The new Blue robot is specifically designed for the latter, and it should be much more affordable than other AI machines. Blue is being developed at the University of California-Berkeley, by a team ...

A new low-cost, human-friendly robot uses recent advances in artificial intelligence and deep reinforcement learning to master intricate human tasks. Robots may have a knack for super-human strength ...

In a tiny lab at UC Berkeley, next to the whirring 3D printers on the wall, in front of an old Persian-rug-patterned couch, stands Blue the robot. It’s a pair of bulky humanoid arms—only with pincers ...

The idea of having your own assistive robot in the home has been around for at least half a century, promising to usher us into a Jetsons-like future in which we can assign all manner of everyday ...