Jul 23, 2025 · Comment Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark Sierra Greer's novel about a female robot, Annie Bot, just won a prestigious sci-fi prize, the …

5 days ago · Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to control any …

Oct 29, 2025 · Robots are seen as a way to help rural farmers. Traditional farming methods often treat whole fields in a uniform fashion. Robots, however, can work with plant-by-plant …

Jul 24, 2025 · A vision-based control system called Neural Jacobian Fields enables soft and rigid robots to learn self-supervised motion control using only a monocular camera. The system, …

Jul 9, 2025 · Foundation's new series is full of new characters and dramatic potential. But instead of mining those rich seams, too many plotlines have become shallow and absurd. It's hard to …

Jul 10, 2025 · Robots are helping humans in a growing number of places – from archaeological sites to disaster zones and sewers. The most recent robotic inventions can entertain people in …

Jul 17, 2025 · A new training interface allows a robot to learn a task in several different ways. This increased training flexibility could help more people interact with and teach robots — and may …

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May 20, 2025 · Heavy industry is one of the last frontiers of automation, but a new centre shows how robotics and AI can reshape how we build physical infrastructure.

Jun 5, 2025 · A new system enables a robot to “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously, allowing the robot to solve a multistep problem in a few seconds.