Most people think of Toyota and picture a Camry, a Tacoma, maybe a Prius. A 7-foot-2 robot shooting free throws at halftime of a professional basketball game? That's a harder image to conjure. But ...

Looking ahead: Sony's latest robotics project tackles a core challenge in AI: operating reliably in fast-moving physical settings. Ace, an autonomous table tennis system, shows how close that goal is ...

A table tennis robot built by Sony maneuvers to hit the ball back to human opponent Akito Saeki during a match in Tokyo. (Sony AI via AP) A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record ...

Read the paper: Outplaying elite table tennis players with an autonomous robot For the first time, an AI-powered machine has bested elite-level athletes at a physical sport. ‘Ace’ is a ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in ...

Enterprises have spent the past two years rushing to make their workforces “AI-ready.” But many early training programs — focused on prompt writing and chatbot skills — are proving poorly suited to ...

Embodied AI is moving into real-world testing, and China's tech giants are stepping in. The Beijing Yizhuang humanoid robot half-marathon on April 19 is set to serve as a high-profile stress test for ...

Could a humanoid robot perform household chores for you? Soon, that might be the case. Chinese robotics company UniX AI has announced the release of Panther, a humanoid service robot designed to help ...

A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or be left behind. Teachers have long been labeled or framed by technology ...

Visible dustbin makes it easy to know when to clean it out. Does a good job of accurately mapping rooms. Can map multiple floors. Handles carpeting without issues. Base station isn’t great to look at.

Students at Chouteau Middle School have a unique teacher’s aide. “Bob” is an M2 robot capable of analyzing what happens in a classroom. “They were like, ‘Let’s name it Bob.’ I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Oh, ...