Funding for embodied AI startups has surged as companies race to build robots capable of operating beyond highly structured industrial settings.Interesting Engineering Ni Tao is IE’s columnist, giving ...

Most people think of Toyota and picture a Camry, a Tacoma, maybe a Prius. A 7-foot-2 robot shooting free throws at halftime of a professional basketball game? That's a harder image to conjure. But ...

Tesla’s Optimus robot just took a giant leap forward, literally. In a pair of newly released videos, Elon Musk reveals Optimus performing complex dance moves, now entirely untethered and autonomous.

While recent progress in robotics has been driven by advances in models and algorithms, real-world deployment continues to be constrained by high data collection costs, limited scenario diversity, and ...

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...

These guys are dedicated 2 Line riders, but they won't be crossing the water just yet. Credit: Courtesy of Sound Transit Have you been on the 1 Line this week? If so, you might have seen a little ...

Picking the right simulation software is a big first step when you’re getting into mobile robotics. It’s not just about making a virtual robot move; it’s about creating a realistic environment to test ...

A quadruped robot has learned to walk across slippery, uneven terrain entirely through simulation, without any human-designed gaits or manual tuning. The system relies on deep reinforcement learning ...

AGIBOT Innovation Technology Co. today introduced Genie Sim 3.0, a next-generation robot simulation platform powered by NVIDIA Isaac Sim, at CES 2026. The company said it delivers a unified, open ...

LG has debuted a home robot that's designed to cook, clean, and manage chores using advanced Physical AI. Part of LG's "Zero Labor Home" vision, the wheeled humanoid features dexterous hands and ...

The STEVAL-ROBKIT1 is an evaluation kit for robotics applications based on ST’s STM32H725 and STM32G0 Arm microcontrollers. It’s the first such robot kit from the company, and it targets both ...