The study mentions that risk assessment of a robot in controlled environments, such as laboratories and proving grounds, is a common means to assess, certify, validate, verify, and characterize the ...

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Every day, dozens of human "data collectors" repeat each activity hundreds of times to train Tesla's Optimus robots.

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Three Chinese astronauts, including the country's youngest-ever, docked at the Tiangong space station, accompanied by four ...

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off about 550 workers, the California research lab said, in a restructuring move that its director told employees was not related to the ongoing government ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...

Naked mole rats live for up to 37 years – far longer than other rodents their size. What is the secret of their longevity? Among other factors, it could be down to a variant of an immune protein that ...

In context: Elon Musk has long hyped Tesla's Optimus robots as a potentially transformative technology capable of eclipsing its electric vehicle business and driving the company toward a multitrillion ...

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

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