A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing race

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a ...

Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon

The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.
IEEE

A Mixed-Reality-Augmented Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Multi-Robot Safe Motion Generation in Human–Robot Collaborative Manufacturing Cells

Abstract: Augmenting capabilities of human operators with multi-robot cells offers substantial advantages for increasing productivity in manufacturing applications. This synergy effectively combines ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

To teach social-emotional skills, does a robot need to pretend to be human?

In a crowded fourth-grade classroom in Chicago, a new kind of tutor is shaping how children learn about empathy, conflict, and problem-solving. These robots aren’t programmed to act like friendly ...
The Washington Post

Musk has a plan to make human labor obsolete. Billionaires are joining in.

In the utopia proposed by Elon Musk, billions of robots perform all necessary work. A network of autonomous vehicles and humanoids, fueled by solar energy, provide boundless resources. Poverty is ...
techxplore

Alive or not? Tiny 3D-printed robots that swim and navigate just like animals

Leiden researchers Professor Daniela Kraft and Mengshi Wei have created microscopic robots that move without sensors, software, or external control. Instead, their behavior emerges entirely from their ...
WMUR

Department of Health and Human Services looks to strengthen, expand 988 and crisis communications

STATE, WHO WILL DIRECTLY MEET WITH THE PERSON IN NEED. WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT, JUST LIKE THEY KNOW ABOUT 911988 OFFERS HELP TO THOSE IN CRISIS 24 SEVEN IT’S BUILT ON THREE ...
New York Post

McDonald’s experimenting with robot employees that look like humans — and even dress in uniform

A McDonald’s in a Chinese city welcome humanoid robots to serve up meals and entertain customers — but only for a limited time. Videos posted on social media captured the myriad of lifelike robots at ...
IEEE

Collision Detection and Body-Part Classification in Collaborative Robots Using a Multi-Task Deep Learning Model with Hybrid Time-Series Augmentation

Abstract: Ensuring collision safety in human–robot collaboration has emerged as a critical challenge in the Industry 5.0 era. This study proposed an intelligent deep learning framework that can detect ...