robot
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Robot Makers Try to Reassure Public They’re Legit After Elon Musk Fudged Demo
Elon Musk became the butt of more than a few jokes after internet users pointed out Tesla’s robot demo wasn’t all it appeared to be. As it turns out, a video the billionaire posted of Optimus, the company’s much-hyped humanoid robot, was actually being controlled by a human slightly off-screen. And it’s interesting to see…
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Atlas the Robot Rises From the Dead in ‘Stronger’ Electric Version
Boston Dynamics retired the hydraulic version of Atlas on Tuesday.
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Things You Didn’t Know About Tesla’s Humanoid Robots
Elon Musk’s Tesla is famous for its electric cars, but the company is also a world leader in robotics. Musk considers Tesla’s AI to be severely underrated—a claim that’s not entirely baseless. While Tesla attracts world-class talent to build robots and artificial intelligence, these areas are much less talked about because they’re not the central…
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Roomba Won’t Give Amazon a Map to Your Home After Merger Implodes
Amazon abandoned its $US1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker, iRobot, on Monday after regulators in the European Union threatened to block the deal. The deal’s implosion means the robot vacuums, and the company’s maps of 40 million floor plans across the globe, will not join the growing list of smart-home devices Amazon uses to collect…