Robots can be finicky learners. Historically, they've required precise, step-by-step directions to complete basic tasks, and tend to call it quits when things go off-script, like after dropping a tool ...

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Imagine a world where robots clean your home, beaches, and even public spaces. We're already well on our way there, but a new self-learning robotic arm developed by researchers at TU Wien in Austria ...

Horror stories from robot vacuum owners mostly stem from two fixable mishaps: They accidentally bought a dinky robot vacuum or merely haven't set their very capable robot vacuum up for success in the ...

Robots are machines that can automatically perform both simple and complex actions. They are often programmed by a computer, but there's no single definition of a robot. Robots include a wide variety ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an Indian town, workers fold towels while wearing cameras, providing data to teach AI robots how to move and ...

As partners in an engineering company that provides advanced automation, we get interesting reactions to the concept of bringing robots to healthcare. For some, it invokes sci-fi visions of ...

“Robot utility models” sidestep the need to tweak the data used to train robots every time they try to do something in unfamiliar settings. It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments ...

The machines continue to rise. Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to train a robotic program to do parts of a gallbladder removal surgery, or a cholecystectomy. The robotic surgeon ...