Mimic raises $16M to build AI models for human-like robotic hands

Switzerland-based Mimic Robotics AG said Monday it raised $16 million in seed funding from Elaia and Speedinvest to enable robotic hands to adapt to complex, high-precision tasks that conventional ...

A Challenge to Roboticists: My Humanoid Olympics

I was a little disappointed by China’s World Humanoid Robot Games. As fun as real-life Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots is, what ...

'A thousand poppies' and 'Lego robot hand'

Sean "Diddy" Combs is hanging with a former professional athlete in prison. The former rap star, 55, is currently imprisoned at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. The former music mogul was arrested in ...

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 ...

What Happens When The Lights Go Out

When the lights go out, we return to the fundamentals of what care truly means: connection, observation, presence, skill. And ...

The man behind Amazon's robot revolution

Tye Brady’s eyes gleam with the enthusiasm of a man who has spent three decades in his dream job. When Metro meets Brady, he is about to step on stage at the Delivering The Future conference in Tokyo ...

Discovery of how a coral stiffens its skeleton on demand opens new directions for bio-inspired engineering

Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its ...

Robot dogs and AI drone swarms: How China could use DeepSeek for an era of war

The Norinco P60’s release was touted by Communist Party officials in press statements as an early showcase of how Beijing is ...

The ‘Hands Problem’ Holding Back the Humanoid Revolution

Boston Dynamics, a robotics company owned by Hyundai Motor Group, has equipped its Atlas humanoids with hands that have only three fingers. They can form a palm that allows the robot to lift boxes or ...
New York Post

Dems hand out vile ‘Is he dead yet?’ bracelets in apparent reference to Trump at Wisconsin farmers market

Wisconsin Democrats were tossed from a farmers market after a vile volunteer handed out “Is he dead yet?” bracelets — including to a young child — in an apparent reference to President Trump. The ...
Liliputing

Honor is making a phone with a flip-out camera on a robotic arm

Most modern smartphones are basically rectangles with a touchscreen on the front and a couple of cameras on the back. Every now and then a phone maker gets the bright idea if introducing a flip-out ...
Ars Technica

ISPs angry about California law that lets renters opt out of forced payments

Rejecting opposition from the cable and real estate industries, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that aims to increase broadband competition in apartment buildings. The new law taking effect ...