What significant robotics development occurred in 2018?

• A. Google announced robotic vision lab.
• B. Facebook opened Artificial Intelligence and Robotics labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh.
• C. Amazon launched drone delivery.
• D. Tesla released a humanoid robot.

Answer: (B)

In 2018, Facebook announced the opening of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh. This move linked advanced AI research directly with robotics, enabling engineers and researchers to work together on real-world robotic tasks such as perception, decision-making, and manipulation. It reflected a broader industry trend of combining AI advances with hands-on robotic development to push capabilities more quickly than isolated work in either field. The other options don’t reflect a widely publicized milestone from that year: Google’s robotic vision-focused initiative wasn’t released as a new lab in 2018, Amazon’s drone delivery had been evolving over prior years, and Tesla’s humanoid robot did not debut then.