I am convinced that this giant robot, from the 1957 movie Kronos: Ravager of Planets, is perhaps the very best of the abstract giant robots. And by “abstract,” I mean Kronos here looks basically like ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Brown University and MIT have developed a method for helping robots plan for multi-step tasks by constructing abstract representations of the world around them. Their ...

But are their overtly humanoid forms even necessary, especially when they can be complex to design, manufacture, and maintain? Do robots really need faces? A new study from researchers at the Media ...

As Covid-19 infection rates continue to surge in the United States and across the planet, social distancing remains one of humanity’s core precautions, albeit a more difficult one to keep up through ...

Back in 2015 two pieces of abstract art appeared from an artist named Mr. Head. The art was notable due to the fact that Mr. Head was not a human being but actually an old Roomba robot vacuum, ...

One of the most significant insights from the study is that roboticists must engage both technically and physically with ...

New research shows how robots can autonomously construct abstract representations of their surroundings and use them to plan for multi-step tasks. Researchers from Brown University and MIT have ...