Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...
Futurism

$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch

Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.
PCMag

This $20K Robot Can Do Your Chores, But Has a Big Potential Privacy Trade-Off

X Technologies' Neo home robot can unload your dishwasher, but more complicated tasks involve a company employee remotely ...
IEEE

Model-Based Robust Position Control of an Underactuated Dielectric Elastomer Soft Robot

Abstract: Achieving accurate closed-loop position control of soft robots remains an ongoing research problem, due to the challenges posed by underactuation, elastic nonlinearities, and material creep.

Breaking the humanoid robot delusion

Robot makers want us all to believe we’re on the brink of an autonomous humanoid robot revolution. But that’s just not true.

A humanoid robot will do all of your mundane chores for $20,000

The 5’6″ humanoid, from California tech company 1X Technologies, named NEO, is set to launch in the US in early 2026. You don ...

The Movies That Capture Women’s Deepest Fears

The stars of hit 1980s Fox sitcom “Married…. With Children” are reuniting in January for a live event that will serve as a ...
IEEE

Robot Teleoperation via Virtual Reality: A Unity and ROS Approach

Abstract: This paper explores the integration of virtual reality (VR) with teleoperation systems to enhance human-robot interaction. With the rise of remote operations, traditional methods often rely ...