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The robotics engineers at Willow Garage have developed a new program that allows robots to open a fridge door, grab a beer, flip the lid, and serve. It's part of a larger vision: to build and test a ...

Scott Kirsner, a columnist with our editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss a recent trip to the lab and the future of robotic caregivers.

Figure AI is facing a federal lawsuit after its former head of product safety said he was fired for warning leaders that the ...

TL;DR: Figure AI's Helix model enables humanoid robots to understand and interact with the world in real time, handling new objects and tasks without pre-programmed instructions. In another ...

When Astro Boy debuted 60 years ago in Japan, the cartoon about a robot boy with human emotions captured the imagination of a whole generation, inspiring many to become engineers. Since then, robots ...