A Linux distro for fast deployment of physical AI at the edge. Peridio launched Avocado OS in April 2025 to meet a growing need for a Linux distribution that enables physical AI teams to move quickly ...

Willow Garage sets its open-source software free to attract software developers and help make robots commonplace, but detractors say giving the software away is bad for business. Martin LaMonica is a ...

Japanese manufacturer Kawada has released details of a Linux-based humanoid robot that it believes could be employed in the workplace. The robot, called HRP-2P (which stands for Humanoid Robotics ...

Linux is poised to claim a major victory: the bourgeoning market for robot software. The battle is not over yet, but if developments in Japan are any indication, Linux will rule the world of robots.

The University of New South Wales, in conjunction with NICTA, has won first place in an international technology competition. With a Linux powered robot that can play the clarinet. The team beat off ...

The last twelve months have seen some major upheavals in the technology world that few would have predicted last year. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announcing he would be resigning as CEO (on the heels ...

It took two robots five minutes, more or less, to locate a penguin at Moscone Center on Wednesday. Granted, any idiot -- human or animatronic -- could have found a penguin there pretty easily this ...

Linux is ubiquitous these days. It powers large-scale HPC systems and small embedded devices—from space to underground. And although it's quite easy (to some degree) to build an unmanned device like a ...