Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to reach $38 billion within the next decade.
New Atlas

1X's first robot housekeeper is available to pre-order in the US

After about a decade in the works, Palo Alto-based robotics company 1X is nearly ready with its Neo humanoid, which is ...

Inside the glass-walled Tesla lab where workers train the Optimus robot to act like a human

Have you ever wanted to wipe down a table hundreds of times while Elon Musk watches? Training Tesla's humanoid robot might be ...
Road to VR

In-home Helper Robot ‘NEO’ Uses Remote VR Operators to Help with Chores

NEO is a humanoid robot from Palo Alto-based robotics startup 1X that could one day autonomously help out around your home.

Musk says Optimus V3 is ready for a Q1 demo: 'It'll seem like a human in a robot suit'

The next version of Tesla's humanoid robot will "seem like a human in a robot suit," according to CEO Elon Musk. He was ...
University of Chicago News

Sebo Lab: Programming robots to better interact with humans

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.
EurekAlert!

How game-play with robots can bring out their human side

The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. It may sound like a scene from Blade Runner, but ...