Moravec‘s Paradox

Atlas still has some room for improvement when it comes to dancing. Credit: Boston Dynamics The newest iteration of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot is already disconcertingly nimble, with its ability to run, perform backflips, and toss around heavy objects. So maybe there’s some comfort to be had in knowing…

The streamer's first adult animated series was co-created by Canadian brothers Joel H. and Robert Cohen, who have both written for The Simpsons Super Team Canada, Crave’s first-ever original animated series, will get a two-episode premiere on the Bell-owned streaming service on May 16. The 10-episode, half-hour comedy series follows…

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Plus: BYD has unveiled a new EV that can charge in just five minutes This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. When you might start speaking to robots Last week, Google made a somewhat…

Google is only the latest to fuse large language models with robots. The trend has big implications. Gemini Robotics This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Wednesday, Google made a somewhat surprising announcement.…

Airtel Africa, operating across 14 African countries, has today launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Spam Alert Service to offer its smartphone and feature phone customers real-time alerts for suspected spam SMS messages, at no cost. The feature requires no additional application downloads and is automatically activated for all Airtel customers.…

This photo taken on March 14, 2025 shows a surgical robot demonstration during the 2025 China Medical Equipment Conference & Medical Equipment Exhibition held at Chongqing International Expo Center in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao) CHONGQING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- From a console in Shanghai, French surgeon Youness Ahallal…

Baidu has unveiled two new large-scale artificial intelligence models, positioning them as direct competitors to the rapidly emerging DeepSeek in China's fiercely contested AI landscape . The newly launched models include the X1 reasoning model and the Ernie 4.5 foundation model, with a significant emphasis on multimodal capabilities, suggesting an…

Sophia and Zac inspect the last week of humanoid and non-humanoid robots while unpacking several days of AI announcements, including Amazon’s new Alexa+ AI, Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 and Claude Code, and much more. Note: recorded 2/27/2025 and released 3/16/2025 because… reasons. Thanks for viewing! Hosts Sophia Tung YouTube: youtube.com/@sophiat  Threads:…

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. European Robotics Forum: 25–27 March 2025, STUTTGART, GERMANY RoboSoft 2025:…