Human-robot interaction is one of the biggest unlocks left in industrial automation to enable stronger safety, but most HRI research happens on university campuses that produces data that rarely survives contact with a live production floor. Running studies inside…
Runway said it is testing Praxis-1 on a variety of embodiments and environments to identify and close potential gaps before moving to general availability. | Source: Runway Runway AI Inc. this week introduced Praxis-1, an open-weight world action model that…
Innodata has opened a new lab to capture motion for accurate data to train AI for robotics. Source: Innodata While humanoid robots can be agile, the artificial intelligence driving them needs more data to be able to conduct useful tasks.…
Autonomous Solutions Inc., or ASI, and SoftBank Group Corp. last week announced a joint venture to commercialize brand-agnostic autonomous heavy equipment to address severe labor shortages and accelerate infrastructure projects worldwide. “Large infrastructure projects, from roadways and airports to railways…
Gecko is using NVIDIA’s new agentic AI security layer in its inspection robots. Source: Gecko Robotics NVIDIA Corp. today announced its Open Agent Safety Platform, which consists of the OpenShell open-source software and Sentry reference system design. They are intended…
Some tech leaders and lawmakers are mirroring Asimov’s concern about threats that robotics and AI pose to society. Source: Rinaldo Brutoco, AI Most science fiction fans are aware that Isaac Asimov propounded his Three Laws of Robotics in the March…
In the future, robotaxis will have cleaning and reset stations available throughout their operational territory. | Credit: Aseon Labs Robotaxis are proven. Waymo has logged more than 220 million autonomous miles and, by its own count, has more than 94%…
A Proteus mobile robot on an Amazon manufacturing line. | Source: Amazon Amazon this week announced plans to invest more than $100 million in a new 585,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility located in Greenwood, Indiana. The company claimed the facility will…
The Robot Report Podcast · General Robotics Is Betting on Modular Intelligence, Not One Robot Brain Sai Vemprala, CTO of General Robotics. In Episode 263 of The Robot Report Podcast, we interview Sai Vemprala, CTO of General Robotics. Sai Vemprala…
This wheeled robot rendering appeared in Agility Robotics’ recent Digit 5 launch video. | Credit: Agility Robotics When Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 last week, one detail near the end of the launch video caught our attention: a humanoid robot…