History is also littered with examples of complex automata designed to wow audiences with their life-like movements. But the word "robot" was first introduced by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in his ...

A Chinese team has unveiled a groundbreaking quadruped robot that is pushing the boundaries of robotics and speed. The Black Panther 2.0, developed by Zhejiang University's humanoid innovation ...

AgiBot, a robotics company focused on embodied intelligence, has achieved a major milestone by successfully deploying its Real-World Reinforcement Learning (RW-RL) system on a pilot production line ...

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 ...

This Saturday, history was created in Beijing when twenty-one humanoid robots raced in the Yizhuang half-marathon. It was the first event where robots shared the stage with human runners in a ...

Hellen Obiri, the Kenyan distance runner and two-time Olympic silver medalist, will make history at the 2024 Paris Olympics — thanks to her shoes. Obiri will be sporting a new sneaker from sportswear ...

The student of history quickly learns that new technologies do more than support the operation of culture, they transform and ...

MLB is testing an automated ball-strike sytem during spring training using Hawk-Eye technology, which is a fixture in tennis matches throughout the world. Fans and players are divided on whether they ...

After Art Cartwright took his robot, Zion, outside for the very first time to stretch its legs, it explored the street at a leisurely pace. Then it started to run. A woman driving past recorded the ...

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This year’s Arthur C. Clarke award for the year’s best science fiction novel was awarded last month to Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot. Over the course of the novel, Annie, a sentient sex robot programmed to ...