MIT engineers have built a fast, lightweight robotic arm that can play table tennis like a pro. Designed for high-speed ...

In a nutshell MIT’s custom robot arm can perform human-style table tennis shots, including topspin loops, flat drives, and ...

MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns shots with ...

Most robotic arms are either very good at slow, careful movements, like picking up objects, or rapid movements like running. Ping pong, however, demands both precision and speed. Nguyen explains that ...

MIT has developed what is probably the fastest table tennis robot in the world. However, the robot still has its pitfalls.

A humanoid robot briefly went out of control during tests, as a video shows. However, no one was injured. During tests in a Chinese factory, a humanoid robot suffered a malfunction and lashed out ...

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Notre Dame have developed a robot ...

Figure AI had uploaded a 90-second hi-speed teaser of its Figure 02 humanoid robots picking up and sorting logistics.

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BEIJING, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on the world's first-ever half-marathon for both humanoid robots and human runners: At a half-marathon race, a 5.9-ft "giant ...

For their new design, the researchers modified a lightweight, high-power robotic arm that Kim’s lab developed as part of the MIT Humanoid — a bipedal, two-armed robot that is about the size of ...