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Nvidia Tools Aim to Speed Up Development of Humanoid Robots
Artificial Intelligence // July 31, 2024

Nvidia announced this week a suite of new services and tools aimed at speeding up the development of humanoid robots as the company seeks to position itself at the forefront of this emerging technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Humanoid Robots Take Heavy Lift Out of Warehouse Automation 
artificial intelligence // June 15, 2023

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Google Wants To Bring More Learning To Robots
Innovation // March 27, 2019

Make it about machine learning – that seems to be a theme behind Google’s return to robotics, an effort that reportedly has more to do with software than creating mechanical creatures that resemble human beings. The move could influence how robots develop for use in...

Google Gets Back Into Robotics
Google // March 27, 2019

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Humanoid Robots Take Heavy Lift Out of Warehouse Automation 

June 15, 2023
Within every dreamt-up human future, there have always been robots.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and […]

The Week In Very Weird Commerce

April 29, 2017
Among many other subjects, the late, great Hunter S. Thompson was one of the world’s foremost experts on weirdness of all kinds. One of our favorite — and more often quoted — observations...

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Google Gets Back Into Robotics

March 27, 2019
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Softbank Buys Robotics Company Boston Dynamics From Google

June 12, 2017
SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications company, announced late last week a subsidiary of SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics from Alphabet. Get the Full...

Alphabet’s Robot Comes Alive

February 25, 2016
Google’s parent company has created a new and improved robot and showed off what it can do in a video. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...