The original Roomba was the first robot vacuum in the US, and the second ever made, following Electrolux’s Trilobite the year prior. A basic bump-and-roll bot with bump and cliff sensors, the Roomba rolled randomly around your home, sucking up dirt, bumping from wall to wall, and generally trying not to fall down stairs.

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There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human dancers to train virtual robots. “Robots move in the world,” Cousins says. “Who understands how to move in the world more innately than dancers and choreographers?”

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Cartwheel Robotics is developing a humanoid robot called “Yogi”, which is designed to move naturally, perform household tasks, and bring a friendly presence to homes. Humanoid Global Holdings Corp., a publicly traded investment issuer, has provided an ...

Home robots are no longer a futuristic concept—they are becoming a tangible part of modern living. Advances in consumer robotics have made smart home robots more capable, intuitive, and affordable than ever before. From robotic vacuums that autonomously ...

In some sense, Mr. Brooks has only himself to blame. The current humanoid craze is “kind of his fault,” said Anthony Jules, Mr. Brooks’s co-founder and C.E.O. at Robust.AI, which is building automated carts to work alongside humans in distribution centers.

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New companies are building robots in record time ... and at record cost. Massive changes have made physical AI — giving AI a body — much more affordable.

Back in 2023, I wrote about a sensation Buffalo success story about the accomplishments of Rust Belt Robotics. At the time I wrote: In a relatively short period of time, a robotics community team in WNY has gone from formation to formidable. Thanks to the ...

Founded 35 years ago, the Massachusetts company pioneered the development of home vacuum robots and grew to become one of the most recognizable American consumer brands. Over the years, it lost ground to Chinese competitors with less-expensive products.