Google DeepMind announced on July 6 that real-world data from Apptronik's Apollo 2 humanoid robots will train its Gemini Robotics AI models. Apptronik's new 90,000-square-foot Robot Park in Austin col…
The Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2026 will be held in Austin, Texas, from November 9 to 12, chaired by Yuke Zhu and Peter Stone. The event will focus on robot foundation models, real-robot rein…
Apptronik unveiled Apollo 2, an updated humanoid robot available in bipedal and wheeled-base configurations, and opened Robot Park, a flagship data collection and training facility in Austin, Texas. T…
Apptronik opened a 90,000-square-foot facility in Austin called Robot Park to collect teleoperation data from its Apollo 2 humanoid robots for Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics AI models. The company …
A team of engineers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Guihua Yu, has created a jacket capable of extracting drinking water from the air, the university announced June 11. The fabric, detail…
A recent study in *The Journal of Sex Research* found that exposure to purity culture, a set of strict sexual ethics within Evangelical Christianity, is linked to higher levels of sexual shame, partic…
During a 1991 confirmation hearing, Justice Clarence Thomas compared taking the bench to a runner stripping down to eliminate personal agendas and ideologies. However, decades later, Thomas has become…
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a graphene "tattoo" sensor that sticks directly onto plant leaves to provide real-time hydration readings. The sensor, which functions a…