‘Physical AI’ Is Coming for Your Car

Physical AI sounds like a contradiction in terms. A computer, but a body? But for the marketing architects, it’s the latest ...
CNET

I Got an Early Look at the Tensor Robocar, a Self-Driving Vehicle You Can Own

Each passenger gets their own screen, for a total of four displays (sorry, back middle-seat rider). A camera nestled above ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s first foldable steering wheel retracts when the car is in auto mode

At CES 2026, Autoliv and Tensor unveiled a foldable steering wheel for Level 4 autonomous driving in the production-ready ...
IEEE

LICFM3-SLAM: LiDAR-Inertial-Camera Fusion and Multimodal Multilevel Matching for Bionic Quadruped Inspection Robot Mapping

Abstract: In comparison to wheeled robots, the locomotion of bionic quadruped robots is more vigorous. Mapping systems should maintain satisfactory robustness and accuracy in various complex ...
Yahoo

MIT roboticist calls out Elon Musk for 'pure fantasy' vision of humanoid robot assistants: '[They] will be long gone and mostly conveniently forgotten'

A high-profile robotics expert thinks Elon Musk's AI ambitions are a pipe dream, according to Fortune. Rodney Brooks was the co-founder of iRobot, the creator of the home robot vacuum Roomba. He ...
The Debrief

“Turn Ideas into Physical Objects”: If You Describe an Object, This AI-Driven Robot Can Build It

MIT scientists working with Google DeepMind researchers have developed an AI-driven robot that can ‘turn ideas into physical objects’ based on simple text descriptions. The researchers say their robot ...
CBS News

Controversial technology helped investigators track gunman in Brown University and MIT professor shootings

Public tips about a rental car and a controversial piece of technology helped investigators identify and track the suspect in the Brown University and MIT professor shooting, ultimately ending a ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Investigators tracked Brown, MIT shootings suspect's car to Mass. rental store, then NH facility

HOURS. FIVE INVESTIGATES MIKE BEAUDET IS DIGGING INTO HOW INVESTIGATORS GOT THEIR BIG BREAK. MIKE ERIKA. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CASE BROKE WIDE OPEN BECAUSE OF A MAN WHO INTERACTED WITH THE SUSPECT AT ...
WMUR

FBI Evidence Response Team seen examining car of suspect in Brown University, MIT prof. shootings

THIS WHEN THEY WENT UP TO CHECK OUT THAT STORAGE UNIT. AND STEVE, WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS POLICE LOOKING THROUGH THIS CAR THAT THEY FOUND AT THE STORAGE UNIT. AGAIN, INVESTIGATORS SAID ...
CBS News

Authorities searching for car they believe Brown shooting suspect rented, sources say. Here's what we know.

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...