Local tech company TahoeJS is beginning an outreach program to get kids more interested in problem solving — all through playing with robots. “The main goal is to teach kids about programming, and not ...

Nvidia Corp. today detailed Eureka, an artificial intelligence system that can automatically train robots to perform new tasks. In an internal evaluation, the chipmaker used Eureka to teach 10 ...

Google LLC today debuted an internally developed software tool that can reduce the amount of effort involved in training a robot to perform new tasks. The tool is known as Code as Policies, or CaP. It ...

From sorting objects in a warehouse to navigating furniture while vacuuming, robots today use sensors, software control systems, and moving parts to perform tasks. The harder the task or more complex ...

A Harvard team has demonstrated that robots can be designed to react to their environment and perform tasks by programming intelligence into their structure. They created a robot capable of ...

There are efforts to promote coding to kids, but they're typically aimed at an older demographic -- few young children are ready to sit at a keyboard and start writing. Play-i hopes to foster that ...