Nvidia's New Patent Teaches AI to Simulate the Physical World So Robots Don't Have to Learn the Hard Way
Nvidia is patenting a way to train an AI that can watch a scene, read a text description, and then generate a…
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Grippers, joints, motors, and the machines they add up to. These filings show which robots Big Tech actually plans to build.
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Nvidia's New Patent Teaches Robots by Showing Them AI Videos of Themselves
Training a robot normally means thousands of hours of real-world trial and error. Nvidia's new patent wants to skip most of that…
Apple Patents a Trackpad That Moves Its Haptic Motor Off to the Side
Apple's trackpads don't actually click down mechanically anymore, they fake it with a tiny vibration motor. This patent moves that motor out…
Samsung Patents a Robot That Shakes Its Own Wheels Free When It Gets Stuck
Every robot vacuum owner knows the frustration of finding their machine wedged against a rug fringe or door threshold, spinning helplessly. Samsung's…
IBM Patents a System for Building Snake Robots Out of Smaller Independent Bots
IBM is patenting a system where a group of small, self-contained robots can physically link together to form one long snake-like machine,…
Amazon Patents a Safety System That Stops Robots From Overheating Themselves
A robot that pushes too hard can burn out a motor, strip a joint, or worse, hurt someone nearby. Amazon's newest patent…
Samsung Patents a Robot Charging Dock That Picks Its Own Sleep Mode
Your robot vacuum's charging dock sits plugged in 24 hours a day, burning power even when it has nothing to do. Samsung's…
Samsung Patents a Projector Robot You Control by Moving Your Foot
Samsung is working on a device that projects a menu onto your floor and watches your feet to figure out what you…
Nvidia Patent Teaches Robots Object Sorting From Just One Demo Video
Most robot training systems need hundreds of examples before a machine can reliably place an object in the right spot. Nvidia's new…
Samsung Patents a Robot Vacuum That Picks Up Objects in Its Path
Most robot vacuums give up when they hit a sock on the floor. Samsung is patenting one that picks the sock up,…
Samsung Patents a Way to Help Robots Understand What Every Object in a Room Is For
Before a robot can help you around the house, it needs to understand not just where things are, but what they're for.…
Samsung Patents a Projector That Drives Itself Around a Room and Fixes Its Own Picture
Forget fighting with a projector's angle and focus. Samsung is patenting a device that rolls to the right spot in a room…
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