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Inventor who encouraged Elon Musk to make Optimus says most humanoid robots today are 'terrifying'

Scott LaValley, CEO of Cartwheel Robotics, says robot makers should prioritize social acceptance over capabilities interview Scott LaValley, founder and CEO of Cartwheel Robotics, suspects he may have ...
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Bumblebee: China’s humanoid robot nails straight-knee walk with hybrid actuator design

This Chinese humanoid robot combines language understanding with a disturbance-resistant gait, pointing to the future of ...
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A play about the revolt of human workers — not machines — gave us the word 'robot'

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New ...

The perfect robot guide dog shouldn’t be cute

But guide dogs have limitations. Although it may not be obvious to the casual dog lover, these animals can cause headaches ...
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Humans sense a collaborating robot as part of their 'extended' body

Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa (Italy) and Brown University in Providence (U.S.) have ...
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How researchers are helping robots think for themselves to protect the environment

Looking back on his days as a Panther, Ph.D. graduate Paulo Padrão discusses how he and his research team used AI and digital ...

When robots are integrated into household spaces and rituals, they acquire emotional value

Users can form emotional attachments to devices. This has implications for design and human-computer interaction.
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Adaptive Human-Robot Collaborative Missions using Hybrid Task Planning

Abstract: Producing robust task plans in human-robot collaborative missions is a critical activity in order to increase the likelihood of these missions completing successfully. Despite the broad ...