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nbcnews.com - Tech companies are making their robots cute to try and win over humans
Tech companies are making their robots cute to try and win over humans
NBC News

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city's residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris. “She's doing her best, you guys,”…

scmp.com - Eunice Xu - US software firm opens doors for global adoption of China's humanoid robots
US software firm opens doors for global adoption of China's humanoid robots
South China Morning Post

US software company OpenMind, according to founder and CEO Jan Liphardt, caused a commotion last year at a park in San Francisco where the firm shot a promotional video. “A crowd of people came, children came running, cars stopped and the…

scmp.com - Gerui Wang - Opinion | Humans vs robots? China begs to disagree
Opinion | Humans vs robots? China begs to disagree
South China Morning Post

The 2026 Spring Festival Gala, one of the world's most-watched television events, featured a dazzling array of humanoid robots. They performed martial arts, executed intricate sword dances and even took part in a comedy skit alongside human…

spiked-online.com - Andrew Orlowski - The cult that wants to give human rights to robots
The cult that wants to give human rights to robots
spiked - humanity is underrated

After the artificial-intelligence company, Anthropic, put its in-house philosopher, Amanda Askell, up for a profile by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, its media team must have thought things had gone quite well. Askell did not commit…

fool.com - Prosper Junior Bakiny - Intuitive Surgical: This Robotic-Surgery Leader Could Keep Compounding for Another Decade
Intuitive Surgical: This Robotic-Surgery Leader Could Keep Compounding for Another Decade
The Motley Fool

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG +0.86%) has faced challenges over the past year. President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs are impacting its financial results, and it's now facing more competition than it has arguably ever had in the market for robotic…

yankodesign.com - Pooja Khanna Tyagi - 5 Humanoid Robots Being Launched in 2026: The First One Flies
5 Humanoid Robots Being Launched in 2026: The First One Flies
Yanko Design

Step into a reality where science fiction blends effortlessly with everyday life. Human-like robots, or humanoids, are no longer distant fantasies as they are being designed to fit naturally into our routines. While their presence can feel…

fool.com - Rich Smith - This Private Defense Contractor Wants to Build the U.S. Navy a Fleet of Robot Warships
This Private Defense Contractor Wants to Build the U.S. Navy a Fleet of Robot Warships
The Motley Fool

At 505 feet long and 9,000 tons, powered by four GE Aerospace gas turbines, and carrying dozens of vertical launch system missiles, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is the mainstay of the U.S. Navy. Two U.S. defense giants --…

the-decoder.com - Matthias Bastian - Nvidia's DreamDojo is an open source world model for robot training
Nvidia's DreamDojo is an open source world model for robot training
The Decoder

Nvidia's AI research team has released DreamDojo, an open-source, interactive world model for robotics. It takes robot motor controls and generates a simulated future in pixels; no engine, no meshes, no hand-authored dynamics are required. Jim Fan…

indianexpress.com - Express News Service - Rs 18.5 crore siphoned: how Faridabad man colluded with insiders to defraud robotics firm over 8 years
Rs 18.5 crore siphoned: how Faridabad man colluded with insiders to defraud robotics firm over 8 years
The Indian Express

2 min read Gurgaon Make us preferred source on Google The Gurgaon police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW)-II has arrested a man for his alleged involvement in a fraud where employees of Kawasaki Robotics Private Limited colluded with outsiders to…

fox23.com - Ian Nikkel - Over 350 students compete at 2nd Annual Redhawks Robotics Rumble
Over 350 students compete at 2nd Annual Redhawks Robotics Rumble
www.fox23.com

TULSA, Okla. — For these young engineers, the Robotics Rumble is more than a competition, it's preparation for the future. More than 60 elementary and middle school robotics teams from across Oklahoma gathered at the Union Freshman Academy…

globalnews.ca - Pooja Misra - Meet Digit: Toyota's newest worker doesn't need coffee breaks
Meet Digit: Toyota's newest worker doesn't need coffee breaks
Global News

It has arms, hands, eyes — of a sort — and can stand for hours doing the same task, over and over, without uttering a word of complaint. But Toyota Canada's latest employee is unlike any other ever to grace the floor of the company's…

mirror.co.uk - Danielle Kate Wroe - People only just realising how pre-packaged sandwiches are made and it's grim
People only just realising how pre-packaged sandwiches are made and it's grim
The Mirror

People are only just realising how pre-packaged sandwiches are made, and some are vowing never to touch them again as a result. Many people are in denial about how many of the sandwiches for your lunchtime meal deal are made, often choosing to…

techradar.com - Efosa Udinmwen - Amazon Blue Jay fails quickly but Vulcan ramps up automation
Amazon Blue Jay fails quickly but Vulcan ramps up automation
TechRadar

Blue Jay lasted less than six months despite rapid development speed Prototype status was not clearly communicated during Blue Jay's initial press announcements Blue Jay employees are reassigned to programs leveraging core robotic innovations…

nytimes.com - Javier C. Hernández - The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan
The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan
The New York Times

A Team Mirai sign at the Tokyo office of Takahiro Anno, the party leader, after the elections this month.Credit...Kentaro Takahashi for The New York Times Listen to this article · 5:28 min Learn more With a ponytail, an indigo suit and a…

foxnews.com - Hanna Panreck - Newsom confronted on California being the 'highest cost of living' state in the US amid affordability crisis
Newsom confronted on California being the 'highest cost of living' state in the US amid affordability crisis
Fox News

CNN host Dana Bash confronted Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., on Sunday about California's affordability crisis, citing a couple who fled to Nashville to escape the state's high costs. 'California has the highest cost of living in the nation,' Bash…

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