The robot, a pair of disembodied arms with crablike pincers at the end, wasn’t supposed to pick up the bag. It had been told to do a single tedious job: open plastic bags on a conveyor belt and stuff ...

Welcome to National Robotics Week—April 4-12, 2026. The week arrives with a nationwide celebration of robotics, bringing together students, community, and industry. The goal is to inspire innovation ...

Robotic machine-learning company Generalist has announced GEN-1, a new physical AI system that it says “crosses into production-level success rates” on “a broad range of physical skills” that used to ...