Latest Robotics News

Biggest Nvidia takeaways from Jensen Huang's CES 2025 keynote

Jan. 07, 2025 13:14 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a suite of new products, services and partnerships at CES 2025. In a packed Las Vegas arena, Huang kicked off the CES this week with his vision for how his companies' products will drive gaming, robotics, personal computing and...

Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

Dec. 19, 2024 00:22 AM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Moving in a dense cloud, like throngs of people walking across a crowded public square, 100 drones maneuver through the night sky in Hungary's capital, the result of over a decade of research and experimentation that scientists believe could change the future of unmanned...

Sophia, a famous robot and global icon of AI, wins hearts at Zimbabwe's innovation fair

Dec. 13, 2024 12:42 PM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From answering questions from Cabinet ministers, academics and students on climate change, substance abuse and the law to children’s inquiries about her “birth” and links to God and being described as a talkative feminist, Sophia, the world-famous robot won hearts at...

As Amazon expands use of warehouse robots, what will it mean for workers?

Nov. 25, 2024 11:59 AM EST

Amazon has introduced a handful of robots in its warehouses that the e-commerce giant says will improve efficiency and reduce employee injuries. Two robotic arms named Robin and Cardinal can lift packages that weigh up to 50 pounds. A third, called Sparrow, picks up items from bins...

A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup

Nov. 08, 2024 00:20 AM EST

TOKYO (AP) — A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant officials said was a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris. ...

A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

Nov. 04, 2024 14:39 PM EST

TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown. The Tokyo Electric Power Company...