Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum on Thursday about his vision for a world where there are more robots than people—enough robots that you won't be able to think of anything more to ask them to do.

Companies from around the world traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month to show off their latest tech. But one category always catches everyone's eye: robots. Ever since Karel Čapek introduced the word "robot" in his 1920 play "R.

Scientists have created a robot that learns lip movements by watching humans rather than following preset rules. The breakthrough could help future robots feel more natural and emotionally engaging.

Humanoid robot companies employ armies of human operators to train their machines by doing tasks like squatting and washing dishes.

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To match the lip movements with speech, they designed a "learning pipeline" to collect visual data from lip movements. An AI model uses this data for training, then generates reference points for motor commands. Next, a "facial action transformer" turns the motor commands into mouth motions that synchronize with audio.

The outlook could be bleak or bright depending on how we view the rise of humanoid robots. Think of this quote from a book by Jacob Morgan: “While many futurists and business leaders believe that robots and automation are taking jobs from humans, I ...

A robot learned to lip sync after watching hours of YouTube videos - The robot learned the ability to use its 26 facial motors by practicing to imitate human lip motions in front of the mirror