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Self-healing 'living skin' can make robots more humanlike — and it looks just as creepy as you'd expectA combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too.
By Rory Bathgate Published
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This AI-powered robot has worked out how to solve a Rubik's Cube in just 0.305 secondsFootage shows the record-breaking TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubik's Cube so fast that it appears to happen in a single move. But in reality, advanced AI is helping it rapidly turn the puzzle's colored panels in an imperceptibly fast sequence.
By Harry Baker Published
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DeepMind experimenting with 'Shadow Hand' that can withstand a severe beating in the name of AI researchThe Shadow Hand robotic appendage is primarily built for machine learning projects with a focus on dexterity — but its creators want you to know just how tough it is.
By Bobby Hellard Published
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Meet LocoMan, the quirky robot dog that can stand up on its hind legs like a meerkat and play with objectsGroundbreaking low-cost ‘loco-manipulators’ transform a humble robot dog into a dexterous bot capable of walking and handling objects simultaneously.
By Bobby Hellard Published
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Watch Boston Dynamics' newest Atlas robot wake up in the creepiest way possibleBoston Dynamics replaces its flagship humanoid robot after 10 years with a completely new machine that looks like the Pixar lamp with a mechanical humanoid body.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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Watch derpy robots show off their soccer skills thanks to new AI training methodShort, stumpy robots learned how to play soccer — and improved their skills dramatically thanks to a new AI training technique that combines several pre-existing methods.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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AI-powered humanoid robot can serve you food, stack the dishes — and have a conversation with youFigure 01 learned how to make coffee by watching a human do it, and now it can speak to you like a person.
By Drew Turney Published
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Watch a 'robot dog' scramble through a basic parkour course with the help of AIScientists used AI neural networks to teach a robot dog new tricks, enabling it to climb wooden crates and hop between them.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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Chinese scientists build world's fastest humanoid robot — but it's not going to win any sprints just yetBy harnessing a huge amount of torque in its legs, the H1 robot can potentially reach 11 miles per hour at top speed.
By Drew Turney Published
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