The team at Andon Labs, best known for giving an AI-powered vending machine its own chaotic personality, has done it again — this time by giving a vacuum robot a brain powered by large language models (LLMs). The goal was to see how capable today’s top AI models are when placed in a physical body. […]
In a classic underdog triumph, a group of undergraduates from Purdue University has built a robot that obliterated the world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube—surpassing the previous titleholder, engineering powerhouse Mitsubishi. Their creation, dubbed Purdubik’s Cube, cracked the colorful puzzle in a mind-blowing 0.103 seconds. That’s nearly three times faster than the prior record […]
For children facing chronic illnesses, missing school often means more than just falling behind academically—it also means losing social connections with classmates and teachers. To help bridge that gap, Norwegian company No Isolation has developed the AV1 robot, designed to help kids who are unable to physically attend school remain a part of the classroom […]