Wonder Workshop, the education technology company that introduced Dash and Dot to classrooms, has developed a virtual world with a virtual robot for student access in remote classes. The digital ...

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Seven teams of software gurus whose code deftly controlled a virtual, human-like robot through a virtual obstacle course were awarded a real humanoid to program for a real-world competition to develop ...

Liu Yaodong pointed out that Virtual Motion does not intend to produce the robots themselves but instead focuses on the field of AI spatial computing, striving to build a three-dimensional embodied ...

Are there really enough people who want to remote-control a robot and visit places virtually? We're skeptical. But the founder of the startup Propelmee is surprisingly persuasive at the potential uses ...

An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. In the simulation, the machines—called ...

A virtual robot arm has learned to solve a wide range of different puzzles—stacking blocks, setting the table, arranging chess pieces—without having to be retrained for each task. It did this by ...

Virtual Point has chosen not to directly engage in the manufacturing of robotic bodies but rather to focus on providing critical technical support. The company relies on a globally leading optical ...

If I asked you to design the perfect robot for throwing a block, you’d probably think of something humanoid, with legs for stability and hands for grasping. And who could blame you? If humans are good ...

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Carnegie Mellon announces a robot that helps take gargantuan panoramic photos and a Web site where people can explore the results. The aim? Cross-cultural understanding. Stephen Shankland worked at ...