Why iRobot’s founder won’t go within 10 feet of today’s walking robots

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away from any full-sized walking robot, you should probably listen.

Ashok Elluswamy is the most powerful Tesla executive you've never heard of

Ashok Elluswamy is an Elon Musk lieutenant, founding member of Tesla's Autopilot team, and the VP for AI software. How did he ...

Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.

One in six people of reproductive age suffer from infertility. Start-ups are using AI-powered robots to increase IVF success ...

Monster star Charlie Hunnam says he only starred in Pacific Rim to work with Guillermo del Toro: "I couldn’t care less about giant robots fighting giant monsters"

Hunnam's next project involves a real-life Monster: serial killer Ed Gein. The actor plays the creepy killer (who inspired ...

Google’s humanoid robot hands pass banana test using Gemini’s latest AI models

Google's humanoids are now capable of carrying out complex, multi-step tasks using the newly released Gemini 1.5 model family ...

Elon Musk’s Optimus Robots Face Speedy Downfall On Mars, Scholar Says

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will rocket Optimus bots on the first Starships sent to Mars, but a leading robotics scholar ...

Robot Race: China Tops Global Charts, Know Where India Stands

Factories in China installed nearly 300,000 new robots last year, more than the rest of the world combined. Indian factories ...
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MLB will use robot umpires in 2026

Adding the robot umps is likely to cut down on ejections. MLB said 61.5% of ejections among players, managers and coaches ...
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Robot umpires approved for MLB in 2026 as part of challenge system. Here's how they work

Robot umpires are coming to the MLB in 2026 as the Automated Ball/Strike System will be used in the form of a challenge system where the human umpire makes each call, which can be appealed to the ...