Figure AI’s latest Helix 02 demo shows a humanoid robot autonomously tidying a living room, highlighting full-body control, tool use, and adaptive cleanup.

From lazy convenience to practical problem-solving, the SwitchBot Smart Switch makes dumb devices smart, one click at a time.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

There have been many questions about what direction Arduino would take after being bought by Qualcomm. Now it would seem that we’re getting a clearer picture. Perhaps unsurprisingly the ...

The ideal way to recreate the glamBOT look is with an extra set of hands. While recording in slow motion, the person with the phone moves toward the person posing while slowly zooming in on the screen ...

Figure is gradually prepping its humanoid robot to competently take on household chores. While the California-based company has ambitions to deploy its robot in industrial settings like factories and ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...

Here is the controller I designed for my 3D printed animatronic eye mechanisms. The main advantage it has over a traditional gaming controller is the ability to fine-tune a value (such as the openness ...

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.

Three books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying ...

Fondue has a way of convincing people they need specialized equipment to pull it off — a dedicated pot, a tiny flame, maybe even a chalet. But fondue’s magic isn’t in the hardware. It’s in technique: ...

Discover how Physical AI home robots 2026 navigation works with iRobot Roomba on‑device AI mapping, robot vacuum SLAM obstacle avoidance, and data‑efficient navigation AI. Pixabay, NickyPe In 2026, ...