The new Blue robot is specifically designed for the latter, and it should be much more affordable than other AI machines. Blue is being developed at the University of California-Berkeley, by a team ...

In a tiny lab at UC Berkeley, next to the whirring 3D printers on the wall, in front of an old Persian-rug-patterned couch, stands Blue the robot. It’s a pair of bulky humanoid arms—only with pincers ...

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