AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.
IEEE

Modular Magnetorheological Actuator With High Torque Density and Transparency for the Collaborative Robot Industry

Abstract: In the last decade, the development of simple and easy-to-use robotics has provided a significant step towards the democratization of collaborative robots, which can now work closely ...
IEEE

A RoboStack Tutorial: Using the Robot Operating System Alongside the Conda and Jupyter Data Science Ecosystems

Abstract: The Robot Operating System (ROS) has become the de facto standard middleware in the robotics community [1]. ROS bundles everything, from low-level drivers to tools that transform among ...
ThePrint

Can monkeys teach ‘dumb’ robots? Bengaluru’s CynLr & IISc lab are making automation smarter

Bengaluru: Midway through a coconut-harvesting project in 2011, Gokul NA, then an engineering student, understood one thing about robots — “they are dumb.” His BTech project was to design a machine ...