Asa Whitney Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mark Yim has completed the second phase of a human-robot interaction research project at Penn’s ModLab. The project primarily aims to develop Quori, a ...

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How does a robot perform as a boss at work? The results of research by Polish scientists published in Cognition, Technology & Work suggest that while robots can command obedience, it is not as strong ...

National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) innovators have developed a robotic system designed to interact with ...

What if the future wasn’t just a distant dream but standing right in front of you, walking, talking, and even helping with your daily tasks? Meet Figure 03, a new humanoid robot that promises to ...

Recent advancements in robotics have brought us closer to a future where robot hands can mimic the dexterity and touch sensitivity of human hands. This marks a significant shift in the field, as the ...

Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo ...

What if the future of robotics wasn’t confined to industrial labs or sci-fi movies but could be held in your hands, ready to teach, learn, and innovate alongside you? Enter the Unitree R1, a humanoid ...

The system was tested on the $16,000 Unitree G1 humanoid robot. It uses only built-in RGB cameras and relies fully on simulation-trained reinforcement learning. This lets the robot open many types of ...