Loren Elliott

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | David B. Torch |Loren Elliott

Una mañana reciente, llamé a la puerta de una bonita casa de dos pisos en Redwood City, California. En cuestión de segundos, abrió la puerta un robot sin rostro vestido con un mono beige que se ajustaba a su ceñida cintura y a sus largas piernas. Este esbelto humanoide me saludó con un acento que parecía escandinavo y le ofrecí la mano. Cuando nuestras palmas se encontraron, dijo: "Tengo un apretón firme".

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Cade Metz |David B. Torch |Loren Elliott

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes. By getting its humanoids into people's homes, 1X hopes to gather enormous amounts of data that can show these robots how to handle the chaos of daily life. Credit... Video by David B. Torch For The New York Times Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Loren Elliott

Nearly three months after the January wildfires in Los Angeles, investigators discovered human remains in a burned lot Wednesday in Altadena, California, raising the total death toll from the fires to 30. The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office said a six-person team was sent to Altadena to investigate a report of possible remains. The team later confirmed the remains were human. The discovery came 12 weeks after the Eaton fire broke out on the evening of Jan.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Orlando D. Mayorquin |Loren Elliott

So he left that sea lion, and returned to 25-193 on the other side of the pier. He flung an oversized net around the mammal. The animal jerked, trying to escape, but gave up after a short time. He dropped it off at the rescue center in San Pedro, and then slogged through traffic heading back to the beach in Santa Monica, his cellphone buzzing along the way with updates on ongoing cases. Hours had passed by the time he made it back to the other sea lion, No. 25-195.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tripp Mickle |Mike Chen |Loren Elliott

Nvidia, the world's largest maker of artificial intelligence chips, brought the robots together as part of its annual developer conference. Digit, from Agility Robotics, is the world's first commercially deployed humanoid robot. Amazon and other customers use it in warehouses for repetitive tasks such as loading and unloading totes. Credit...