Moravec‘s Paradox

SpaceX is making a 480-foot-tall giant robot with arms that will catch giant rockets. It is insanely cool. Sci-fi made real. But moon landings were already insanely cool. The difference is with this working we have almost a thousand launches per month from the same launch pad versus at most…

Building a robot is hard. Building one that can sense its environment and learn how to get around on its own is even harder. But UCLA engineers took on an even bigger challenge. Not only did they create autonomous robots, they 3-D printed them in a single step. Each robot…

Rating: 8/10 ? 1 - Absolute Hot Garbage 2 - Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 - Strongly Flawed Design 4 - Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 - Acceptably Imperfect 6 - Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 - Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 - Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9…

Respawn just announced a new mobile-first Legend debuting in Apex Legends Mobile (Free) next week. Rhapsody has a robot helper named Rowdy and brings music and rhythm themed abilities to the game on July 12th with Season 2. Apex Legends Mobile had early tests, a soft launch, and more leading…

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Robots like Rosey from “The Jetsons” and C3PO from “Star Wars” have long helped meet the domestic needs of their fictional owners. Now real robots are helping hotels shore up staffing shortages amid a boom in summer travel. Guests at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Boston can use an app…

William Shatner in "The Future is Now" In a rarely seen video about robotics optimistically called “The Future is Now,” William Shatner takes viewers through a 19 minute tour of the latest in industrial robotics. It’s got everything one wants in an educational video from 1984: grainy montages, a beep-boop…

KT Stock photos/Shutterstock In June 2022, Beijing Jiaotong University published research that detailed a device allegedly capable of detecting spikes in neural activity to determine whether a person is watching explicit content (via SCMP). Fast forward a few weeks, and there are now reports about yet another dystopian AI-fueled invention…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Learn more. When it comes to robot vacuum cleaners, everyone wants a high-end model like the hot new iRobot Roomba j7+. Of course, the hefty Roomba j7+ price tag…

Hallelujah, baby! Dolores in the highest! *Fireworks crackle and paint the New York City skyline, children weep tears of joy, and every last living creature, right down to the squirrels in Central Park, run wild in a fit of sun-kissed euphoria.* Jeeves, gather my brain orbs. I'm going to need…