​ The generative AI revolution embodied in tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and many others is at its core based on a simple formula: Take a very large neural network, train…

​ 6 min read This robot is very talented, but it's not autonomous. Evan Ackerman Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a couple of high-profile videos of robotic systems…

​Using the brain to directly control an object was long the stuff of science fiction, and in 1988 the vision became a reality.IEEE Life Senior Member Stevo Bozinovski and Members…

​ 3 min read Drawing from the long tradition of biomimicry, researchers have developed the ultimate flexible memory, one that can withstand nearly any deformation. Jing Liu/Tsinghua University While organic…

​ 5 min read Getty Images/IEEE Spectrum You’re familiar with Karel Čapek, right? If not, you should be—he’s the guy who (along with his brother Josef) invented the word “robot.”…

​ 3 min read Figure.ai Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of…

​ 4 min read 2023 was the best year ever for robotics. I say this every year, but every year it’s true, because the robotics field seems to be always…

​Ten years ago, at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trial event near Miami, I watched the most advanced humanoid robots ever built struggle their way through a scenario inspired by…