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By combining Meta’s expertise in AI and machine learning with the specialized knowledge of its partners, this coalition is poised to drive significant advancements in robotics.

The money will go toward equipment and training, Byrd said. "Robotics makes STEM learning hands-on, engaging and inclusive," Byrd said. Last year, Meta built an $800 million data center in Montgomery.

Skild Brain equips robots with the ability to process spatial information and react to complex environments in real time ...

Meta Platforms is establishing a new division within its Reality Labs unit to develop AI-powered humanoid robots that can assist with physical tasks, according to an internal company memo viewed ...

Meta is creating AI systems to help robots navigate on their own with the hope that they'll be able to help with everything from rescue operations to handling household chores.

“Our approach requires up to 12.5x less training data and has up to 14 percent better success rate than the state-of-the-art in transfer learning,” Meta’s researchers said.

Meta Platforms Inc., Tesla Inc. and OpenAI have ramped up their work on robotics, and startups are in talks to raise funding at sky-high valuations.

Meta on Friday announced PARTNR, a new program designed to study human-robot interaction (HRI). The research is specifically focused on how humans and robots might collaborate in the home environment.

“When a robot is actually out in the world doing real things, unexpected things are going to happen,” he notes. “You’re going to see some falls, but that’s part of learning to run a ...