IEEE

Augmenting Open Vocabulary Object Detection with Large Language Models for Home Service Robots*

Abstract: Practical service robots struggle with traditional object detection methods. Extensive hand labeling requirements mean a limited set of objects that robots can detect, which in turn ...
IEEE

Cooperative Control Framework for Dual-Arm Robot Enhanced by Vision Language Model and Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: This paper presents a cooperative control framework for dual-arm robots that integrates vision-language models (VLMs) with online reinforcement learning (RL) to enhance autonomy and ...
The Boston Globe

A robotic hand ‘talks’ to deaf and blind people. Here’s how it works.

Elaine Ducharme can’t see or hear. But she can read the news or listen to a friend by grasping a robot’s hand. Ducharme uses a product called Tatum1, a disembodied mechanical hand plugged upright into ...
The New York Times

How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?

A new study of bilingual speakers suggests that a single “grammatical engine” in the brain can power multiple languages at once. By K. R. Callaway Speak a language your whole life and its grammatical ...
CNBC

Humaniod robotics company raises up to $1.4 billion from Nvidia, Amazon and others

German company Neura Robotics has raised a round of up to $1.4 billion, the company said on Wednesday. U.S. tech giants including Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon and Nvidia all participated in the round.