When Disneyland turns 70 this July, Main Street’s Opera House will play host to the return of Walt Disney, who will sit down with audiences to tell his story in robot form. The response to the announcement at D23 Expo 2024 that Walt Disney Imagineering was working on a way to bring an animatronic, lifelike […]
This Tiny Robot Is Part Bee, Part Crane Fly—and It Finally Has Solid Legs
Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields of wildflowers, helping real bees carry out their crucial pollinating duties decades in the future. It’s a vision that Harvard’s Microrobotics Laboratory has been working on for years. The barrier? Until recently, the only landing the Harvard RoboBee had mastered was a crash landing. Harvard researchers have now […]
Roomba-Maker Warns Investors It Could Die, Stock Craters
iRobot’s stock fell nearly 40% early Wednesday after the maker of robot vacuums told investors that it has “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue.” Sales were down 44% in the last quarter over the year prior, though the company hopes a slew of new Roombas introduced this week will help stem the decline. […]
Meta Is Looking to Get Into the AI Humanoid Robot Business
Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms has moved beyond trying to connect humans and is ready to focus on building robotic ones. According to a report from Bloomberg, Meta is planning to pour money into a new project to build AI-powered humanoid robots. Meta reportedly plans to start the project by building a robot capable of […]
This Pixar-Inspired Robot Lamp Is the First Apple Intelligence Device I Really Want
For those who love Pixar’s Luxo Jr., Apple’s engineers developed a lamp that swivels with excitement as it obeys your every whim. Thirty nine years ago, the CG wizards at Pixar made us all believe a faceless desk lamp could be enormously expressive and incredibly cute. Apple, with its mind set on home robotics, shows […]