The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.

Jul 9, 2025 · The robot is powered by a two-tier AI system trained on 17 hours of video encompassing 16,000 motions made in operations by human surgeons. When put to work, the …

Apr 9, 2025 · The robot can jump about 20 centimeters into the air, or four times its height, at a lateral speed of about 30 centimeters per second, and has no trouble hopping across ice, wet …

Jul 17, 2025 · When the interface is attached to a robot, the entire robot can be controlled remotely, and the interface’s camera records the robot’s movements, which the robot can use …

6 days ago · Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies. Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to control any …

Jan 16, 2025 · An AI that helps humanoid robots mirror a person’s movement could allow robots to walk, dance and fight in more convincingly human ways. The most agile and fluid robotic …

Jan 28, 2025 · “I have 2-year-old twin daughters, and I see them manipulating objects, carrying 10 different toys at a time, navigating across cluttered rooms with ease, and quickly adapting to …

Jan 15, 2025 · “This new robot platform is a major result from our group and leads to many exciting directions. For example, incorporating sensors, batteries, and computing capabilities …

May 8, 2025 · Caption: “With our robot, we are exploring how the techniques used in playing ping pong could translate to a more generalized system, like a humanoid or anthropomorphic robot …

Jun 5, 2025 · A user could incorporate different skill types into the system to expand a robot’s capabilities automatically. In the future, the researchers want to leverage large language …