Abstract: The performance of optimization-based robot motion planning algorithms is highly dependent on the initial solutions, commonly obtained by running a sampling-based planner to obtain a ...

With more than 750,000 robots deployed across our network, Amazon has built and scaled the world's largest fleet of industrial robotics. We currently have advanced technologies supporting employees as ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Oct 2, 2025 at 8:35 ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. While the U.S. celebrates its dominance in artificial-intelligence software, China is quietly ...

YouTuber Cody ‘WhistlinDiesel’ Detwiler put an $80,000 humanoid robot named Ben through an intense series of “durability tests,” ultimately destroying it in the process. The YouTuber’s new video ...

A little red robot that’s one-tenth the size of a car and can travel up to 20 miles per hour could be the future of automated deliveries at DoorDash. Dot, an electric, street-friendly robot, said ...

On Tuesday, DoorDash unveiled Dot, a small robot it built in-house that can autonomously drive on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks to deliver food and small packages at speeds up to 20 miles per hour.

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. When ...

Construction robots have been around for a while, automating challenging tasks on job sites. The new kid on this block is called Charlotte, and it's billed as being autonomously capable of building a ...

Technology Museum of Science lets the public interact with robot dogs and humanoid robots "I think it’s really, really useful for people to have a chance to see them, learn more about them, ask ...