For robots to move beyond warehouses and into homes, they’ll need to navigate using more than just vision. Most AI-powered robots today use cameras to understand their surroundings and learn new tasks ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

Researchers from Duke University and Columbia University have successfully harnessed a uniquely human cognitive ability – the “Theory of Mind” – to rapidly train teams of robots to perform complex ...

Scaling more data enhances robots' capacity to acquire dependable and broad skills, according to research. However, compared to sophisticated AI models for language and vision, robot data is much ...

Human children generally learn to tie their shoes by age 5 or 6. Robots, on the other hand, have been working on the problem for decades. In a new paper, Google DeepMind researchers showcase a method ...

While wandering through the Computer Zone May 4 at the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival, be on the lookout for any pesky, Nerf-dart-shooting robots. Faculty and students in RIT’s ...

Scientists at UCL, Google DeepMind and Intrinsic have developed a powerful new AI algorithm that enables large sets of robotic arms to work together faster and smarter in busy industrial settings, ...

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Imagine walking downtown when you hear a loud bang coming from the construction site across the ...

THE ROBOTS are coming! In science fiction that is usually an ominous warning. In the real world, it is a prediction—and a welcome one. The field of robotics has made impressive progress in the past ...