Moravec‘s Paradox

President Donald Trump gestures after signing executive orders related to artificial intelligence during the "Winning the AI Race" Summit in Washington DC, US July 23, 2025. — Reuters NEW YORK: A divided US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s…

In 2025, large-scale U.S. utility solar costs range from $0.95 to $1.23 per watt (DC) for a new, single-axis tracking system, with the final cost depending heavily on project size, location, and specific equipment. For a 1 MW (megawatt) utility-scale solar farm, the approximate cost is $980,000, not including land…

Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Anthropic plans to start training its artificial intelligence models with user data, one day after announcing a hacker used Claude to identify 17 companies vulnerable to attack and obtained sensitive information. The company is asking all users of Claude to decide by Sept. 28 whether they…

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. CLAWAR 2025: 5–7 September 2025, SHENZHEN, CHINA ACTUATE 2025: 23–24…

Egypt’s Minister of Education, Mohamed Abdel Latif, announced  on Wednesday, 27, August, that artificial intelligence (AI) curricula will be introduced in schools beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. The announcement was made during the First Annual Arab Artificial Intelligence Forum, held under the patronage of Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of…

Seoul National University of Science & Technology Tactile sensors are widely used in robotics, prosthetics, wearable devices, and healthcare monitoring. These devices detect and convert external stimuli such as pressure and force into electrical signals, facilitating effective environmental detection. Scientists have made extensive efforts to improve the performance of tactile…

Image Credit: Samuel Isaacs on Unsplash France’s Minister for Digital Affairs has announced legal action against streaming platform Kick after a fatal incident was broadcast on the platform earlier this month. Clara Chappaz, who serves as France’s Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, revealed that authorities will use…

While Tesla will constantly promote ever more advanced versions of Optimus, the humanoid robot it's working on—at least versions lacking human help behind the scenes—there is another robot in development you might be less familiar with: the Boston Dynamics Atlas series. What had been a rather bulky, chunky, yet agile…

Picture a soft robot inching forward like a caterpillar; it doesn’t just bend, it bends unevenly. This quirky twist, known as asymmetric motion, is what gives it that smooth, efficient crawl. Now, imagine building this robot from a magical material that changes shape when heated, liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs). Sounds…

Aug. 26, 2025, 5:46 PM EDT By Erum Salam First lady Melania Trump on Tuesday announced an artificial intelligence contest for K-12 students nationwide. “Are you ready for an AI challenge? Take part in this nationwide initiative to discover, develop and expand AI’s potential,” she said in the video announcement.…