videoChina’s robotics firm Unitree has pushed humanoid mobility forward. In a public demo video, its full-size biped H1 reached a top speed of about 12 km/h, a mark that made it the fastest known humanoid robot at the time. The…
A new line of tools aims to let artificial intelligence carry out the full research cycle with little help from people. The project, often called an AI scientist, reads papers, forms a clear question, runs code-based tests, and drafts a…
Ben Goertzel, founder of the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, argues that his AGI project, OpenCog Hyperon, exhibits early signs of self-awareness. Unlike large language models like GPT, Hyperon functions as an autonomous agent with its own goals and awareness of itself…
videoMeta has revealed Orion, a working prototype of true augmented reality glasses. The device looks like normal eyewear with transparent lenses, yet it places digital windows and 3D objects in your view. Meta presented Orion as a product prototype for…
videoBoston Dynamics and Assa Abloy have linked their systems so Spot, the four-legged robot, can pass through secured, automated doors without human help. The new link adds true autonomy to door access during patrols and inspections. The system uses embedded…
videoIHMC has shown its humanoid robot Nadia practicing boxing under direct human control through a virtual reality system. An engineer wears a headset and hand controllers, and the robot mirrors those movements in real time. This setup is called teleoperation,…
Worldcoin, the identity project backed by Sam Altman, is building a global system to prove a user is a real person online without exposing who they are. The company says this proof of personhood could also support future plans like…
A Californian start-up called Altera has tested whether many autonomous AI agents, software programs able to make their own decisions, can cooperate over time. The firm released about 1000 of these agents inside the open-world game Minecraft and let the…
Humanoid robots remain rare outside labs and pilot factory trials because their bodies are not yet ready for the messy, varied world of daily life. Software has improved fast, but hardware progress has been slower. Building safe, strong, light, and…