Evan Ackerman

One AI Model to Rule All Robots: The software used to control a robot is normally highly adapted to its specific physical set up. But now researchers have created a single general-purpose robotic control policy that can operate robotic arms, wheeled… https://t.co/f6Itvdeglu https://t.co/eErnOZEQPr

ICRA@40 Conference Celebrates 40 Years of IEEE Robotics: Four decades after the first IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Atlanta, robotics is bigger than ever. Next week in Rotterdam is the IEEE ICRA@40 conference, “a… https://t.co/9E1gF8DHs9 https://t.co/bSyAS78zHy

Driving Middle East’s Innovation in Robotics and Future of Automation: This is a sponsored article brought to you by Khalifa University of Science and Technology. Abu Dhabi-based Khalifa University of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates… https://t.co/pVH9CFT678 https://t.co/n5UnZPfznX

Video Friday: Jumping Robot Leg, Walking Robot Table: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few… https://t.co/QbG6yYVyLm https://t.co/idfE9zhgTc

Video Friday: HAND to Take on Robotic Hands: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please… https://t.co/U4zA2BmX1C https://t.co/5SKu0iZM3t

Unitree Demos New $16k Robot: At ICRA 2024, Spectrum editor Evan Ackerman sat down with Unitree founder and CEO Xingxing Wang and Tony Yang, VP of Business Development, to talk about the company’s newest humanoid, the G1 model. Smaller, more flexible,… https://t.co/XuMP15hmEt https://t.co/NfmAEuU36G

Video Friday: Robots Solving Table Tennis: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please… https://t.co/vJSI3fYU57 https://t.co/6l5bLjniiV

Robot Metalsmiths Are Resurrecting Toroidal Tanks for NASA: In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA spent a lot of time thinking about whether toroidal (donut-shaped) fuel tanks were the way to go with its spacecraft. Toroidal tanks have a bunch of potential… https://t.co/IEzTih6XQl https://t.co/mPz0nLVm5I

Video Friday: Disney Robot Dance: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us… https://t.co/u8sXu8MDFL https://t.co/drn6jvFHuM

Meet Boardwalk Robotics' Addition to the Humanoid Workforce: Boardwalk Robotics is announcing its entry into the increasingly crowded commercial humanoid(ish) space with Alex, a “workforce transformation” humanoid upper torso designed to work in… https://t.co/KNcRThjG8N https://t.co/nRvq5cIubt

Video Friday: Silly Robot Dog Jump: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us… https://t.co/ZMhyd0Aq0u https://t.co/ndt6melYyp

Video Friday: The Secrets of Shadow Robot's New Hand: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few… https://t.co/4IEWxH8L53 https://t.co/tkNP1THB31

Want to see me ask @PeterStone_TX and @cynthiabreazeal awkward questions (the fun kind of awkward) about robots at SXSW next year? Great! Vote for our panel and let's MAKE IT HAPPEN! https://t.co/nbvOCkCQeM

Figure 02 Robot Is a Sleeker, Smarter Humanoid: Today, Figure is introducing the newest, slimmest, shiniest, and least creatively named next generation of its humanoid robot: Figure 02. According to the press release, Figure 02 is the result of “a… https://t.co/4LUPmSbo3i https://t.co/mkh2AE8OLx

Rodney Brooks’ Three Laws of Robotics: Rodney Brooks is the Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus) at MIT, where he was director of the AI Lab and then CSAIL. He has been cofounder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust AI, where he is currently… https://t.co/9jCF3hjueZ https://t.co/O1n6cJVb3l

Will This Flying Camera Finally Take Off?: Ten years. Two countries. Multiple redesigns. Some US $80 million invested. And, finally, Zero Zero Robotics has a product it says is ready for consumers, not just robotics hobbyists—the HoverAir X1. The company… https://t.co/Pj1lEf6C5q https://t.co/gzdRoUMAei

A Robot Dentist Might Be a Good Idea, Actually: I’ll be honest: when I first got this pitch for an autonomous robot dentist, I was like: “Okay, I’m going to talk to these folks and then write an article, because there’s no possible way for this thing to… https://t.co/WMv35e1egY https://t.co/WCMViILFid