Neowin News Feed for: Robots

Nvidia and Foxconn planning to deploy humanoid robots within months

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:30:01 +0000

Nvidia and Foxconn are in talks to have humanoid robots work on factory lines producing AI server hardware for Nvidia. It poses questions for the future of factory jobs. Read more...

Report: Meta is planning a "major investment" into humanoid robotics

David Uzondu — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:34:01 +0000

Meta is the latest big tech company to reportedly betting on humanoid robots as the future, as the company gears up for a huge investment in the field Read more...

Apple robots could enter mass production by 2028 or later, says analyst

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:16:01 +0000

New information has dropped about Apple robots, which are now expected to enter mass production around 2028 or later. Read more...

Microsoft and Sanctuary AI team up to help develop AI models for future humanoid robots

John Callaham — Wed, 01 May 2024 18:20:01 +0000

Microsoft has just announced another partnership with an AI startup company, Sanctuary AI. The two businesses will work together to create a human-like AI model for general purpose robots. Read more...

Watch these tiny soccer robots scoring goals and getting pushed by researchers

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 02 May 2023 08:28:01 +0000

A new DeepMind research describes how deep reinforcement learning can help robots train for soccer skills like scoring goals, anticipating ball movements, and getting up after falling on the ground. Read more...

Watch Disney's new skater robot taking a fall and doing a somersault

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:22:01 +0000

Disney showcased its latest kid-friendly robot at SXSW 2023. The robot that wears roller skates and a helmet is meant to deliver emotion-inducing performances to the audience while doing cute stunts. Read more...

San Francisco reverses its decision of using robots as a deadly force option

Fiza Ali — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:30:01 +0000

San Francisco has decided to reverse its decision of authorizing the police to use robots as a deadly force option against dangerous suspects after protesters gathered on the steps of city hall. Read more...

San Francisco police wants robots to be able to use lethal force against suspects

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:16:01 +0000

The San Francisco Police Department has submitted a proposal to allow them to use weapon-fitted robots to kill suspects that are deemed to be dangerous to the public and police officers Read more...

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Uber Eats will trial robot deliveries in Los Angeles with Motional and Serve Robotics

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 May 2022 13:10:01 +0000

Uber is working with Motional and Serve Robotics to carry out an autonomous delivery trial. The firms still want to charge people for these deliveries despite there being fewer employees to pay. Read more...

Amazon creates a $1bn fund to develop robot warehouse workers and minimize injuries

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 21:44:01 +0000

Amazon has created 'Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund', through which it will invest a billion dollars in startups that will offer robots to assist human workers in the eCommerce giant's warehouses. Read more...

Alphabet plans to roll out robots at its offices to perform mundane tasks

Kaarthic Vydya — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:44:01 +0000

Googlers will see robots cleaning tables, arranging chairs, and performing other tasks in their offices soon. Alphabet has designed the robots so they more seamlessly co-exist with the human workers. Read more...

Xiaomi announces CyberDog that is eerily reminiscent of the antagonist in Black Mirror

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:44:02 +0000

Xiaomi has announced a quadruped robot that it calls CyberDog. While it hasn't outlined its exact purpose, its pet-like nature and "unforetold possibilities" of interaction have been boasted. Read more...

Nvidia and Hackster join hands to bring the AI at the Edge Challenge

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:20:01 +0000

At the AI at the Edge Challenge, participants will have the chance to win from $100k in prizes, including a paid trip to GTC 2020, by building a project using the Nvidia Jetson Nano Developer Kit. Read more...

Introduction to Robotics - Free eBook excerpt

News Staff — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:46:01 +0000

While there can seem to be a lot of negatives to robots taking over our jobs, robots will actually create more than they take -jobs that are specialized and safer to do. Learn more for free. Read more...

Microsoft unveils expanded capabilities and improved support for Robot Operating System

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:24:01 +0000

At the ROSCON event today, Microsft unveiled a bunch of advancements in regard to its Robot Operating System. These include expanded support for ROS/ROS2, Azure VM ROS template support, and more. Read more...

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News Staff — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:46:01 +0000

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Report: 20 million manufacturing jobs to be automated by 2030

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 02:48:01 +0000

A new report by Oxford Economics states that 20 million manufacturing jobs will be wiped out by 2030 worldwide. New jobs to fill those are likely to be created but could involve retraining. Read more...

[MWC 2019] Temi and the CloudMinds XR-1 are a couple of interesting robots

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 05:52:01 +0000

Many companies at the Mobile World Congress are showing off robots that can serve a variety of purposes. However, only Temi and CloudMinds seem to really offer significant value for users. Read more...

ASUS' home robot is getting a mini version: the Zenbo Junior

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:16:01 +0000

ASUS' Zenbo is getting a refresh with a smaller sibling. The Zenbo Junior is about half the size of the original and features an array of sensors and AI capabilities for autonomous functionality. Read more...

85 robots, one of them a torch bearer, to help at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:50:01 +0000

There will be 11 different types of robots that will be helping with logistics, tourist information, cleaning, making art, and even fishing during the Winter Olympics events in South Korea in 2018. Read more...

Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can now do backflips

Gabriel Nunes — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:26:01 +0000

It's quite a challenge to balance a two-legged robot so it can stay still or walk properly but not only can Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, Atlas, walk or jump but it can now also perform backflips. Read more...

MIT team develops robot that might be a more socially aware pedestrian than some humans

Boyd Chan — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:34:01 +0000

As robots proliferate, having and stay out of the way of foot traffic will become increasingly important. MIT researchers have now developed a robot capable of politely wandering amongst pedestrians. Read more...

Meet Pepper, the Buddhist priest robot that could conduct your funeral

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:18:01 +0000

The robot manufactured by SoftBank has been given a small set of priest's robes, a tablet with which to chant its sutras from, and it apparently does everything needed to conduct a Buddhist funeral. Read more...

IO Active hacked into a robot and turned it into a screwdriver-wielding tomato killer (Update)

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:52:01 +0000

Cyber security company IO Active has released a report outlining a number of vulnerabilities that many current robots have that leave them open to hacking and potentially able to cause harm. Read more...

Goodbye, cruel world! Security robot 'drowns' in office fountain

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:36:01 +0000

A robotic guard has found itself in a peculiar situation after office workers discovered it submerged in a nearby office fountain, and the internet couldn't stop drawing comparisons to Marvin. Read more...

Japanese researchers are developing a giant snake robot to explore Fukushima wasteland

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:56:01 +0000

Teams across Japan are developing robots that can enter the Fukushima nuclear disaster site and locate the radioactive fuels for the cleanup operation. One of the robots is an eight metre long snake. Read more...

Domino's to begin delivering pizza using Starship Robots in Europe

Andy Weir — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:36:02 +0000

Domino's has teamed up with Starship Technologies to launch autonomous pizza deliveries in European cities. The miniature robotic vehicles will deliver within a one-mile radius of Domino's stores. Read more...

Bill Gates thinks we might have to start taxing robots in the future

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:30:01 +0000

In a recent interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates suggested that in light of the loss of jobs due to automation, we may need to consider taxing robots in order to make up for lost federal revenue. Read more...

LG shows off an array of robots at CES 2017

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:34:01 +0000

Although robots have always been a marker for the future, at this year's CES, it seems that the future is now becoming more of a reality. LG unveiled a few robots for home and commercial use. Read more...

Google's DeepMind AI partners with UK NHS hospital to keep patients from going blind

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:32:01 +0000

A NHS eye hospital is teaming up with Google's DeepMind AI researchers to try and find a way for machines to recognize disease earlier than doctors. They'll do this by analyzing a million eye scans. Read more...

A robot is about to take over my job; then he's coming after yours

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 28 May 2016 17:20:01 +0000

The constant advancement of technology has brought us longer lives and a better society. But we're on the cusp of huge changes as jobs are about to disappear. Beginning with mine. Read more...

Foxconn cuts 60,000 factory jobs, to be replaced by robots

Justin Luna — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:14:01 +0000

A recent report has stated that Foxconn has laid off over 60,000 factory workers. This is reportedly to prepare the company for automation, and then introduce robots to do repetitive tasks. Read more...

Domino's Pizza introduces a delivery robot prototype based on military tech

John Devon — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:46:01 +0000

The global pizza chain plans to add delivery bots with a 12 mile range to its list of tech-savvy moves like Cortana integration and ordering via Twitter and SMS. Testing has begun in Australia. Read more...

Alphabet to sell Boston Dynamics as Google gives up on major robotics division

John Devon — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 02:40:01 +0000

Beset by internal conflicts, the robotics unit is reportedly on the auction block after failing to commercialize its research soon enough. Amazon and Toyota could be interested. Read more...

Watch as tiny, adorable robots 'run away' with a human's car

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:36:01 +0000

Researchers have created tiny robots that are capable of pulling incredible weights when they work together. The proof comes when the tiny mechanical critters pull a 2-ton car and its owner with them. Read more...

Is your job safe with the rise of AI?

Daniel Moxon — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:06:01 +0000

Stephen Hawking recently warned that artificial intelligence could end mankind, but a more sensible concern is the fact that robots will instead take our jobs. Read more...

Check out Harvard's thousand-robot flash mob

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:25:44 +0000

Researchers from Harvard have created a robot swarm. Consisting of over 1000 'kilobots' the swarm can assemble itself and achieve tasks without the need for human intervention. Read more...

Arduino and Raspberry Pi: your next science project

Dmitry Dolinsky — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:30:45 +0000

What I thought would be an electronics board with LED control and perhaps FM functionality, unraveled into a world which included Bluetooth, WiFi, displays and controllers as well as advanced robotics Read more...

EU researchers working on RoboEarth, robot version of world wide web

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:38:58 +0000

European researchers are working on a project that will allow future robots to communicate and share info between them. They'll also be able to offload most computing to the cloud and enslave us all. Read more...