A robotics startup cofounder shares why most robots likely won't need legs

Diligent Robotics co-founder Vivian Chu said her "minimum viable humanoid" robots are already helping hospital staff save ...
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Scientists build insect-inspired robots that float, paddle, and stride on water surfaces

Scientists build insect-inspired soft robots on water using HydroSpread, a new fabrication method for flexible films.
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New AI Can Control a Robot Even If Its Legs Get Chainsawed Off

A video making its rounds on social media shows an engineer from a startup called Skild AI taking a chainsaw to the limbs of a robot dog.

Watch this robot get wrecked by a chainsaw … and then adapt

The remarkable robot dog — or more accurately, its AI-powered brain — can even handle having its legs extended by wooden poles, or having wheels attached. Short of a rocket-propelled grenade coming ...
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US Navy vets’ startup to build giant robot warship with 1,000-mile reach in new deal

Notably, the company hired Tim Glinatsis, a 25-year veteran from General Dynamics’ NASSCO and Bath Iron Works, and marine engineering lead Ryan Maatta, a program alum of the Defense Advanced Research ...