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 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

7 ‘secret’ systems that make humanoid robots think, walk and work like humans

Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

The “Humanity” Hack: How One MIT Scientist Is Rewiring Robots To Beat Big Tech

MIT’s Daniela Rus is redefining robotics with empathy leading CSAIL and Liquid AI recent $250m series A to build technology ...
Interesting Engineering

Video: ‘World’s first’ humanoid robot butler for hotels debuts at Shanghai airport

Shangri-La Traders Hotel in Shanghai becomes the 'world’s first' hotel staffed by humanoid and service robots.
Interesting Engineering

Programmable materials create motor-less finger that offers stable positions for robotics

A programmable metamaterial finger can lock into four positions without electronics. A simpler, more functional future for ...

1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation

1X NEO is available in tan, gray and dark brown. It's now available for pre-order from the company's website with a deposit ...
IEEE

A Deep Learning-Aided Framework for Joint Angle Estimation of an Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot

Abstract: The problem of inverse kinematics in serially manipulated upper limb rehabilitation robots involves deducing joint rotation angles from the position of the end-effector. Unlike forward ...