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OpenAI is building a humanoid robot, but the body isn't the real challenge
Figuring out how the 'brain' will work will take a lot of time. While OpenAI is already busy with the development of AI models and new consumer hardware, CEO Sam Altman and his team apparently have time for one more project: a humanoid robot. On…
This robot dog was made to save soldiers' lives as US races into new era of autonomous warfare
A four-legged robot dog prowled the floor of the Army's largest annual conference in Washington, D.C., this week. Nearby a handheld weapon promised to knock drones from the sky without firing a shot, and a new interceptor was built to chase down…
Wearable robots offer mobility to people with disabilities in Seoul
Advanced rehabilitation involving wearable robotics has traditionally remained out of reach for many due to high costs and limited availability outside major medical centers. Now, a pioneering municipal program in western Seoul is bringing this…
Why Serve Robotics Stock Plunged This Week
Thanks to a Wall Street analyst cutting earnings estimates and pointing to deeper multi-year losses, shares of Serve Robotics (SERV -7.45%) tumbled this week. Serve Robotics stock closed at $3.49 on Friday, Oct. 16, down 25.7% from Friday, Oct. 9's…
Chinese robotics firms race to roll out components and data systems, assisting robots perceive, understand, interact with real world
A humanoid robot uses Hesai Group's Kosmo spatial camera to scan a store in Shanghai on Wednesday. Photo: Li Xuanmin/Global Times At the Humanoid Robot Data Training Center in Beijing's western Shijingshan District, dozens of robots stood in their…
Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot
Police in Cologne, Germany, have seized a humanoid robot after a pair of livestreamers used it to sexually harass a teenage girl. According to a police statement released Monday, the robot “allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl on the…
Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers
Amazon has officially surpassed a fleet of 1 million robots, an arsenal of mechanical arms, Roomba-like floor loaders, and hulking pallet sorting machines. Each robot is a node in an intricate web allowing the corporation to speed up delivery times…
Kraken Robotics Stock in 3 Years: Boom, Bust, or Quietly Crushing It?
Kraken Robotics (KRKNF +2.31%) is positioning itself as a leading provider of technologies supporting crewless underwater vehicles, subsea monitoring, and other maritime applications. The company is a leader in battery technologies for underwater…
Chinese Companies Lead First-Half Humanoid Robot Revenue Rankings
Every company in the five highest positions for first-half 2026 humanoid robot revenue was Chinese, while the global market generated $540 million over those six months. Companies sold 36,000 humanoid robots worldwide from January through June…
Global share of patent asset value in robot morphology by country, 2020-2025
In robot morphology, which examines a robot's physical form and structure, China leads with 63% of global patent asset value in 2025—indicating the higher tech relevance and broader market coverage of its patents. US ranks 2nd with 11%.
Dallas Barber Wears Cameras to Train Robots for Pay
A barber working just outside Dallas is putting on a five-camera vest to record his own hands at work so a robot might one day learn to do the same job. Dre Wooden is one of a growing number of American workers strapping cameras to their bodies to…
Exclusive: Musk tells Isaacson 'AI and robots' will need to fix deficit
Elon Musk tells biographer Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that the fizzled DOGE experiment, which the SpaceX and Tesla CEO once headed, proved there's 'no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government.' 'The only way…
World's first space junk-collecting robot claw underway to combat deadly amount of trash in orbit
The long arm of the claw is coming for space junk. The UK is launching a first-of-its-kind mission to rid the atmosphere of space junk, which involves using giant, satellite-propelled claws to snatch it from the sky. On Wednesday, the UK Space…
Ex-U Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot 'taking over human jobs'
She's not going to let the robots take over without a fight. A retired University of Pennsylvania professor was hauled away by cops after staging a one-woman blockade against an Uber Eats delivery robot — and she's vowing to keep raging…
Dystopian moment woman is arrested for blocking food delivery robot
Stunning video showed the moment a Philadelphia woman was taken away by police after standing in front of a futuristic food delivery robot to block it from reaching its destination. Carolyn Marvin, 78, was arrested around 1.16pm on Wednesday after…
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