How Boston Dynamics upgraded the Atlas robot

Atlas, a humanoid robot made by robotics company Boston Dynamics, was upgraded from a version 60 Minutes saw in 2021 with ...
Scientific American

A robot ran a half marathon faster than a human. Here’s why folding laundry is still harder

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...
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Amazon has over 1.56 million workers and 1 million robots. A historic robot vs. human contest dropped a hint on what might come next

Amazon (AMZN) has deployed over 1 million robots in warehouses and is spending $200 billion in CapEx this year. A viral video showed Figure AI’s humanoid robot nearly matching a human intern in a ...
Nature

Benchmarking YOLOv8 to YOLOv13 for robust hand gesture recognition in human–robot interaction

Real-time and accurate hand gesture detection is essential for safe and intuitive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), enabling robots to interpret non-verbal cues and respond appropriately in dynamic ...