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UBTech Robotics Stock Rises Further in Afternoon Trading
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Unitree IPO to test valuations as venture capital floods China robotics
Unitree Robotics has secured approval from China's securities regulator for a Shanghai initial public offering that is poised to set a valuation benchmark for China's sizzling embodied AI sector. The nod from the China Securities Regulatory…
Boston Dynamics' New Atlas Humanoid Robot: 'Order Of Magnitude' Simpler
Boston Dynamics's new Atlas robot is kicking soccer balls like a World Cup athlete. But it's also much simpler — and cheaper — to make than before. Boston Dynamics' new Atlas humanoid robot has been wowing the world for months now…
I tested a $125,000 robot with silicone flesh. Its jokes felt more human than anything else.
When I walked into Realbotix's headquarters in Las Vegas, technicians crowded around humanoid robots fresh from a trade show, replacing worn motors and repairing facial glitches. The maintenance offered a reminder that behind the company's lifelike…
Elephants are celebrities in India's Hindu temples - and now the robots are coming
The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water. But that's about all they have in common with their real-life counterparts revered across India as…
Ukraine Plans To Hyper-Innovate Humanoid Robot Soldiers
At the start of February, we pointed out that ' humanoid warfare nears ' and suspected these war bots were headed for Ukraine for testing. That hunch was confirmed by early March, after a TIME Magazine article reported that Foundation Robotics, a…
'Suddenly I was a celebrity. I didn't want to be!' Sue Johnston on fame, loneliness and her new robot pal
Sue Johnston is the kind of actor who usually can't stand seeing herself on screen, but for Ann Droid she made an exception. The new sitcom by Diane Morgan and Sarah Kendall stars the 82-year-old as a recent widow whose son hires a humanoid robot…
A $7,999 home robot joins the race to automate household chores
The robot butler is starting to look less like science fiction. Y Combinator-backed Weave Robotics unveiled its home robot, Isaac 1, on Wednesday. It comes in five pastel colors and is available for preorder at $7,999 upfront or a $449 monthly…
Robotic elephants draw crowds and controversy in some of India's Hindu temples
The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water. But that's about all they have in common with their real-life counterparts revered across India as…
Industrial robotics becomes physical AI's proving ground
Physical artificial intelligence is becoming an industrial robotics problem. The market is shifting from software-only automation toward machines that must sense, decide and act in physical settings. That raises the bar for safety, economics and…
Apptronik turns robot simulations into reality
Humanoid-maker Apptronik has opened Robot Park, a factory in Austin, Texas, where its robots will practice real-world tasks across a warehouse the size of two football fields. One of the biggest hurdles for robot companies is a lack of real-world…
Kraken Robotics Boosts Outlook After Closing Covelya Deal, Revamps Leadership Structure
With the deal now complete, the Canadian maker of subsea-intelligence and underwater robotics systems said Thursday it expects 2026 revenue of C$290 million to C$320 million, equivalent to $204 million to $225.1 million. That is up from previous…
Tesla's EV Sales Still Matter, Despite the AI and Robots Noise
Now that Ford Motor Co. is an artificial intelligence-enabler, its vehicle sales figures are irrelevant. I'm joking, obviously. With Tesla Inc., I'm only half-joking. Tesla's quarterly vehicle sales numbers, the latest of which dropped Thursday…
Robotic elephants draw crowds and controversy in some of India's Hindu temples
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The robot voice is gone: How to make Siri sound truly human in iOS 27
For years, Siri's mechanical stutter was a dead giveaway that you were talking to a robot. Not anymore. With iOS 27, Apple has overhauled its virtual assistant using advanced generative audio models that mimic natural human speech patterns.
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