Futurism

ChatGPT Can Now Control a Robot Arm

Two researchers at UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich have harnessed the power of OpenAI’s GPT-4o large language model to teach cheap robot arms to clean up spills. It’s a clever demonstration of how AI ...
Wired

I Tried Aescape’s Robot-Arm-Powered Massage Table—and Loved Being in Control

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more. I had ...
Wired

The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm

Peter Chen, CEO of the robot software company Covariant, sits in front of a chatbot interface resembling the one used to communicate with ChatGPT. “Show me the tote in front of you,” he types. In ...
Gizmodo

This Robot Vacuum With a Mechanical Arm Just Got Cheaper, No Need to Settle for an Entry-Level Model

This article is part of Gizmodo Deals, produced separately from the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. reading time 2 minutes The Saros Z70 robot vacuum ...
Hackaday

Arctos Robotics: Build A Robot Arm Out Of 3D Printer Spares?

ARCTOS is a 6-DOF robot arm based upon 3D printed mechanics running a modified version of GRBL firmware. Let’s get this straight now, the firmware is open source, but the hardware plans are a paid ...
TechCrunch

DeepMind’s RoboCat learns to perform a range of robotics tasks

DeepMind says that it has developed an AI model, called RoboCat, that can perform a range of tasks across different models of robotic arms. That alone isn’t especially novel. But DeepMind claims that ...
CNET

I Used This Robot Vacuum With a Mechanical Arm for Three Months but at $2,600 It's a Hard Sell

After three months of testing Roborock's ambitious Saros Z70, its headline-grabbing robotic arm is still just a proof of concept. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, ...
CNET

A Robot Vacuum That Picks Up Socks Stole Our Hearts (and Socks) at CES 2025

We're giving this robot with mechanical task arm a Best of CES Award. The only question left is, how soon can we get one? David Watsky Senior Editor / Home and Kitchen David lives in Brooklyn where he ...
Ars Technica

This LiDAR-equipped 30-pound robot dog can be yours for $1,600

If Boston Dynamic's $75,000 robot dog, Spot, is too rich for you, how about a stripped-down consumer version? The Chinese robotics company Unitree's latest robot dog is the Unitree Go 2, which starts ...
TechCrunch

Google rolls out new Gemini model that can run on robots locally

Google DeepMind on Tuesday released a new language model called Gemini Robotics On-Device that can run tasks locally on robots without requiring an internet connection. Building on the company’s ...
The New York Times

This Robot Can Paint. But Is It Art?

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed an A.I.-powered arm that can paint an abstract acrylic. Is it art? By Oliver Whang One day recently, on a table in Jean Oh’s lab in the Squirrel ...