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

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Researchers at Northeastern University have developed a new algorithm that significantly improves the efficiency of mobile robot navigation. Designed to reduce the heavy memory demands of autonomous ...

Sergey Levine is an assistant professor at UC Berkeley whose research is focused on the thing our parents used to make such a fuss over, whenever we made stupid mistakes or should have known to avoid ...

Around the world, health care workers are in short supply, with a shortage of 4.5 million nurses expected by 2030, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Nurses are already feeling the ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

AgiBot, a humanoid robotics company based in Shanghai, has engineered a way for two-armed robots to learn manufacturing tasks through human training and real-world practice on a factory production ...

Fred Moll, the cofounder of $200 billion Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that could help make both complex and common surgeries more accessible to everyone. Dr.