Could this be the beginning of mass retail automation? In August, this Japanese ‘Kangaroo robot' will arrive for work at a convenience store to stack sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves. If ...

Robots are good at a few simple things. They can lift and carry huge objects, fly around like dragonflies, and murder our families while we watch, their cold circuits flitting with nascent feelings of ...

Robot manufacturer Agility has built a human-like robot called Digit that can load boxes onto a truck — and the company is selling it for a cool $250,000. The company announced a $20 million round of ...

Stacking has taken off in The Sims Social. Even today's Pic of the Day employs the power of stacking in a big way. But this just might be the coolest use of the stacking glitch yet: robots. (Playfish, ...

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IN a vast warehouse, three of Amazon’s newest recruits are resting with their arms behind their heads, legs splayed out. With the flick of a button that marks the end of break time, they roll up to a ...

Japan has the oldest population in the world, and that’s causing an acute labor shortage. With almost a third of the population aged 65 and above, finding workers can be a challenge. Increasingly, ...

The Amazon robotic Picking Challenge is a now annual competition that searches for robots that could one day work in the company’s vast warehouses and its second champion has been announced. This year ...

A Linux distro for fast deployment of physical AI at the edge. The company launched Avocado OS in April 2025 to meet a increasing demand for a Linux distribution that enables physical AI teams to move ...