine-Based, Fault-Tolerant Framework for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Collaboration

Abstract: Heterogeneous robots can work together to accomplish a variety of complex tasks and have shown great potential in many fields. There are many efforts to make robot task orchestration more ...
Wired

Google DeepMind Hires Former CTO of Boston Dynamics as the Company Pushes Deeper Into Robotics

DeepMind’s chief says he envisions Gemini as an operating system for physical robots. The company has hired Aaron Saunders to help make that a reality. The hire is a key part of DeepMind CEO Demis ...