Technology Once is enough: Helping robots learn quickly in new environments Andrew McCollum Dec 14, 2023 Using only one video or textual demonstration of a task, roboclip performed two to three times better than other…
Technology Researchers give robots better tools to manage conflicts in dialogues Andrew McCollum Dec 12, 2023 Holding a conversation with humans can be a challenge for robots. Credit: Pixabay A new…
Technology Exposure to soft robots decreases human fears about working with them Andrew McCollum Dec 11, 2023 Washington State University doctoral students Justin Allen, left, and Ryan Dorosh, demonstrate a soft robot in…
Technology Using hierarchical generative models to enhance the motor control of autonomous robots Andrew McCollum Dec 11, 2023 Manipulation and locomotion tasks to validate the hierarchical generative model. a, A manipulation task, where the…
Technology Reptilian robots used in BBC documentary considered for use in disaster response efforts Andrew McCollum Dec 9, 2023 Comparison between the bioinspired robots and reptiles. Credit: Kamilo Melo A trio of…
Technology Social robots could be an effective tool to combat loneliness, according to study Andrew McCollum Dec 5, 2023 The lab settings, including the robot Pepper (SoftBank Robotics) in front of a web camera, while the experimenter in…
Technology Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells Andrew McCollum Dec 2, 2023 Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface…
Technology Anthrobots: Scientists build tiny biological robots from human tracheal cells Andrew McCollum Dec 1, 2023 An Anthrobot is shown, depth colored, with a corona of cilia that provides locomotion for the bot. Credit: Gizem…
Technology Using large language models to code new tasks for robots Andrew McCollum Nov 29, 2023 GenSim demonstrates interesting task-level composition and extrapolation behaviors in code generation for simulation…
Technology The long jump: Athletic, insect-scale long jumping robots reach where others can’t Andrew McCollum Nov 26, 2023 A quarter next to the tiny robot show its scale. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of…