Abstract: Robotic grasping, the ability of robots to reliably secure and manipulate objects of varying shapes, sizes and orientations, is a complex task that requires precise perception and control.

If a fervent chess player seeking a challenging game partner doesn’t happen to live in a major city such as St. Louis, Missouri, home of the World Chess Hall of Fame, the next best thing might be ...

Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers ...

The impact of the ruling was not immediately clear, but it could send a chilling signal to Chinese tech founders seeking to team up with foreign companies. By Meaghan Tobin Reporting from Taipei, ...

Several top-level executives from Salesforce, Snowflake and Palantir have joined OpenAI in recent weeks, CNBC has learned. The move underscores the challenges in the software industry as it grapples ...

Robots may soon learn to read danger the way soldiers do, that too without needing maps, signals, or second chances. At Purdue University, researchers are building AI-driven machines that can sense ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 8, 2025. On April 16, OpenAI announced GPT-Rosalind, a new AI model targeted at the life ...

Abstract: Fire outbreaks continue to pose serious risks to human life, property, and the environment. Traditional fire detection and suppression systems often suffer from delayed response times, high ...

Europe's largest applied research organization, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, is widely seen as a bridge between scientific research and industrial ...

Ace, a ping-pong-playing robot, is the first to beat elite human players in a competitive sport, according to Sony AI. It's a big milestone for robotics that could extend beyond sports. NBC News' ...

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 ...

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 ...