robots | design and technology news and projects https://www.designboom.com/tag/robots/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MIT’s robot arm can tailor a dress using computerized knitting and heat-activated yarns https://www.designboom.com/technology/mit-4d-knit-dress-robot-arm-computerized-knitting-heat-activated-yarns-03-11-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/mit-4d-knit-dress-robot-arm-computerized-knitting-heat-activated-yarns-03-11-2024/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:20:36 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1052380

MIT’s self-assembly lab team develops ‘4D knit dress’ where a robot arm personalizes the clothing’s fit and size and can modify the garment’s style.

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LAYER and deutsche telekom come up with holographic and emotive robot home assistants https://www.designboom.com/technology/layer-deutsche-telekom-concept-t-robot-home-assistants-router-mwc-2024-03-04-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/layer-deutsche-telekom-concept-t-robot-home-assistants-router-mwc-2024-03-04-2024/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:20 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1050425

LAYER and deutsche telekom design and customer experience team up to create three conceptual home devices from a holographic workspace inside a glass ball to a roving robot assistant.

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robots endlessly sort through photographs in oliver frank chanarin’s latest show at KARST https://www.designboom.com/art/robots-endlessly-sort-through-photographs-oliver-frank-chanarin-latest-show-karst-a-perfect-sentence-02-16-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/robots-endlessly-sort-through-photographs-oliver-frank-chanarin-latest-show-karst-a-perfect-sentence-02-16-2024/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:50:51 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1047869

'a perfect sentence' explores photography in the age of the algorithm with machines continuously hanging and rehanging frames stored in stacks.

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meet iruyo, nissan’s furry robots that babysit and play with children while the parents drive https://www.designboom.com/technology/iruyo-nissan-robots-babysit-children-akachan-honpo-02-06-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/iruyo-nissan-robots-babysit-children-akachan-honpo-02-06-2024/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:50:30 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1045382

nissan's two smart robots, iruyo, are equipped with sensors and cameras to help parents driving monitor their children at the back.

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figure’s humanoid robots to work and assist at BMW’s car production factory https://www.designboom.com/technology/figure-ai-humanoid-robots-bmw-manufacturing-01-18-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/figure-ai-humanoid-robots-bmw-manufacturing-01-18-2024/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:15:43 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1041574

figure’s agreement with BMW manufacturing sees the deployment of the AI humanoid robots at the car company’s facility in spartanburg, south carolina.

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samsung’s ball-shaped AI robot plays videos on floors, walls and more using built-in projector https://www.designboom.com/technology/samsung-ballie-ai-robot-ces-2024-01-09-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/samsung-ballie-ai-robot-ces-2024-01-09-2024/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:35:30 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1039540

at CES 2024, samsung introduces ballie, its rolling AI robot that comes with built-in projector and can control all smart appliances at home.

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google’s robot constitution lays down rules on what the humanoids should and shouldn’t do https://www.designboom.com/technology/google-deepmind-robot-constitution-rules-ai-humanoids-01-06-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/google-deepmind-robot-constitution-rules-ai-humanoids-01-06-2024/#respond Sat, 06 Jan 2024 06:10:21 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1038930

google deepmind’s researchers compile a list of rules in a constitution that are specified to robots so they know the actions that are safe and harmful to people.

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LG unveils two-legged AI robot that controls home appliances and devices on its own https://www.designboom.com/technology/lg-two-legged-ai-robot-smart-home-agent-ces-2024-12-29-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/lg-two-legged-ai-robot-smart-home-agent-ces-2024-12-29-2023/#respond Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:50:04 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1038396

at CES 2024, LG reveals a two-legged AI robot that can also converse with the users, patrol their homes, and analyze their voice and facial expressions.

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duck-like trash can robots follow pedestrians to keep the city clean through their qua system https://www.designboom.com/technology/duck-trash-can-robots-city-clean-qua-system-12-28-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/duck-trash-can-robots-city-clean-qua-system-12-28-2023/#respond Thu, 28 Dec 2023 10:30:51 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1038253

qua autonomously moves around the city, approaching users when it identifies their need to dispose of waste.

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agnieszka pilat taps boston dynamics’ robot dogs to paint autonomously at NGV triennial https://www.designboom.com/art/agnieszka-pilat-boston-dynamics-robot-dogs-ngv-triennial-heterobota-12-23-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/agnieszka-pilat-boston-dynamics-robot-dogs-ngv-triennial-heterobota-12-23-2023/#respond Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:30:51 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1038024

agnieszka pilat brings three of boston dynamics’ robot dogs inside NGV triennial where they paint and live on their own in front of the public.

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