The challenges, such as opening a door with a round doorknob, started out easy, at least for a human, and progressed to “gold ...

Traditional safety protocols weren’t designed for self-improving systems, which raises important questions about validation, oversight and accountability.

Robotics is entering a new phase where general-purpose learning matters as much as mechanical design. Instead of programming every behavior by hand, modern robots are increasingly expected to learn ...

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors. The successful use of imitation learning to train ...

Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

"We've had a bit of a breakthrough." Toyota, MIT and Columbia Engineering have shown off wild results from a new AI learning approach that massively accelerates how quickly robots can acquire new ...

Fig. 1(a) illustrates a typical robotic manipulation system. It features a robotic arm equipped with sensors like cameras and end-effectors such as grippers, enabling it to manipulate a wide range of ...

Robotics and deep learning are progressively reshaping agricultural automation by introducing precision, efficiency and adaptability to traditional farming practices. Advanced robotic systems, ...

The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is extending its support for the robo.innovate robotics incubator at the Technical ...

Shahin Vassigh works in the emerging field of environmental robotics to increase the resilience of the built environment.