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The unmanned Small Multi-purpose Equipment Transport being demonstrated by the U.S. Army at Fort Irwin, California.Gif: U.S. Army video by Spc. Samarion HicksThe U.S. military has spent the past month running exercises at various locations in California to prepare for “future war-winning readiness.” And the photos being officially released include plenty of robot dogs, augmented reality headsets, resupply drones, and at least one mysterious AI-driven vehicle. There’s also an eight-wheeled, all-electric robot vehicle that…

BMW has signed a first-of-its-kind deal to put “humanoid” robots to work at one of its factories. The robots, which are designed to be more operationally flexible than traditional industrial robots, will supposedly assist the luxury car manufacturer with various parts of the manufacturing process.Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to Control Robots NextThe robots in question were designed by California robotics firm FigureAI and are described as being “general purpose”—meaning they can be used for any number of physical…

No, AI won’t be coming for your soul or turning you into a battery any time soon, and the robots certainly aren’t taking over, at least not from what we saw at CES 2024. There were certainly advancements, and if what we saw at this year’s biggest tech showcase is any indication, bipedal legs are long gone, and balls are in.Then, of course, wheels are always popular. We saw a slew of autonomous machines meant to act as couriers or stock drivers. However, the dream is still to see a mannequin-like device stroll around with…

On Thursday, Google announced a new “Robot Constitution” that will govern the AI that runs its upcoming army of intelligent machines. Based on Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics,” these safety instructions are meant to steer the devices’ decision-making process. First among them: “A robot may not injure a human being.”No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” The Robot Constitution comes from Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s main AI research wing. “Before robots can be integrated…

Available for purchase since 2020, Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot dog, Spot, has been mostly deployed as an autonomous inspection and exploration tool. Today the company revealed several updates to Spot that will further improve its ability to carry out those types of tasks, including finally being able to use handles to open doors all by itself.iDo Not Steal Our Robot Dog!According to Boston Dynamics, there are now over 1,000 Spot robots in active usearound the world in over 35 countries, but the new updates to the…

A new robot has joined NASA’s collection of odd mechanical beings that traverse across other planets in search of life. But unlike the usual autonomous machines shaped like SUVs or tiny helicopters, this one is long, slithery—andhella creepy.Litter Robot 3 Review: How Much Would Tom Pay For It?A team of engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has created a snake-shaped robot that can slide its way down through narrow vents beneath the surface of icy worlds, according to the space agency. “There are dozens…

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Well it was fun while it lasted. Photo: Sarunyu L / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)On October 26, 1984, Orion Pictures released The Terminator, a movie about genocidal AI-powered robots unleashed by a tech company. Unfortunately, the executives at Microsoft must have been doing something else that day. As part of an ongoing partnership with OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, Microsoft’s next plan is using the chatbotto control robots. “Our goal with this research is to see if ChatGPT can think beyond text, and reason about…

You can stop stressing out about UFOs now, because researchers from The University of Tokyo have decided we need a more terrifying concern to keep us up all night: robot spiders that can both crawl and fly.Real spiders have already figured out how to fly, which they do by spinning ultralight silk parachutes (some 10-feet long) and floating on the wind. It allows them to cross large distances much faster than even walking on eight legs can, and also makes it easier for them to traverse difficult terrain. But replicating…

“This is a video of a person-shaped robot liquifying to escape from a cage after which it is extracted and remolded back into its original shape.”Gif: Wang and Pan et al. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)Science fiction is often several steps ahead of the real world when it comes to conjuring up new technologies. Back in 1991, ground breaking visual effects helped bring the shape-shifting liquid metal T-1000 robot to life in James Cameron’s Terminator 2, but 32 years later, shape-shifting robots now exist in real like…