Moravec‘s Paradox

Credit: BEYOND EXPO UBTECH, a Chinese humanoid robotics company, unveiled its latest full-sized commercial robot, Walker C, and panda-themed robot, Youyou, at BEYOND Expo 2025 in Macau, a global tech innovation event held from May 21 to 24. In a playful twist, Walker C and Youyou opened the event with…

There are few industries these days that are not touched by artificial intelligence (AI). Networking is very much one that is touched. It is barely conceivable that any network of any reasonable size – from an office local area network or home router to a global telecoms infrastructure – could…

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Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company Zoox has issued its second voluntary software recall in a month, following a collision between one of its robotaxis and an e-scooter rider in San Francisco on May 8. The latest incident involved an unoccupied Zoox vehicle operating at low speed, which the company says was…

It might surprise you, but Memorial Day can be a great time to shop for tech. In years past, we've seen solid Memorial Day sales on all manner of gadgets including many of our favorite tablets, headphones, charging accessories, robot vacuums and more. That's on top of all the seasonal…

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Digital twins at scale: Building the AI architecture that will reshape enterprise operations Opinion May 22, 2025 9 mins AI-powered digital twins enhance efficiency, predict outcomes and enable cost-effective system tuning by simulating real-world entities before live deployment. Digital twins, a sophisticated concept within the realm of artificial intelligence (AI),…

By studying a slender, leaping parasite thinner than a human hair, engineers at Georgia Tech developed a soft robot capable of hopping both forward and backward. Inspired by the jumping movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers at Georgia Tech have developed a 5-inch soft robot capable of leaping as…

A team of Purdue engineering students built a lightning-fast robot—Purdubik’s Cube—that now holds the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in just 0.103 seconds. Fueled by co-op experiences, personal inspiration, and university support, the students combined machine vision, custom algorithms, and industrial hardware to create a robotic system…