The Optimus’ abilities appear to significantly trail what robots from competitors like Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics are capable of. Boston Dynamics robots have been seen doing back flips and performing sophisticated dance routines without a tether.
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Amazon has agreed to buy iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.7 billion, including debt, the two companies announced Friday.
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The pet-sized companion robots aim to stir an “instinct to love” in its human customers, according to the Japanese company’s website, with potential use cases in nursing homes and with children.
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The newest employee at a restaurant in Lillington is on a roll with rave reviews for stellar service. The employee is a robot.
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Amazon’s vision for the future of home security includes drones flying over your roof, outdoor cameras that monitor for possible trespassers and cute robots patrolling indoors. Here’s a look.
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Elon Musk said Thursday night at Tesla’s AI Day that the company is building a humanoid robot, and will probably have a prototype next year. Check out what he had to say.
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Is this the future for environmental sentinels? Engineers at Duke University have developed an electronics-free, entirely soft robot shaped like a dragonfly that can skim across water and react to environmental conditions such as pH, temperature or the presence of oil.
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Shares in Asensus Surgical – formerly known as TransEnterix – climbed to $4.20 on Thursday, 10 times their value a year ago, as the robotic and medical instrument technology firm forecast a positive series of developments to come this year.
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TransEnterix recently changed its name to Asensus and on Wednesday the firm best known for robitic surgery disclosed what could be a major victory for the company: The FDA has approved its Senhance Surgical System for wider use in general surgery.
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