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Woowa Brothers unveils smarter, faster delivery robot
Woowa Brothers, operator of major food delivery platform Baemin, launched an upgraded delivery robot Monday with improved intelligence and speed. The company said the upgraded robot, Dilly X3-R 1.4, weighs 8 percent less than its predecessor…
Sovato CEO Brian Miller Charts a Path to Surgical Robotics Leadership
For Brian Miller, his appointment to CEO of robotic surgery company Sovato in April 2026 was a culmination of a journey up the ranks in health tech. From work on the first transatlantic remote surgery between the U.S. and France, called the…
Walter the robot' helps complete housing estate as UK aims to build 1.5m homes
The race to build 1.5m new homes across the UK could be won with the help of a robot called 'Walter'. A pioneering housing development built with the help of the cutting-edge technology has just been completed. Housing chiefs say it is a…
DoorDash is paying people to load its delivery robots. It points to a shortcoming of automation
DoorDash's delivery robots need a hand. Some workers in areas where DoorDash is using its Dot delivery robot are receiving offers through the DoorDash app to load them up. While the vehicles can navigate miles to delivery destinations, it's the few…
Former industrial base in northeast China finds new ambition in robotics
A lightweight robotic hand deftly rotated and gripped objects at an exhibition hall. Nearby, a surgical robot designed for retinal procedures demonstrated movements with micron-level precision, finer than a human hair. These exhibits at Harbin…
Best Robot Lawn Mowers 2026: Ultimate Buying Guide Revealed!
Robotic lawn mowers are packed with features, from RTK and NetRTK to LiDAR and cameras, not to mention automated mapping, drive wheels, and various cutting widths. However, the key is to identify which features are crucial for your lawn. In this…
A Brain That Can Swap Bodies: Google DeepMind Aims To Be The 'Android' Of Robotics
Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics 2 on Wednesday, a suite of three AI models that gives humanoid and other robots whole-body control, sharper manipulation, and the ability to work together. The system can run locally on the robot itself and…
Grace built a robot buddy during COVID. Her company is now worth $100m
At an aged care home a couple of months ago, one of the residents asked his best friend, Abi, to play his wife's favourite music from back when they were young. Hearing the music, the man's wife, who suffers from dementia, stood up and started to…
Gemini Robotics 2 gives Google's robots full-body intelligence - Memeburn
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini Robotics 2, a new AI system designed to give robots more control over their whole bodies, not just their arms or hands. The company says the model can help humanoid robots walk, crouch, stretch, manipulate…
Amazon's warehouse fleet crossed 1 million robots with a new machine that can feel what it touches, and the gap in automation that kept humans irreplaceable for decades finally has an answer
Every time a package lands on your doorstep the next day, someone, or something, spent the night before pulling it from a cluttered shelf. For years, that “someone” had to be human. Robots could drive, sort and stack. But the moment…
Hyundai just committed to more than 25,000 humanoid robots for its own assembly lines, starting in 2028, and the single labor clause standing between those machines and the factory floor changes the math for every carmaker watching
Picture the busiest car plant you have ever seen. Now add 25,000 humanoid robots and the question of who, exactly, gets to flip the switch. That is not a science-fiction scenario. It is the precise situation unfolding at Hyundai Motor Group right…
The Sequence Radar #906: Last Week in AI: Open Models, Intelligent Robots, and the Price of Conviction
We continue our series about distillation with an awesome new technique. The AI of the week dives into Gemini Robotics 2. We will have a new section about AI in space. The opinion section get into a crazy idea for engineering teams in the era of…
This Wearable Muscle Sensor Could Transform Rehabilitation and Robotic Mobility
Researchers at the University of Queensland have developed a new type of sensor that can measure how hard muscles are working without needles, surgery or other invasive procedures. The breakthrough could help create smarter robotic limbs, wearable…
New 3D-Printed Robot Feet Cut Battery Use by Up to 6.2%, Study Finds
Four-legged robots are becoming more common in jobs that are difficult or dangerous for people, including search-and-rescue missions, inspections of industrial sites and carrying equipment across rough ground. Unlike wheeled robots, however, these…
Fanuc shares dive most in 40 years after procurement fears hit
Fanuc shares plunged the most in four decades after the maker of factory robots raised its profit outlook by less than expected, heightening fears about soaring prices of materials. The supplier of robotic arms raised its full-year operating profit…
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