As you can see, the video shows the humanoid robot performing an array of tasks in various home settings, from drawing the curtains and watering the plants to tidying up and even delivering gifts.

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Phantom is more than a humanoid robot—it’s a preview of the future researchers and engineers are racing toward. Built to move with lifelike precision and designed to operate in human spaces, Phantom ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. On a languid summer afternoon, I drive to Milton Keynes, a midsize city 60 miles northwest of London and a few miles ...

This is a robotic leg, one currently in development by engineers at ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. However, it’s not using actuators, cogs or other conventional ...

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Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen ...

Just when you thought Elon Musk was finally done meddling in the affairs of downtrodden Americans, he comes right back with a bang. At a recent Tesla shareholder meeting, the world’s richest man ...

Huawei Habo has made a major move in the field of physical artificial intelligence by investing in GigaAI, a young but fast-growing startup focused on world-model-based general intelligence. The ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. My Administration is dedicated to empowering mothers and fathers to raise their children in safe and loving homes. When crises prevent such an arrangement, our Nation’s ...

A robotic barista arm moves a partially prepared drink at Yummy Future in downtown Palo Alto. Photo by Seeger Gray. A robot barista crafts the coffee at new cafe Yummy Future in downtown Palo Alto.

As more robots start showing up in warehouses, offices, and even people’s homes, the idea of large language models hacking into complex systems sounds like the stuff of sci-fi nightmares. So, ...