GitHub

DeepCode: Open Agentic Coding

We evaluate DeepCode on the PaperBench benchmark (released by OpenAI), a rigorous testbed requiring AI agents to independently reproduce 20 ICML 2024 papers from scratch. The benchmark comprises 8,316 ...
The Verge

UPS is using a herd of robots and AI to spot fake returns.

Some people think they can pull a fast one by “returning” something they’ve bought, but replacing the original with a knockoff and keeping the real deal. UPS’s return centers are using machine ...
Harvard Business Review

AI Tools Make Coders More Important, Not Less

Of all the possible applications of generative AI, the value proposition of using it to write code was perhaps the clearest. Coding can be slow and it requires expertise, both of which can be ...
IEEE

Gait Optimization for Underwater Legged Robots Using Data-Driven Hydrodynamic Modeling and Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: Precise close-contact inspections are critical in underwater environments, where complex dynamics and biofouling present significant challenges for conventional vehicles. To address these ...
IEEE

PINN-Based Predictive Control Combined With Unknown Payload Identification for Robots With Prismatic Quasi-Direct-Drives

Abstract: This study introduces a unified control framework that addresses the challenge of precise robots with Quasi-Direct-Drives under unknown payloads, named as online payload identification-based ...
The New York Times

Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s smallest programmable robots think, swim, and sense temperature using light

Robots have just shrunk to the size of microorganisms. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, ...
Scientific American

Meet Your Future Robot Servants, Caregivers and Explorers

In the future, a caregiving machine might gently lift an elderly person out of bed in the morning and help them get dressed. A cleaning bot could trundle through a child’s room, picking up scattered ...
Forbes

First-Ever Humanoid Robot App Store Launches So You Can Make Your Robot Dance And Fight

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree just launched the “world’s first” humanoid robot app ...
ZDNet

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Different AI models win at images, coding, and research. App integrations often add costly AI subscription layers. Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow. The pace of change in the ...
The New York Times

He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way.

Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is doomed to fail. Rodney Brooks, famous for the Roomba, argues the humanoid robot craze in Silicon Valley is ...