Because we've seen so many robots. We've seen Robbie the Robot from the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, Rosie the housekeeper from The Jetsons, the animated Gigantor, C-3PO and R2-D2 from late 1970s Star Wars, Optimus Prime, Data from Star Trek, Arnold ...

Even as robots took over the show floors, there were clues at CES that robots were not quite ready for prime-time performance, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

Picture a robot. What comes to mind? Perhaps a droid from Star Wars or The Jetsons: a machine that can move, speak and perform tasks all by itself. Or maybe your imagination jumps to humanoid robots à la The Terminator. But you might be surprised by the ...

By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training data.

Robot coworkers are closer than expected as labour shortages push humanoid machines into real workplaces

Investing.com -- Industrial robots have seen a clear acceleration in adoption over the past several years, with the pace picking up notably from around 2020, reflecting a broader shift in how robots are deployed on factory floors, as capabilities move beyond traditional, rigid automation toward more flexible and intelligent systems.

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. In the simulation, the machines—called ANYmals—confront challenges like slopes, steps, and ...

Last Friday, I wrote some special coverage for my TAZR Trader members on the SIGGRAPH computer vision event that NVIDIA (NVDA) attended in Vancouver. I include those notes below under "Robots From The Matrix" and don't miss the video of a humanoid running ...

Robots often fail outside factories when things move or change. Technology helps them see, feel, and learn, so they can work better in real places.

Former Army Colonel Bill Edwards, CPP, PSP, PCI, CPD is a Principal of Protective Design and Security services at Thornton Tomasetti. The most prominent problem facing security operations is providing real-time information and intelligence for a ...