TL;DR: FigureAI has developed an AI-powered walking controller for its Figure 02 humanoid robot, enhancing its movement to be more human-like with features such as heel strikes and synchronized arm ...

Robots might need to become more boring to be useful. We’ve all seen videos over the past few years demonstrating how agile humanoid robots have become, running and jumping with ease. We’re no longer ...

UC Berkeley’s landmark Sather Gate has welcomed walkers of all kinds for more than a century, from angry protesters to students hurrying to class. Last month, though, an entirely new pedestrian passed ...

A team of researchers at Amazon Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) and the University ...

Experienced human cyclists can perform a wide range of maneuvers and acrobatics while riding their bicycle, from balancing in ...

Researchers report building photonic computing chips that use light pulses to train spiking neural networks on ...

What if robots could learn to adapt to their surroundings as effortlessly as humans do? The rise of quadruped robots, like Boston Dynamics’ Spot, is turning this vision into reality. By integrating ...

The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals. “Not reliably,” Hurst said. “I don’t think it’s totally ...