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Google DeepMind eyes AI robots after hiring Boston Dynamics CTO

Google wants to build robots that perform tasks at a similar or better level than humans

The Independent UK

Robots could reach our homes within 10 years, says Boston Dynamics CEO

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter tells Euronews Next about robot safety, its newest model, and AI.

Euronews

NVIDIA just built a “brain” that can power humanoid robots and physical AI — and it only costs $3,499

NVIDIA just announced Jetson Thor, a "robot brain" that powers humanoids, self-driving cars, and smart machines with real-time generative AI.

Windows Central

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Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot shows us how our future machine overlords could look

Thinking on the fly and moving freely? Robots are here for real

Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?

Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, they’re machines that perform automatic tasks and can be operated by humans, but sometimes work autonomously – without human help.

The Conversation

The design flaw holding back today’s humanoid robots

It’s easy to believe the robot revolution is here. But the industry’s biggest players know there is a deeper problem

The Independent UK

Today’s humanoid robots look remarkable, but there’s a design flaw holding them back

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot doing training routines, or the latest humanoids from Figure loading a washing machine, and it’s easy to believe the robot revolution is here. From the outside, it seems the only remaining challenge is perfecting the AI (artificial intelligence) software to enable these machines to handle…

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The first autonomous robot football match happened in China and it's like watching drunk toddlers with fewer ethical setbacks

Just watch the video.

PC Gamer

'Tesla Has The Robot And The Customer': Dave Mazza's HUMN ETF Makes A Calculated Bet On Optimus

The robots aren’t arriving — they’ve already started their shifts.

Benzinga

US hopes of beating China in the humanoid robotics race may be dashed by Trump's tariffs

Elon Musk warned investors last week that China's countermeasures restricting shipments of rare earth magnets will delay Tesla's development of its Optimus humanoid robots.

Euronews

US robot makers hope to beat China in humanoid race. Tariffs could affect their ambitions

Tariffs weren’t on the official agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit in Boston

The Independent UK

Robots: Facts about machines that can walk, talk or do tasks that humans can't (or won't)

Discover interesting facts about what defines robots, what they can do, and if they'll replace humans.

LiveScience

US robotics companies push for national strategy, including a central office, to compete with China

American robotics companies are pushing for a national robotics strategy, including a central government robotics office, to promote the industry at a time that Beijing is making intelligent robots a top national priority

The Independent UK

Boston Dynamics unveil next generation AI robot viewers fear is ‘the perfect soldier’

Boston Dynamics have unveiled the latest leap in development for their AI humanoid robot technology, Atlas.

The Independent UK

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This robot can do a cartwheel better than me and now I'm freaking out – but in a good way

Boston Dynamics and Nvidia are working together to take humanoid robotics to the next level and I cannot wait.

RideApart

So Is This Robot Dog With Wheels for Feet an ATV or Not?

Listen, the internet is a weird place. But it's a mirror of the weird place we've created around us. Everywhere you look, there are oddities springing up from all corners of the globe, including AI-robot police balls, H2R-powered drone helicopters, 217-MPH cameras, and more. And with AI and robotics becoming more…

LiveScience

Watch Chinese security robot with wheels for feet scramble down hills and perform acrobatics

Footage shows the DEEP Robotics 'Lynx' model traversing on two wheels and four across tough terrain.

The Independent UK

Robot completes entire marathon without recharging battery in world first

RAIBO2 completes 42km course seven minutes faster than the average runner at last year’s London Marathon

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Atlas robot's fully autonomous video is this Halloween's scariest video

Boston Dynamics Atlas gets the job done autonomnously

LiveScience

Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot can now 'play fetch' — thanks to MIT breakthrough

The future of smarter robots may lie in combining neural networks with advanced computer vision.

LiveScience

Chinese humanoid robot is the 'fastest in the world' thanks to its trusty pair of sneakers

The STAR1 robot can reach a top speed of 8 mph with the added help of a pair of sneakers.

Latin Times

LAPD Defends Unleashing Robot Dog on City, Promises 'Spot' Will Never Be Weaponized

LAPD plans to use Spot in situations to reduce risk to police officers, however others are worried the robot dog may become a symbol of militarization.

The Independent UK

US Army testing roll out of gun-mounted robot dogs in Middle East

IDF reportedly deployed robot dogs fitted with aerial drones earlier this year

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s the robot we were all expecting – like C3PO’: why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet?

Tesla and others are trying to infuse robots with artificial intelligence, yet their development is dogged by technical and safety challenges. But the dream of a multipurpose domestic droid lives on

The Conversation

AI could be the breakthrough that allows humanoid robots to jump from science fiction to reality

Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are able to walk and move like humans, as well as perform feats of…

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