UC Berkeley’s landmark Sather Gate has welcomed walkers of all kinds for more than a century, from angry protesters to students hurrying to class. Last month, though, an entirely new pedestrian passed ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Ask the elderly, toddlers, or the very drunk: walking can be tough. And the times when it is, ...

Figure’s founder Brett Adcock says a new partnership with OpenAI could help its robots hold conversation and learn from its mistakes over time. By Mack DeGeurin Published Feb 29, 2024 8:00 AM EST Get ...

Walking is hard, and what's hard for humans is equally confounding for robots. But with the help of machine learning, a robot learned to walk in just a few hours—a good 12 months faster than the ...

From the Sojourner rover, which landed on Mars in 1997, to Perseverance, which touched down in February, the robots of the Red Planet share a defining feature: wheels. Rolling is far more stable and ...

Researchers in France are calling their six-legged creation the “AntBot.” This 9-inch robot doesn’t just skitter around like a desert ant, though—it also borrows their unique navigational skills.