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Evan Ackerman @BotJunkie

Senior editor at @IEEESpectrum. I hug robots.

Joined May 2009
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"Exploit Allows for Takeover of Fleets of @UnitreeRobotics Robots Security researchers find a wormable vulnerability" by @BotJunkie of @IEEESpectrum, featuring work by @Bin4ryDigit spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-ro…
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Back on Twitter for just a sec to share this amazing visual story on @IEEESpectrum about how we might build the humanoid robot of our dreams: spectrum.ieee.org/ai-robots

Where’s My Robot Butler?

Here’s how we could finally build AI humanoid robots that do all our domestic chores

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Finally, A Flying Car(t): Where’s your flying car? I’m sorry to say that I have no idea. But here’s something that is somewhat similar, in that it flies, transports things, and has “car” in the name: it’s a flying cart, called the Palletrone… dlvr.it/TDWRcd
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Video Friday: Zipline Delivers: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your… dlvr.it/TDTdxx
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One AI Model to Rule All Robots: The software used to control a robot is normally highly adapted to its specific physical set up. But now researchers have created a single general-purpose robotic control policy that can operate robotic arms, wheeled… dlvr.it/TDNjbr
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ICRA@40 Conference Celebrates 40 Years of IEEE Robotics: Four decades after the first IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Atlanta, robotics is bigger than ever. Next week in Rotterdam is the IEEE ICRA@40 conference, “a… dlvr.it/TDNjYs
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Driving Middle East’s Innovation in Robotics and Future of Automation: This is a sponsored article brought to you by Khalifa University of Science and Technology. Abu Dhabi-based Khalifa University of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates… dlvr.it/TDCGsd
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Video Friday: Jumping Robot Leg, Walking Robot Table: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few… dlvr.it/TDBxMP
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Video Friday: HAND to Take on Robotic Hands: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please… dlvr.it/TCwJrY
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Unitree Demos New $16k Robot: At ICRA 2024, Spectrum editor Evan Ackerman sat down with Unitree founder and CEO Xingxing Wang and Tony Yang, VP of Business Development, to talk about the company’s newest humanoid, the G1 model. Smaller, more flexible,… dlvr.it/TCZYm1
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Video Friday: Robots Solving Table Tennis: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please… dlvr.it/TCZYkn
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Robot Metalsmiths Are Resurrecting Toroidal Tanks for NASA: In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA spent a lot of time thinking about whether toroidal (donut-shaped) fuel tanks were the way to go with its spacecraft. Toroidal tanks have a bunch of potential… dlvr.it/TCX2Qs
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Video Friday: Disney Robot Dance: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us… dlvr.it/TCJ3r5
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Meet Boardwalk Robotics' Addition to the Humanoid Workforce: Boardwalk Robotics is announcing its entry into the increasingly crowded commercial humanoid(ish) space with Alex, a “workforce transformation” humanoid upper torso designed to work in… dlvr.it/TCF5bp
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Video Friday: Silly Robot Dog Jump: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us… dlvr.it/TC0cpG
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Video Friday: The Secrets of Shadow Robot's New Hand: Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few… dlvr.it/TBjgBh
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Want to see me ask @PeterStone_TX and @cynthiabreazeal awkward questions (the fun kind of awkward) about robots at SXSW next year? Great! Vote for our panel and let's MAKE IT HAPPEN! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/15…
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Figure 02 Robot Is a Sleeker, Smarter Humanoid: Today, Figure is introducing the newest, slimmest, shiniest, and least creatively named next generation of its humanoid robot: Figure 02. According to the press release, Figure 02 is the result of “a… dlvr.it/TBZ69c
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Rodney Brooks’ Three Laws of Robotics: Rodney Brooks is the Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus) at MIT, where he was director of the AI Lab and then CSAIL. He has been cofounder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust AI, where he is currently… dlvr.it/TBYjDG
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Will This Flying Camera Finally Take Off?: Ten years. Two countries. Multiple redesigns. Some US $80 million invested. And, finally, Zero Zero Robotics has a product it says is ready for consumers, not just robotics hobbyists—the HoverAir X1. The company… dlvr.it/TBJdb9
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