NPR

People like extroverted robots — but they relate to the neurotic ones

While neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction — just think of C-3PO in Star Wars or Marvin in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — they haven't really been a focus of research into how ...
CRN

IoT Security In The C-3PO Age Will Be A Bit Different: Analysis

The real-world demo of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot suggests hackers may soon have a whole new attack surface to try to exploit. Get ready to meet your newest home IoT device, C-3PO. Last night in ...
TweakTown

Figure's robots now walk a little less like C-3PO, thanks to reinforcement learning

TL;DR: FigureAI has developed an AI-powered walking controller for its Figure 02 humanoid robot, enhancing its movement to be more human-like with features such as heel strikes and synchronized arm ...
WUNC

UNC researchers are working on an AI robot that can perform simple tasks in a lab setting

Inside a UNC-Chapel Hill Science lab sits an autonomous robot. Imagine a machine like a Roomba, but with an arm, so it can pick up things like a dirty sock off the floor. A group of researchers from ...