Orbit Robotics built Helios, a four-armed robot designed for zero gravity that grips and braces inside spacecraft while performing maintenance tasks.

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the ...

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Figure AI says three of its humanoid robots crossed more than 24 hours of continuous autonomous operation after a test that was supposed to last only eight hours kept running. The California-based ...

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General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to ...

Figure AI, a startup specialising in humanoid robots, has made headlines by announcing that its robot workforce has overtaken ...

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