Moravec‘s Paradox

The following is a guest post and opinion from Markus Levin, Co-Founder of XYO. Global AI spending is expected to hit $1.5 trillion by the end of 2025, and robotics is rising with it. Robots now move and behave in ways that almost feel human, but most still fall apart…

When Apple released iOS 18.4 to everyone earlier this year, it came with a big upgrade to the Home app. Users can now add robot vacuums to HomeKit for the first time thanks to the Matter smart home standard. Here are the robot vacuums compatible with HomeKit… What can you…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Tech companies are collectively spending billions to turn the age old sci-fi trope of humanoid, general-purpose robots into reality. So far, that momentous effort has mostly produced staged performances, underwhelming demos, and lots of…

Kinsey Fabrizio is president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which claims to represent more than 1300 consumer technology companies and owns and organise Consumer Electronic Show (CES), every year, in Las Vegas. In this role, Fabrizio sits on CTA’s Executive Board and drives strategy and growth for CES and…

No data, no artificial intelligence (AI) party. Without data, AI – whether traditional, generative, or agentic – cannot exist. No surprise, then, that the vogue for AI, which has been gathering incredible momentum since the advent of generative AI towards the end of 2022, has had a significant impact on…

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“By 2030, if we don’t have models that are extraordinarily capable and do things that we ourselves cannot do, I’d be very surprised,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in an interview published by Politico in September. After this year, “I think in many ways GPT5 is already smarter than me…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving from buzzword to business reality. It is reshaping industries from finance to healthcare. In hospitality, though, many hotel operators remain cautious, and with good reason. Hospitality has always been a people-driven business. From check-in to farewell, it is the human moments that define a…

(Image credit: Future) Robotic vacuum cleaners and mops are the sort of gadget that seemed like pure science fiction just a generation ago. A self-driving robot dutifully scrubbing at your kitchen floor, then vacuuming the living room and returning to base to empty itself – even a time traveler already…

An Egyptian student in China explored a robotics training ground in Hefei, where humanoid robots learn practical tasks - from cooking to sorting - using VR and motion capture. This work is paving the way for advanced robots to enter our daily lives. #GLOBALink Read More