As the world grapples with the implications of AI priests and chatbot-written sermons, a new figure has entered the conversation: Gabi, the humanoid robot that is now a Buddhist monk. Per Reuters, the ...

According to a report by CNET, these AI robot pets were unveiled at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything conference. They are described as essentially looking like a stuffed toy. It can ...

After years of development, dexterous robotic manipulation is improving, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence. Genesis AI today unveiled GENE-26.5, which it claimed gives robots “human-level ...

For robots to become more adaptable, they need to learn as humans do but at scale, according to Tutor Intelligence Inc. The company has built DF1, its “kindergarten” or Data Factory of 100 bimanual ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Colin Angle, longtime CEO of Roomba, unveils a ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant said. “We acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a company at the frontier of ...

Artificial intelligence works when computers learn from data that is readily available. But there is no data to teach robots to do simple human tasks. It needs to be created. That's what MIT graduates ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 ...

Most people think of Toyota and picture a Camry, a Tacoma, maybe a Prius. A 7-foot-2 robot shooting free throws at halftime of a professional basketball game? That's a harder image to conjure. But ...

Looking ahead: Sony's latest robotics project tackles a core challenge in AI: operating reliably in fast-moving physical settings. Ace, an autonomous table tennis system, shows how close that goal is ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in ...