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Video: How ghost-like humanoid robot comes to life with water-powered muscles

The robots run on a hydraulic system powered by a compact pump, called a “hydraulic heart,” which uses water to move the ...
The Robot Report

Agility Robotics explains how to train a whole-body control foundation model

A whole-body control foundation model could help launch humanoid robots toward general-purpose capability, says Agility ...
Wired

Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body

It was early January 2016, and I had just joined Google X, Alphabet’s secret innovation lab. My job: help figure out what to do with the employees and technology left over from nine robot companies ...
Purdue University

Raising robots: Teaching robots things humans learn, including navigation, movement, dance, spatial reasoning

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a PhD in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, ...
The Digital Universe

BYU engineers are accelerating the ‘helpful robot’ revolution

Meet helpful robots created by BYU Engineers. Produced by BYU Video. In 2025, humanoid robots aren’t anything new — just check out some of the droids that came out of the Consumer Electronics Show ...