Robots did some weird stuff in May, like moonwalking themselves to death and drowning in a harbor

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Tesla Optimus robot's public failure has to be seen to be believed

When Tesla demonstrated its humanoid robot Optimus at its autopilot technology showcase in Miami in early December 2025, it was a sensation, but not for the reasons the company hoped. Recorded at the ...

Gecko Robotics CEO: AI should predict failures before tragedy

Jake Loosararian, Co Founder and CEO of Gecko Robotics, discusses using robots and AI to predict infrastructure failures, ...
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Humanoid Robot Hype Meets an 88% Household Task Fail Rate

Stanford’s AI Index says humanoid robots still fail 88% of household tasks, exposing a wide gap between lab gains and the reality of home use.
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Watch: Figure’s humanoid robots work for 200 hours, process 250k packages without failure

US robotics company Figure AI has completed a 200-hour autonomous livestream using its Figure ...
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Robots learn to recover from dangerous stair falls using smart stabilising system

Robots that navigate staircases still face a major safety problem as losing balance often ...
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Why robots still struggle to see the real world

Making machine perception reliable enough for real deployment requires more than better AI; it requires properly calibrated ...