Humanoid robot runs a half-marathon race
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More than 100 humanoid robot teams and 12,000 human runners took part in the world's second half-marathon for androids in Beijing, with multiple robots finishing the 21-kilometer race in less than one hour.
Robotics students across Northwest Arkansas are getting ready to compete on the world stage this week. VEX Robotics, which organizes robotics activities and competitions for students around the globe,
Japanese technology giants SoftBank Group Corp., Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. are teaming up with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on a new artificial intelligence joint venture that has a single goal: to build a trillion-parameter model for autonomous machines.
Walker S2 is an adult-sized humanoid robot with legs, a torso, and arms. China is sending these robots to patrol their border with Vietnam.
“I hate this!” That’s how Jude from Oregon reacted to my newsletter last week about Abi, the AI-powered companion robot that has been deployed in some senior care facilities to reduce isolation.
Patrick Snell reports on how a high-tech robot ran a half-marathon faster than any human.