Table of Contents Table of Contents Did robots beat humans? A milestone achievement You may have seen robots dancing like the music icon Mick Jagger, doing parkour, or even painting on a canvas. Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is eagerly anticipated, while Google and Meta are also planning to enter the field. The competition in the … Read more
Welcome to the Fortress of Solitude. During Warner Bros. CinemaCon presentation, James Gunn shared a sneak peek of Superman, which has now been released online. The nearly five-minute video begins like the first teaser trailer, with a battered Superman (David Corenswet) begging Krypto the Dog to take him home. This time, fans get their first … Read more
On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or floating??) here on the space station,” Ayers, who arrived at the ISS just over a week ago, wrote in a post on X. “In addition … Read more
Nvidia spoke about robotics quite a lot during GTC 2025, including its new model called Isaac Groot N1, but this demonstration was all I needed to get on board. In collaboration with Disney and Google, Nvidia debuted the cutest little Star Wars droids that offer real-time simulation and respond to commands. Move over, humanoid robots … Read more
The tech wizards at Boston Dynamics have been hard at work, according to an astonishing new video released by the Massachussetts-based company on Wednesday. “In this video, Atlas is demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with references from human motion capture and animation,” reads the somewhat dry description accompanying the footage. Instead of “demonstrating policies,” … Read more
The inevitable outcome of artificial intelligence was always its use in robots, and that future might be closer than you think. Google today announced Gemini Robotics, an initiative to bring the world closer than ever to “truly general purpose robots.” Google says AI robotics have to meet three principal qualities. First, they should be able … Read more
For humanity to survive, they must team with robots to fight the real enemy in the trailer for The Electric State. Millie Bobby Brown stars as Michelle, a young teenager who embarks on a journey across a retrofuturistic United States to find her missing brother (Woody Norman). Joining Michelle on this journey is her yellow … Read more
Qualcomm, the company best known for its Snapdragon family of processors which power so many of the phones we love, has introduced a new brand called Dragonwing. However, before you get too excited, the name won’t be on chips you’ll find inside consumer mobile products or even laptops. Qualcomm calls Dragonwing a “brand portfolio,” and … Read more
What’s next for Meta? The social media giant’s interests have swayed wildly over the past few years. Phones, crypto, tablets, metaverse, smart glasses, and finally, AI. The next avenue for Meta is apparently humanoid robots. According to Bloomberg, the company is pouring resources into the development of AI-powered humanoid robots. “Meta plans to work on … Read more
There’ll be huffing and puffing, and probably a fair amount of creaking and clattering, too. We’re talking about the first-ever long-distance running race between robots and humans, which is set to take place in Beijing in April. The special event is being organized by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (E-Town) in the Chinese capital’s Daxing … Read more