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Vishay Precision (VPG) Became a Winner From Industrial Recovery and the Humanoid Robotics Boom
Prosper Stars & Stripes, a long/short equity fund, recently released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. In Q2 2026, the portfolio delivered a strong net return of +30.1% compared to the Russell 2000 Index's…
How to sound like a human, not a robot, in the age of AI
Last year, The Economist named “AI Slop” as its 2025 word of the year. “Slop merchants clog up the internet with drivel,” it wrote. Search Google for a health question and you'll find endless articles filled with AI…
Travis Kalanick's robotics startup taps Meta veteran for top AI role
Travis Kalanick's new robotics startup, Atoms, has scooped up a high-profile hire. Vikas Chandra, a longtime Meta AI executive who led AI work for the company's smart glasses, announced Monday that he is joining the startup as vice president of AI.
InOrbit.AI Releases OpenRobOps, Solving the Robotics Build Trap and Delivering Industry's First ISO 21423 Reference Implementation
OpenRobOps also includes the industry's first reference implementation of an upcoming interoperability standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The ISO 21423 specification establishes the communication and data…
Delivery robots pose 'real danger' to people with disabilities, say charities
Autonomous delivery robots should be banned from pavements to protect more vulnerable pedestrians, a leading charity has claimed. The six-wheeled, foot-high devices, capable of travelling at up to 4mph while keeping takeaway meals…
Unitree's US$30 billion stock wipe-off spurs caution on humanoid robot IPOs
A more than 40 per cent slump in Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics since listing has sounded regulatory caution for the industry, with speculation swirling that Beijing may tighten approval of the peer listings. The regulators would…
Trump Interrupts AI Summit to Say Robots Won't Take Over the World
President Donald Trump used a surprise phone call with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at the All-In Summit (an annual technology and policy conference organized by the hosts of the ‘All-In' podcast) in Los Angeles on Monday to dismiss concerns…
Founder's cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots
China leads the world in churning out humanoid robots and four-legged robot dogs that also happen to be the most affordable on the market—and Unitree Robotics' founder Wang Xingxing is arguably one of the people most responsible for that…
Trump says robots won't march into cities after AI pic of them marching
President Donald Trump dismissed warnings Monday that the rise of AI could lead to robots marching on U.S. cities — just a week after sharing an AI-generated image depicting exactly that. The 80-year-old's robot remarks came hours after he…
A Sparkling Deal: Save $300 With This Roborock Robot Vacuum and Mop
Clean up on the savings aisle! Walmart has the Roborock Qrevo S5V robot vacuum and mop down to $499.99 from its retail value of $799.99, saving you 38%. This isn't a basic robot that just pushes dust around and leaves baseboards dirty. You get…
ACSA bets R21.7bn on metaverse, patrol robots
An ACSA-Verse is coming to an airport near you soon. (Image created with GenAI) The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) is transitioning to what it calls “airport 4.0” through developing a smart airport ecosystem that will include…
I took Elon Musk's 'golden robot' for a test drive - and saw the Cybercab's strengths and weaknesses first-hand
The woman in the car ahead of me pounds her steering wheel in frustration. Then she throws her arms in the air and finally leans on the horn. With an apologetic gesture (I must look like an idiot) I try to make clear to her: I cannot steer the car…
Google DeepMind wants to build an AI brain that can jump between robot bodies
When Kanishka Rao was a kid, robots like the droids from Star Wars and Rosie from The Jetsons got pretty far into his head. And now that he's a principal software engineer at Google DeepMind, Rao is trying to get pretty far into theirs. Rao…
Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang mid-interview to rip AI doomerism: 'The robots will not be taking over
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got a call from President Donald Trump in the middle of his interview to swat down AI doomer predictions. On Monday at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, Huang's talk was interrupted by a phone call from President Donald…
3 AI Robotics Stocks Worth Owning Over Tesla Right Now
A large portion of Tesla's valuation is driven by the upcoming Optimus humanoid robots. The company is already behind in the cybercab race, with Alphabet 's (GOOG +3.06%) Waymo leading the way, and the humanoid robot segment hit another roadblock.
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