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Every humanoid robot in China set to receive personal identification number
China is looking to give every humanoid manufactured in the country a digital identity, as it seeks promote growth in the rapidly growing sector through establishing industry standards and strengthening regulation. The country launched a national…
Delivery robots are spreading across LA. Residents 'both pity and hate them'
Robots have taken over Los Angeles. It's not just the AI-generated videos that have caused angst in Hollywood. Our streets are full of driverless Waymo vehicles, covered in more sensors and gadgets than the Batmobile. And our walkways are home to…
LG Group enjoys rosy market outlook for robot business
LG Group companies are enjoying a rosy market outlook as expectations surrounding their robotics business plans continue to drive up stock prices. The stock price of LG Electronics closed at 237,000 won ($157) on Friday, up 68.2 percent from…
DARPA readies robotic deep-space repair satellite for 2026 launch
DARPA is at last ready to test fueling up satellites in faraway Earth orbits, to keep those machines working a little bit longer. DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) long-delayed Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellite (RSGS)…
K-pop androids and automated artists: welcome to South Korea's strange and ambitious robot theme park
Four child-sized humanoid robots take the stage at an arena in eastern Seoul, and as the opening beats of a song by K-pop star G-Dragon begin, they start to dance. Arms swinging, legs stepping in sync, heads bobbing, wigs and baggy clothes…
Scientists want to send a roly-poly robot filled with 'dandelion drones' to investigate hidden tunnels on Mars
In northeastern California lies a series of caves that formed thousands of years ago when volcanoes erupted lava that later solidified, leaving behind tunnels wide enough for humans to walk through. But Earth isn't the only planet in our solar…
Hyundai Motor Group creates dedicated units for software-defined factory, robot components
Hyundai Motor Group has created units dedicated to advancing its software-defined factory (SDF) strategy and procuring robot components as part of broader plans to deploy Atlas humanoid robots at its auto manufacturing facilities, industry sources…
Forget Dyson: you don't need to spend big bucks on a robot vacuum for hard floors
After testing my fair share of the best robot vacuums over the last year, my general advice is that if you want something that's going to clean your home to a high standard, you need to spend more money to get better results. But if you're just…
$150 Humanoid Robot House Cleaning Service Threatens To Undercut Maid Services
It's no secret that some humanoid robotics companies are training their machines for work on factory floors, while others are positioning their bots to enter homes in the coming years. One of the first real signs of humanoids entering homes today…
Primate-inspired space robot to do astronauts' dirty work on future stations
A primate-inspired space robot named Helios has been developed by students. Helios, who was born at ETH Zurich (the Federal Institute of Technology) in Switzerland, has been designed to change how maintenance and cargo-handling could be done on…
China will put a unique ID code on humanoid robots, just like citizen ID for us humans
China has launched a national programme that will assign every humanoid robot manufactured in the country a unique digital identity code, effectively a citizen ID, but for bipedal machines (those that can balance and walk/run on two legs). The…
The TerraMow V1000 robot lawn mower is the perfect wire-free lawnbot for newbies and technophobes
If you have a medium-sized lawn area of up to 1,200m² with fairly straightforward terrain and you're in the market for a reasonably-priced wire-free robot mower that does exactly what you expect of it — and with hardly any interference…
Motion tracking system shows robots the path most traveled by, keeping them on task
There's a delicate art to teaching robots, even when you're preparing them for predictable environments like factories, where they'll repeat the same tasks a little differently depending on the obstacles they face. Whether a human is suddenly in…
Human Archive Offers Subsidized Cleaning For Consent To Record Data · Digg
People might not like it, but @babugi28 is one of about half a dozen entrepreneurs I've met who are finding ways to collect data from inside homes to feed the robotics industry. There are plenty of people who will show a camera how they wash…
New Mars rover could swim through sand like a desert lizard
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. To effectively travel on Mars, rovers need to deal with a lot of sand. German engineers have created a new kind of ground rover that uses swimming motions to push through sand that may…
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