Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed algorithms that allow robots to learn by making mistakes -- just like a real person. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and ...

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Robotics is entering a new phase where general-purpose learning matters as much as mechanical design. Instead of programming ...

A third grade student creates code using an Ozobot during class at Edna Maguire Elementary School in Mill Valley on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Equipped with ...

Lerrel Pinto says the key to building useful home robots is helping them learn from their mistakes. Lerrel Pinto is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2023 Innovators Under 35. Asked to explain his work, ...

The wheels of the robot stopped abruptly to make a course correction before navigating its way around a turn. The robot’s course, put together with tape on the floor, was challenging to navigate, and ...

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to understand how it works and the math behind its movements. It ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.

Glenmont Elementary School is taking part in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a different and creative way. The students learned how to code robots over the last two months. Each robot was ...

Incoming Lyons Middle School seventh grader Avery Gibson is spending the week meeting “really cool” socially assistive robots and learning to code one. Working with a classmate, her mission was to ...