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Google's Robots Can Now Think, Search the Web and Teach Themselves New Tricks

DeepMind's updated Gemini Robotics models mark a shift from single-task machines to robots that plan multi-step missions.

Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5 AI Models to Power General-Purpose Robots

Google's solution to this problem is a two-model setup. Here, the Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5, a vision-language model (VLM), comes with advanced reasoning and tool-calling capabilitie ...
Forbes

Meet The Ex-NASA Engineer Training Robots To Make Pre-Roll Joints

Nohtal Partansky’s Sorting Robotics equipment is used by some of the biggest names in the cannabis industry, from Stiiizy to Tilray. Now he’s gearing up for when Big Tobacco is ready to roll. Inside ...
Us Weekly

‘The Road’ Mentors Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson Reveal What It Takes to Make It in Country Music (Exclusive)

Keith Urban is hitting the road — with 12 upcoming artists in tow — in a new competition show. Both Urban and Gretchen Wilson know firsthand how important touring is in the early days of an artist’s ...
Inc

Humanoid Robots Showcase Their Skills, but They’re on a Long Road to Catch Up to AI

With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they shuffled and occasionally froze for a ...
The Hill

Humanoid robots showcase skills at Ancient Olympia. But they’re on a long road to catch up to AI

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they ...