Gemini can serve as my voice assistant and chat partner when I’m behind the wheel. Here are my favorite tasks to give the AI.

Humanoid robots are a thing now, and here’s an interesting research project that explores using one as a form of haptic media ...

A new viral video of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid shows the robot performing everyday chores like vacuuming and throwing out the trash. Shared on May 20, 2025, by the Tesla Optimus X account on X, the ...

Most people think of Toyota and picture a Camry, a Tacoma, maybe a Prius. A 7-foot-2 robot shooting free throws at halftime of a professional basketball game? That's a harder image to conjure. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. 1X, the AI and robotics company behind a $20,000 home robot ...

Abstract: There is a growing demand for autonomy in industrial ground robots. However, exploration in large-scale unstructured environments remains challenging due to rough terrain and strict ...

We just released GR00T N1.7 Early Access, the latest version of GR00T N1 with a new VLM backbone (Cosmos-Reason2-2B / Qwen3-VL) and improved performance. This is an ...

The brand iRobot launched the first Roomba robot vacuum back in 2002, and popularity for the handy devices skyrocketed from there. Countless competitors have emerged, but Roomba is still going strong.

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...

Ukraine aims to have robots handle 100% of front-line logistics missions. Its defense minister said Ukraine will contract 25,000 robots in the first half of this year. Their use has surged. They carry ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...