Living in a Human World: Why Robot Design Starts With Us A humanoid robot, with arms, legs, and a head (maybe even some facial expressions), fits right into our homes, hospitals, and offices without major modifications to the environment. Let’s face it—our world is built for humans. Door handles, staircases, steering wheels, keyboards, even microwaves… … Read more
Machines Like Us: A Deep Dive into AI and Common Sense Ronald J. Brachman and Hector J. Levesque’s Machines Like Us: Toward AI with Common Sense is a thought-provoking exploration of one of artificial intelligence’s biggest challenges—developing machines that can think with common sense rather than just specialized expertise. This book provides a compelling argument … Read more
Summary Microsoft’s introduction of Discovery, an agentic AI system, marks a turning point in how research and development (R&D) is conducted in medicine and life sciences. Unlike traditional AI, agentic AI acts autonomously across tasks, managing and optimizing the research process with minimal human oversight. This shift has profound implications for the future of medical … Read more
Introduction to Humanoid Robots In the evolving landscape of robotics, humanoid robots have emerged as a focal point for innovation. Cartwheel Robotics, a company founded by Scott LaValley, is taking a unique approach by focusing on creating robots designed for companionship rather than industrial tasks. This shift addresses the emotional and social aspects of human-robot … Read more
At Microsoft Build 2025, the tech giant unveiled a vision for an “open agentic web,” powered by AI agents capable of performing complex, autonomous tasks. While the focus was squarely on software and cloud-based systems, the implications for autonomous robotics are profound. As robotic engineers, researchers, and developers push the envelope in intelligent machines, Microsoft’s … Read more
As the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution accelerates, its AI power demands are rising at an unprecedented pace. The exponential growth of data centers—fueled by AI workloads such as training large language models, running autonomous robotics systems, and processing vast amounts of real-time data—has introduced a new kind of bottleneck: electricity. A recent Reuters Breakingviews article … Read more
From Tesla’s factory floors to AI-powered security bots in China, robotic automation is no longer on the horizon—it’s here, and it’s transforming the future of work faster than many expected. Robotics enthusiasts, we’re living in an era that’s every bit as fascinating—and a little bit unsettling—as the sci-fi stories we grew up reading. Let’s unpack … Read more
AI robotics engineers live and breathe robotics real-time processing performance. The ability of a robot to perceive its environment, process that information, make intelligent decisions, and actuate a response within stringent time constraints is fundamental to its effectiveness and often, its safety. The key problem robotic engineers constantly grapple with is achieving low-latency processing to … Read more
Understanding Multimodal AI and Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions effectively. In the realm of artificial intelligence, integrating EI allows machines to interact with humans more naturally and empathetically. Multimodal AI enhances this capability by processing and interpreting data from various sources—text, audio, and visual inputs—to gain … Read more
Exploring the monetization potential of the next wave in generative AI Murati’s Moonshot – The Largest Seed Round in AI History? In a move sending shockwaves through Silicon Valley, former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is reportedly seeking to raise over $2 billion for her new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab. If successful, it would be … Read more