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Robot Memory Is The Next Big Robotics Frontier
Last week, MIT researchers introduced DAAAM, short for Describe Anything, Anywhere, at Any Moment. While the name is a bit long, the idea is simple: give robots a memory of the places they visit. Today, many robots are good at seeing what sits in…
NASA Announces Spacewalkers for Robotic Arm Repair Work
Spacewalk preparations filled the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as a pair of astronauts gear up for next week's external robotics repair job. CubeSat maintenance and eye checks rounded out the day for the Expedition 74…
Failing Robot Cop Company Knightscope Now Publishing Bizarre AI Slop Fan Fiction About Its Robots Solving Absurd Crimes
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech For its 13 years in businesses, robot security company Knightscope has weathered a remarkable run of self-inflicted disasters. Founded “in response to the tragic shootings at…
BYD's Stella Li tells BI she wants to put humanoid robots in every car showroom
BYD is developing its own rival to Tesla's Optimus robot, and one of the Chinese automaker's top executives wants it on the showroom floor selling cars. In an interview with Business Insider's editor in chief, Jamie Heller, at the Cannes Lions…
Boston Dynamics to build 'advanced robotics and AI center' in Massachusetts, add over 1,000 jobs
Boston Dynamics, the humanoid robot maker, announced big expansion plans on Tuesday. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based company said it plans to invest $100 million in an 'advanced robotics and AI center' and create 1,250 new jobs by 2033. The…
China's robot rush: Morgan Stanley raises 2026 forecast to 50,000 units
Morgan Stanley has again raised its forecast for China's humanoid robot shipments this year, lifting its estimate to 50,000 units from 28,000 as commercial validation, policy support and supply-chain momentum accelerate adoption. The investment…
Big money, a growing horde of humanoid robots, no standards, and it's coming soon enough
If you're trying to keep track of the rise of the humanoid robots, good luck with that. The entire spectrum of these robots is on the rampage. Even an overview of the current state of play is an epic of information in itself. They are coming to the…
Lutnick Eyes Crackdown On Chinese Humanoid Robots
One day after the House Select Committee on China sounded the alarm over China-based Unitree selling humanoid robots on Amazon to U.S. consumers, a new Politico report states Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick held a closed-door meeting with top…
Milestones for China's medical AI as robot wins EU nod and model tops benchmark
Medical AI from China has reached new milestones, with a teleoperated surgical robot gaining access to the European Union market and a clinical-grade model topping a major healthcare benchmark developed by OpenAI. Shanghai MicroPort MedBot said its…
PICS: Robot revolution on display at MWC Shanghai
Robots took centre stage in Shanghai. (Photograph by Admire Moyo) At MWC Shanghai 2026, humanoid robots took centre stage, offering a glimpse into a future where machines are expected to move well beyond factory floors and into everyday public…
Morgan Stanley doubles China humanoid robot shipment forecast as commercialization accelerates
Morgan Stanley doubled its China humanoid robot shipment forecast for the second time this year. A growing roster of Chinese manufacturers has raced to scale production and deploy robots in real-life scenarios. Geopolitical tensions remained a…
Agility Robotics heads to Wall Street in a $2.5B bet on staffing warehouses with humanoids
A maker of humanlike robots that carry totes around warehouses is going public on Wall Street in a test of whether there's a market for putting AI-powered humanoid machines to work. Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, announced Wednesday a…
All the world's a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building 'physical AI
Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end.
'Who is going to pay us when we're replaced by robots?' The Indian factory workers told to film themselves for AI
The first time the factory supervisors handed garment worker Lalita* a head-mounted camera, she burst out laughing. “The way people mount a CCTV camera on a wall, they mounted one on us,” she says. The 32-year-old had been working at…
Countries grapple with China's robotics lead
Major economies have starkly different instincts in response to China's lead in the embodied AI race. China installed a record 295,000 industrial robots in 2024 — 54% of the global total — as it looks to do with robotics what it…
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