If I asked you to design the perfect robot for throwing a block, you’d probably think of something humanoid, with legs for stability and hands for grasping. And who could blame you? If humans are good ...

Until now, robots have been able to walk on flat surfaces. Even then, they've needed almost constant human guidance. These ...

To develop knowledge beyond text and videos, AIs must have realistic virtual playgrounds where they can make mistakes and ...

A cart-like robot scuttles across the field to bring back javelins and discuses. A towering screen-on-wheels is designed for “virtual” attendance. The cute ones are, naturally, the likeness of the ...

As amazing as VR can be, nothing breaks the immersion like putting your hand right through a wall. While some teams are using haptics to simulate the sense of touch, a new study has a clever ...

IT Home reported on September 21 that OpenMind has launched what is claimed to be the world's first 'AI-native' open source ...

Robots of all shapes and sizes increasingly populate workplaces, from factories to operating rooms. Many of the bots rely on attaining new skills by trial and error ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a defense technology journalist, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A multi-segmented robot at the DARPA Urban Challenge in ...

Years of science fiction movies about futuristic military warfare tend to have a bit of an impact on how we picture robots in the military. It usually involves robot skeletons shooting lasers, giant ...

Seven teams of software gurus whose code deftly controlled a virtual, human-like robot through a virtual obstacle course were awarded a real humanoid to program for a real-world competition to develop ...

An overview of robotic process automation (RPA): what it is, its different types and the evolution and current adoption of RPA The business world is always in flux. New technologies and strategies are ...