eWeek

Humanoid Robots Are Learning Tennis — and It’s a Big Leap for Real-World AI

A new AI system called LATENT helps a humanoid robot react faster on the tennis court by learning from imperfect human motion ...
Interesting Engineering

Humanoid robot walks across sand, gravel and slopes using faster training framework

Georgia Tech's new machine-learning framework helps humanoid robots master rough terrain using faster, cheaper training.
Interesting Engineering

MIT: Robots gain real-world skills through lifelike 3D virtual environments

MIT's SceneSmith creates realistic 3D worlds where robots safely train, reducing costs and speeding AI-powered robot ...
Tech Xplore

Small aquatic robots that assemble into reconfigurable structures on the water

Most people think of the waterfront as the edge of the city. A team of MIT researchers sees it as a dynamic, Lego-like ...
TechCrunch

Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.

Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are racing to teach machines to operate in the physical world. But ...
Ars Technica

AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties

What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks? The agents can apparently figure ...
Fox News

Robot pets with AI could soon live with you

A robot that follows you around the house may sound a little strange at first. Yet Colin Angle, the cofounder of iRobot and one of the people behind Roomba, is betting that the next big home robot may ...
The Verge

Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to

The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers. The company insists its robot investments are designed to support, not replace, warehouse workers.
Los Angeles Times

Silicon Valley’s humanoid robots are learning how to do your job — in the kitchen

A growing workforce of robot controllers is teaching humanoids to move like people so they can work in factories and homes. The humanoid robots are being taught how to do basic tasks: pouring coffee, ...
Morningstar

X Square Robot Open-Sources Wall-OSS-0.5, Bringing Pretrained VLA Performance Closer to Post-Training Levels

SHENZHEN, China, May 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- X Square Robot today announced the open-source release of Wall-OSS-0.5, a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model designed for real-world robotic manipulation.
USA Today

How can this smart robot lawn mower learn your yard on its own?

The Dreame A3 AWD Pro is a new robot lawn mower that uses 3D LiDAR and AI vision instead of boundary wires. It is designed to handle real-world terrain, including slopes up to 80% and obstacles up to ...
New York Post

AI advances are breaking into the physical world – and robots will soon learn how to do your washing and ironing

The worldwide AI race is fast developing beyond the computer screen and focusing on the physical world around us. Top labs are intent on making “thinking” robots, with brains that mimic our own, which ...