Robot assistants are on the way, but the latest models might need a human teleoperator to take over certain tasks by looking ...

Last year, when The New York Times reported that Amazon's robotics team's ultimate goal was to automate 75% of the company's ...

German startup Agile Robots has previewed a new humanoid robot designed for real-world industrial ...

Robots are becoming smarter and more common, but their ability to handle objects with human-like precision remains limited.

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Even with those limitations, orders for the machines are accelerating. Manufacturers such as BYD and Foxconn, both partners ...

By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training data.

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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.