What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at a breakneck speed, custom chatbots are no longer reserved for big companies with a dedicated team of coders. In 2025, AI chatbots are being used ...

The Dobb-E domestic robotics system was trained in real people’s homes and could help solve the field’s data problem. A new system that teaches robots a domestic task in around 20 minutes could help ...

Skild is building a “general purpose” robot brain, essentially a prefabricated AI model that can go into pretty much any general purpose robot, for less cost than custom-built robot software. The ...

Skild AI, a startup that’s developing artificial intelligence-powered brains for robots, said today it has closed on a bumper $300 million early-stage funding round, bringing its valuation to a cool ...

On a metallic door in San Francisco’s Mission District, a single character—“π”—offers a cryptic clue as to the virtuous circle of labor taking place beyond. The door opens to reveal furious activity ...