Amazon is tapping one of the world’s leading human-robot interaction experts to help manage a robotics operation that has become an integral part of the company’s fulfillment centers. The Seattle… Read More
For five years, a University of Washington spin-out called BluHaptics has been building up a business focusing on robotic control software for underwater robots — and now the Seattle startup is… Read More
Sarcos, a Salt Lake City-based robotics startup that spun out of Raytheon in 2015, today announced a $30 million Series B investment round led by DIG Investment and Alex. Brown.… Read More
Teenagers accustomed to growing up with technology and even conversing with various forms of it should take comfort in research being conducted by the University of Washington. As public radio… Read More
Chloe Kim thinks fears of robots taking over the world are overblown. The 18-year-old snowboarder, who won a gold medal in the snowboarding halfpipe at Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, was… Read More
Confetti littered the stage as one lucky team raised the cup. No, it wasn’t the World Cup, or the NBA finals. This winning team had built a tech project from… Read More
Robots are nothing new for Amazon’s fulfillment centers, but a newly issued Amazon patent envisions robots that could toss items around those centers. The 27-page patent, published Tuesday, describes robotic… Read More
The stealthy Seattle-based food automation venture formerly known as Otto Robotics has a new name: Vivid Robotics. It also has a fresh infusion of $4.9 million in funding, thanks to… Read More
Vroom-vroom service! A new hotel that opened last week south of Seattle features a zippy little robot that will roam the halls and make deliveries to rooms. “Hazel, the Relay… Read More
Fly, fly away may be a famous call when it comes to baseball in Seattle, but at the University of Washington they should be using it to celebrate an advancement… Read More
Cue the “Black Mirror” theme music: Boston Dynamics says it’s putting its scary SpotMini robotic dog on sale next year. The company’s founder, Marc Raibert, made the announcement on Friday… Read More
You may have invited Alexa into your home, but are you ready for her to roll around your living room? Amazon is working on a secret line of robots for… Read More
It’s a thrilling time for technology, with innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics propelling society ever faster forward. But is it too fast? That’s a question that came up more… Read More
All Nippon Airways’ newly announced sponsorship of a $10 million contest for real-life avatars is just one part of a grander vision that aims to break down barriers through robotic… Read More
All Nippon Airways is sponsoring a $10 million, four-year competition to spur the development of real-life avatars that could provide telepresence over a span of dozens of miles. Registration opens… Read More
First the robots proved they can do back flips, now they’re flipping hamburgers. Flippy, the world’s first autonomous robotic kitchen assistant, made his public debut this week and will begin… Read More
Does something need checking out in your data center? Before you send out a technician, why not send out a robot? That’s the upshot of a newly published Amazon patent… Read More
This might be a first for the University of Washington computer science department. HERB, a famous robot also known as “Home Exploring Robot Butler” that is housed on campus at… Read More
PITTSBURGH — I’m sitting on the floor of a small office in the Lawrenceville neighborhood surrounded by machines that would fit right in with a movie about the robot uprising.… Read More
We all laughed at the video of a robot falling over while trying to turn a doorknob. Who’s laughing now? In the latest creepy video from the roboticists at Boston… Read More
PITTSBURGH — At a mall in Sydney, Australia, “the world’s first smart trash can” is fastidiously photographing, weighing, and sorting garbage. The industrious TrashBot is a long way from home.… Read More
Very few people are in a better position to explain Pittsburgh to a bunch of Seattle-based technology journalists than Siddhartha “Sidd” Srinivasa. The robotics expert founded Carnegie Mellon University’s Personal… Read More
LAS VEGAS — I’m always on the lookout for the next great ping-pong playing machine. I just didn’t think that player would actually be a machine. With the GeekWire Bash… Read More
Beyond playing host to the opening of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at his Seattle movie theater Cinerama on Thursday, Paul Allen has other connections to the beloved sci-fi film… Read More
The latest robot report has bad news for laborers and office support staff, good news for techies and healthcare workers. India looks bright, while Japan could face the toughest stretch.… Read More
Boston Dynamics’ video of a humanoid robot executing a perfect backflip sparked a lot of dark humor, and now billionaire Elon Musk has responded with dark seriousness about the risks… Read More
Researchers inside the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering in Seattle are developing innovative solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. But one… Read More
Zane Young loves to build things, and as an incoming freshman at Washington State University, he’s going to build on his love of robotics by studying electrical engineering and computer… Read More
It’s one thing to be wowed by Amazon’s Alexa and her ability to turn off Katy Perry, or turn on the lights. But what if the voice-activated artificial intelligence could… Read More
Teams from around the world are competing to help create more efficient robots for Amazon — robots that can pick up and stow items into boxes, and help some teams… Read More