Moravec‘s Paradox

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. IEEE RO-MAN 2023: 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREAIROS 2023:…

SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify Jacob Job: The night skies have fascinated humans for as long as we have been around. Celestial bodies have become actors in our myths and folklore. And from the stars and heavens, we draw inspiration and even religion. But the night skies have also taught us how to keep…

CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, speaks during a discussion with WEF Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab (not pictured) in Davos | Photo: Reuters Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith on Thursday said India needs to export talents skilled in artificial intelligence. While speaking at a US-India Strategic Partnership Forum event,…

Image credit: Hello Games No Man's Sky developers recently teased its next update, titled Echoes. It's out now and it adds a new race of robots, expanded space combat, and a series of story quests that tie many of its new features together. Seven years after launch, it'd be nice…

Meta AI announced the launch of ‘Code Llama,’ a community-licensed artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool built on the Llama2 large language model (LLM), on Aug. 24. The new tool is a fine-tuned version of LLama2 that’s been trained specifically for the purpose of generating and discussing computer code. According to…

Recalled Aiper Elite Pro GS100 cordless robotic pool vacuum cleaner Name of Product: Aiper Elite Pro GS100 cordless robotic pool vacuum cleaners Hazard: When the charging cord is plugged into the device without the adapter and/or directly into the charging port on the machine, the battery can overheat and short…

Self-driving taxis are ferrying passengers across San Francisco and Phoenix, and they could be coming to a street near you very soon. The two leading robotaxi companies, GM’s Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo, are expanding commercial services to cities across the country, including Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City.…

Mission control erupts in ecstatic applause after data confirms the Indian spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon. Credit: ISRO / Youtube screenshot India's robotic spacecraft landed on the moon unscathed Wednesday, a historic achievement for the country's growing space program. The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which means "moon craft" in Hindi,…

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A work of art created by artificial intelligence without any human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law, a U.S. court in Washington, D.C., has ruled. Only works with human authors can receive copyrights, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said on Friday, affirming the Copyright Office's…

Metropolis Architects are exploring new creations with old materials. Courtesy Clay Chapman Last week, a pair of videos circulating on social media caught my eye. Each showed a robotic arm milling a block of marble into a fine, classical sculpture. The drills hover and whir, circling their work, while water…