The goal is to accelerate the path to fully autonomous humanoid robots ... maybe even ones that are as smart as we are.

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Abstract: This paper proposes a sensorless speed control method for brushed dc motors that extends the usable speed estimation range by combining current-ripple analysis with high-frequency signal ...

Abstract: Foundation models have demonstrated impressive capabilities across diverse domains, while imitation learning provides principled methods for robot skill adaptation from limited data.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Could you soon take a ride on the 'Gold Line'? That's the shiny new name proposed for a Metro bus line that would run from the RFK Campus to Union Station. It comes as the agency ...

The vibrobot – a vibrating motor and battery attached to the head of a brush – isn’t truly a robot, since its movement can’t be controlled, but it’s whetted the interest of many future roboticists.

Figure Helix handling a wider variety of packaging and approaching human-level dexterity and speed. Figure.ai One day after Figure AI broadcast an eight-hour livestream of its humanoid robots ...

Capital One filed a lawsuit Tuesday against "persons and/or entities of unknown identity" that it alleges infringed the bank's trademarks in "scam campaigns." Capital One is using trademark law to ...

Conventional robots navigate much like humans do, relying on detailed maps of the area they are in to get around. This allows the robot to maintain an accurate estimate of its own location, but comes ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A new Metro train station will not be recommended as part of a transit transformation set to accompany the new Commanders stadium. WMATA released its RFK transit study on ...

IndyCar stopped selling a T-shirt promoting this summer’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix in D.C. after facing online backlash. The shirt said “ONE NATION” and “ONE RACE" and showed an IndyCar driver in a pose ...