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Humanoid robots are getting steadily better at interacting with the world, but their movements still tend to be fairly clumsy. Teaching one to run, jump, or dance requires considerable work, often relying on controllers tuned for specific motions. Researchers from UC Berkeley and Stanford University are taking a different approach
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house-trained, but can’t fetch Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company. Me at the office with my Unitree Go2 Pro robot dog. Credit: Nat Purser Me at the office with my Unitree Go2 Pro robot dog. Credit: Nat Purser On a sunny morning in June, I
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Organized by the Ministry of Education in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs, the BRICS Bharat Innovates Exposition convened at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi alongside the 18th BRICS Summit. The two-day national showcase brought together 37 elite Indian deep-tech ventures to demonstrate advanced indigenous technologies to global investors,
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* Ukrainian firm Drone Fight Group has delivered three Humvees fitted with its Kaban remote-control kit * The Kaban kit bolts on without modifying the vehicle's structure, allowing crews to switch between remote and manual modes depending on their needs * The primary control link here is Starlink, with analog video
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Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The new financing comes just three months
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Save up to $100: Cleaning is tedious and I’d prefer not to do it, but it does help to have excellent tools for the task. Right now, you can save up to $100 off some CNET’s favorite carpet cleaners of 2026. Bissell has made a name for itself
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Skip to content Natural gaslighting? Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas. The Project Jupiter data center construction site in New Mexico as seen in a video posted in July 2026. Credit: STACK Infrastructure Oracle’s proposed investment in 2 gigawatts of
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Right now, you can score the Shark Matrix Plus combination robot vacuum and mop for almost 60% off. You can also save over 25% on Anker’s laptop docking station. Finally, you can grab the Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet for 35% off, all at Amazon. I’ve been tracking
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Your pets deserve the best products, but what is the best, anyway? At CNET, we and our pets banded together over the past year to test out the latest technology made especially for pets. We tried devices like smart pet cams, app-connected litter boxes, vacuums made just for pet stains,
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Save $400: The Shark Matrix Plus robot vacuum and mop isn’t the cheapest model around, but a $400 discount sure does help with the sticker shock. Best Buy is selling this model for $300 rather than the usual $700, but you’ll need to act fast — this deal ends
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The sound quality on the JBL Live 680NC is good for the price, if a little bass heavy. But more impressive are the various features included as well as the amazingly long battery life. Just be aware that the fit does put some pressure on the top of the head
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Skild AI has launched its S1 robot foundation model on NVIDIA infrastructure, training robotics systems using single video demonstrations. The system uses video inputs to execute long-horizon, previously unseen tasks through in-context learning, operating without parameter weight updates or task-specific post-training. Deepak Pathak, cofounder and CEO of Skild AI, said:
