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How to get a robot collective to act like a smart material
In the world of robots, the intracellular forces translate to inter-unit tangential force, enabled by eight motorized gears along each robot’s circular exterior, which allow them to move around each ...
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Turning robotic ensembles into smart materials that mimic life
Researchers have engineered groups of robots that behave as smart materials with tunable shape and strength, mimicking living ...
Creative progress or mass theft? Why a major AI art auction is provoking wonder—and outrage
Thirty-four artworks created with artificial intelligence (AI) have gone up for sale at Christie's in New York, in the famed ...
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Figure AI Is Supercharging Humanoid Robots—Here's How It Works
Fresh off its split from OpenAI, Figure AI's new model lets humanoid robots grab anything, work together, and respond to ...