CNET

I Watched a Robot Slowly and Inefficiently Load Laundry at CES

I watched Switchbot's Onero H1 attempt the first two of these tasks, and I wasn't impressed, especially since, unlike most ...
The Debrief

“Turn Ideas into Physical Objects”: If You Describe an Object, This AI-Driven Robot Can Build It

MIT scientists working with Google DeepMind researchers have developed an AI-driven robot that can ‘turn ideas into physical objects’ based on simple text descriptions. The researchers say their robot ...
Hackaday

Two-Wheeled Arduino Robot Project For Beginners

Here’s a fun build from [RootSaid] that is suitable for people just getting started with microcontrollers and robotics — an Arduino-controlled two-wheeled robot. The video assumes you already have one ...
IEEE

Bluetooth Controlled Arduino-based Robotic Arm for Object Pick and Place

Abstract: Technology has improved human lives in every aspect since ancient times. At the height of technology and innovation, systems and designs akin to human skills are combined into working ...
IEEE

An Intention-Aware Robust Safety Framework for Robot Teleoperation: Unifying Object Interaction and Obstacle Avoidance

Abstract: Control barrier functions (CBFs) have proven to be effective for obstacle avoidance in robot teleoperation systems. However, for classical CBF, model uncertainties and external disturbances ...
moneywise

A 'kinky' teddy bear? A robot that won't let go? Groups warn parents to avoid these creepy, unsafe AI toys

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, including children’s toys. Earlier this year, for example, toymaker Mattel announced a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ...
techxplore

'Robot, make me a chair': AI-driven system designs, builds multicomponent objects from user prompts

Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools ...