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New 3D Vision System Lets Humanoid Robots Navigate Without Human Help

Mar 19, 2026 | Robots, Vision

A vision company is proving that robots can finally see well enough to be trusted around people. A humanoid robot moved around a space, mapping it, avoiding obstacles, and climbing surfaces without anyone holding its hand. No remote control. No tightly scripted...

Robots Need Offices Too: The AI Boom Comes To NYC Real Estate

Mar 19, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Real Estate, Robots, Work

After five years, the “for rent” signs are disappearing from New York City’s office towers as the city welcomes a new influx of deep-pocketed tenants: AI companies. Despite mounting fears about the threats artificial intelligence poses to the economy, Anthropic,...

Autonomous Firefighting Robot Can Drive Straight Into A 1,000 Degree Blaze

Mar 17, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots

Firefighters in South Korea will soon start deploying alongside a massive, six-wheeled, self-cooling autonomous robot that could help keep them safe. Hyundai recently revealed the new, driverless ground drone, built atop a chassis initially intended for military use...

Long Road To AVs Paves The Way For Autonomous Robots

Mar 12, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots

Despite many public predictions that autonomous vehicles (AVs) would be the dominant vehicle platform by 2020, the road to autonomy has been a difficult one, paved with market, technical, legal, and regulatory challenges. However, with more than a decade of investment...

Humans ‘Catch’ Fear From Robots That Breathe Like They’re Scared

Mar 12, 2026 | Robots

We’ve all instinctively clung to another person when frightened, if only as a child clutching our mother’s hand. But if that person is scared, too, this behavior may not have the desired calming effect. And a new study, published in the journal Emotion,...

These Self-Configuring Modular Robots May One Day Rule The World

Mar 12, 2026 | Robots

We were fascinated to read a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on what the authors are calling “reconfigurable modular robots.” As the name suggests, these robots are composed of multiple parts that can be configured in...