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Elon Musk’s recent presentation of the Optimus robot highlighted an exciting future where robots handle a wide range of household chores. While the technology isn’t quite ready to take over every home task, the trajectory is clear: humanoid robots are steadily moving towards performing jobs that traditional home devices and robots can’t manage. Companies like…

Humanoid robotics developers must pick which problems to solve, says NVIDIA To be effective and commercially viable, humanoid robots will need a full stack of technologies for everything from locomotion and perception to manipulation. Developers of artificial intelligence and humanoids are using NVIDIA tools, from the edge to the cloud. At NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference…

In machine learning, a world model is a computer program that can imagine how the world evolves in response to an agent’s behavior. Building on advancements in video generation and world models for autonomous vehicles, we have trained a world model that serves as a virtual simulator for our robots. Source: https://www.1x.tech/discover/1x-world-model

The World Robot Conference 2024, held in Beijing, China, was a remarkable event that showcased the latest advancements in robotics. The five-day conference featured over 27 different models of humanoid robots, attracting more than 169 exhibitors and showcasing over 600 innovative products. The event highlighted China’s growing ambition to lead the global robotics industry, as…

Robotics technology accelerated by AI is upgrading and evolving every day

IntroductionBoston Dynamics has stunned the world again, unveiling an electric version of its Atlas robot autonomously performing tasks in a factory setting. This demonstration of Atlas working without human guidance marks a potential inflection point in robotics, where humanoid robots move from experimental prototypes to practical tools capable of taking on human roles in industries…