• Unitree Demos New $16k Robot

    Unitree Demos New $16k Robot
    At ICRA 2024, Spectrum editor Evan Ackerman sat down with Unitree founder and CEO Xingxing Wang and Tony Yang, VP of Business Development, to talk about the company’s newest humanoid, the G1 model. Smaller, more flexible, and elegant, the G1 robot is designed for general use in service and industry, and is one of the cheapest—if not the cheapest—humanoid around.
  • Video Friday: Robots Solving Table Tennis

    Video Friday: Robots Solving Table Tennis
    Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
    ICRA@40: 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDSIROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAEICSR 2024: 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARKCybathlon 2024: 25–27 October 2024, ZURICHEnjoy today’s videos! Imbuing robots wi
  • AfrAId review – throwaway AI-themed horror devoid of suspense

    AfrAId review – throwaway AI-themed horror devoid of suspense
    A sinister Alexa upgrade exerts control on family in an increasingly nonsensical attempt to capture the momentGiven how technology has become the increasingly unstoppable architect of our everyday lives – the world edging closer and closer to a Terminator prequel – it’s not hard to immediately invest in a horror film about the all-consuming threat of artificial intelligence. The film industry itself has been losing ground as AI continues to provide a cheaper and easier alternat
  • Black Box: episode 5 – The white mask - podcast

    Black Box: episode 5 – The white mask - podcast
    Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi delves into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for societyThis week we are revisiting the Black Box series. This episode was first broadcast on 18 March 2024.In January 2020, Robert Williams was arrested by Detroit police for a crime he had not committed. The officers were acting on a tipoff, but not from a witness or informant. In fact, not from a person at all Continue reading...
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