Mechanical Design & Robotics A robot face practiced lip-sync in a mirror, and the hard part was “B” Jonathan BarrettJune 9, 2026June 9, 20260 A mouth which lacks a consonant at a few millimeters can do away with a whole humanoid contact. Columbia University…
Mechanical Design & Robotics Richtech and Microsoft put “agentic” AI where robots actually meet customers Jonathan BarrettJune 9, 2026June 9, 20260 In retail robotics, “smarter” only counts when it survives a lunch rush. The partnership between Richtech Robotics and Microsoft is…
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