Elon Musk believes robots will be “the biggest product ever in history.” His Tesla robot Optimus can already climb stairs and ...

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The company sold out of its first batch of production units, which it started shipping in January 2025. It’s currently ...

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Accumulating research and emerging experiences suggest we're witnessing fundamental changes in human psychological development that extend far beyond simple technology adoption.

Solving a technical challenge that has stymied science for 40 years, researchers have built a robot with an onboard computer, sensors and a motor, the whole assembly less than 1 millimeter in size — ...

Yet the next generation of robots will soon be able to learn from experience, creating more adaptable machines—perfect for ...