Opinion

Rise of the AI Soldiers

In just a few short years, the rapid proliferation of AI has turned what was once the stuff of dystopian sci-fi into a reality. LeBlanc argues humanoid soldiers are a natural extension of existing ...
“Experimental evaluation results demonstrate that the Centaur robot effectively adapts to varying human walking directions and speeds while seamlessly collaborating with the human to traverse diverse ...
Phoenix-based HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center has performed the nation’s first joint replacement using Stryker’s new Mako RPS handheld robotic system. Orthopedic surgeon Doug Werner, MD, ...
The most advanced new surgical procedure, AMI, addresses proprioception. This refers to the ability to sense position and movement. In an intact human arm or leg, muscles work in pairs. When a bicep ...
There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around to their new ...
The new robotic industry may have some surprise funding sources (“The Robot Revolution Is Real. Tesla, Hyundai, and More Stocks to Play It,” Cover Story, Feb. 6). For example, long-term care insurance ...
It’s warm bot-tied. Techsperts are sounding alarm bells following the release of an eerily realistic humanoid service bot named Moya with camera eyes and, most creepily, warm skin. Dystopian footage ...
In virtual reality, participants embodied an avatar whose left forearm was replaced by an autonomous prosthetic arm that flexed toward a target at different movement speeds. When AI powered prosthetic ...
For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...
Last year, 21 humanoid robots squared up against each other in the World Humanoid Robot Games’ half marathon race in Beijing in an unintentionally hilarious debauchery of broken limbs, face plants — ...
Here’s a party trick: Try opening a bottle of water using your thumb and pointer finger while holding it without spilling. It sounds simple, but the feat requires strength, dexterity, and coordination ...
For more than a decade, Faraday Future has described its electric vehicles as something more than cars – rolling computers packed with sensors, software, and artificial intelligence. Now the embattled ...