MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FDA clears Medtronic robot for use in urologic surgeries

Medtronic received FDA clearance for its Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system for urologic procedures. The clearance allows the system to be used in minimally invasive surgeries, including ...
The Boston Globe

Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026

ATLANTA — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit’s AL Cy Young Award ...
SiliconANGLE

Augmentus lands $11M to scale no-code robot programming

Singapore-based no-code robotics startups Augmentus Pte. Ltd. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding. It will use the funds to accelerate deployment of its fully autonomous ...
The Mirror

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot may go on sale next year with Elon Musk planning to use in factories

Controversial tech tycoon and X owner Elon Musk has announced that car manufacturer Tesla may start selling its Optimus humanoid robot next year. The automaker even plans to use the robot in its own ...
EurekAlert!

Q&A: How an assistive-feeding robot went from picking up fruit salads to whole meals

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington created a set of 11 actions a robotic arm can make to pick up nearly any food attainable by fork. This allows the system to learn to pick up ...
IEEE

Line Following Robot Using Arduino for Hospitals

Abstract: This paper describes the line following robot using arduino for surveying, inspecting and enhancing the transportation of necessary materials inside the healthcare institutions, industries ...