The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

A still from Carnegie Mellon University’s video showing a robot learning how to perform household chores (Shikhar Bahl/ Carnegie Mellon University) Engineers have built robots that are capable of learning new skills by watching videos of humans ...

Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But what if they could learn to use tools as naturally as a ...

The vision of robots as true partners in our daily work has remained just that—a vision. While we've seen an explosion of humanoid and semi-humanoid designs recently, these new platforms face a fundamental,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning has been a holy grail in robotics for decades. If these systems are going to thrive in unpredictable environments, they’ll need to do more than just respond to programming ...

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of advanced systems that can move around in their surroundings and complete various tasks. Most of these robots can effectively collect images and other data in their surroundings, using ...

A new algorithm developed by USC computer science researchers shows that robots can, in computer simulations, learn tasks after a single demonstration Aging populations and caregivers stand to benefit the most from future work based on RoboCLIP, which ...

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Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to film themselves doing various tasks.