Kris Weng (MSR '25) used his MSR final project to develop a dextrous robotic hand and arm that learns as it provides assistance. In 1989, video gamers around the world were sold the potential of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a PhD in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, ...

Learning has been a holy grail in robotics for decades. If these systems are going to thrive in unpredictable environments, they’ll need to do more than just respond to programming — they’ll need to ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

SAN FRANCISCO & TRONDHEIM, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-robotics, a developer of programming for any robot using natural language and skill models with no code required, today announced it has raised a ...

Balls and Lego bricks may be toys, but for Annie Harmon, program assistant for the Department of Mechanical, Materials and ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors. The successful use of imitation learning to train ...

Alton Middle School launches robotics program with $10K grant from Project Lead the Way and Phillips 66, fostering STEM ...

THESE DROIDS HOW TO FUNCTION. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STEPPING BACK INTO THE FUTURE WITH A RARE LOOK INSIDE THE ROBOTICS INSTITUTE AT CMU. THE WORK BEING INVENTED RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH WILL HAVE A MAJOR ...

The Carver Family YMCA in southeast Atlanta has been hosting the event for weeks. It’s a partnership with the city of Atlanta and a nonprofit called Chess and Community. More than 30 young people are ...