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forbes.com - Anna Perling - Best Robot Vacuums 2025 - Forbes Vetted
Best Robot Vacuums 2025 - Forbes Vetted
Forbes

A robot vacuum can keep your home feeling tidy with significantly less effort than a manual, upright appliance requires. The best ones have auto-empty features for minimal maintenance, apps to program your cleaning routine and intelligent, quiet…

forbes.com - Richard Menger MD MPA - Will Elon Musk's Robot Perform Surgery? A Neurosurgeon Explains
Will Elon Musk's Robot Perform Surgery? A Neurosurgeon Explains
Forbes

Visitors are viewing Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus Prime II at WAIC in Shanghai, China, on July 7, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Elon Musk has recently touted an audacious vision for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot, positing…

forbes.com - Greg Ombach - The Future Is Physical AI: Inside China's Robotics Revolution
The Future Is Physical AI: Inside China's Robotics Revolution
Forbes

Greg Ombach, Head of Disruptive Research, Technology & Innovation, Senior Vice President at Airbus. The robotics revolution isn't coming; it has already started. Over the past year, I travelled to China, Japan and Korea to see some of the world's…

dailymail.co.uk - Andrea Robertson For Daily Mail Australia - Robot vacuum parents call a life saver - and how to score $500 off now
Robot vacuum parents call a life saver - and how to score $500 off now
Mail Online

The Narwal Flow, on sale now, is the latest in robot vacuum technology Shoppers can get $500 off RRP in Amazon's Black Friday sale Features next-gen mopping and AI functions and 120 days self-maintenance Daily Mail journalists select and curate the…

engadget.com - Valentina Palladino - The best robot vacuum for 2025
The best robot vacuum for 2025
Engadget

Looking to keep your home clean without having to vacuum and mop every day, pick up dirt, the dinner your child threw on the floor or your furry friend's endless pet hair? Join the club. Smart home gadgets have come a long way over the years, and…

techcrunch.com - Sean O'Kane - Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
TechCrunch

Uber Eats is partnering with sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies to deliver food in the U.K. starting later this year. The companies will start the service in the Leeds and Sheffield areas “from select merchants” in…

dailymail.co.uk - Sarah Fitzmaurice. - Absolutely amazing' pool robot has shoppers floored and it's on sale
Absolutely amazing' pool robot has shoppers floored and it's on sale
Mail Online

All-in-one robot is currently on sale on Amazon Australia for Black Friday The helpful vacuum acts as a wall and floor cleaner as well as a skimmer Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a…

engadget.com - Lawrence Bonk - Uber Eats will use Starship robots in the UK to make deliveries
Uber Eats will use Starship robots in the UK to make deliveries
Engadget

Uber Eats has announced it'll soon start using Starship robots to complete food deliveries in certain parts of the UK, beginning in the Leeds and Sheffield areas. These little robo-couriers will only be able to handle deliveries from 'select…

businessinsider.com - Jordan Hart - Ari Emanuel wants to host UFC fights with Elon Musk's Optimus robots
Ari Emanuel wants to host UFC fights with Elon Musk's Optimus robots
Business Insider

The man behind some of the biggest televised fights ever wants to see humanoid robots in the ring next. Ari Emanuel, the entertainment boss overseeing the WWE and UFC as CEO of TKO Group Holdings, went on the 'Invest Like the Best with Patrick…

thestar.com.my - James Davey - Ocado's robotic future under threat as Kroger looks to Instacart
Ocado's robotic future under threat as Kroger looks to Instacart
The Star Online

LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. retailer Kroger's decision to close three of the eight automated warehouses it built with Ocado and expand its ties with the likes of Instacart and DoorDash highlights the challenge the British firm faces from rapid delivery…

thestar.com.my - Samantha Kelly - A US$100,000 robot dog is becoming standard in policing - and raising ethical alarms
A US$100,000 robot dog is becoming standard in policing - and raising ethical alarms
The Star Online

Spot, the four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics Inc, is perhaps best known for its viral dance routines to songs like Uptown Funk. But beyond its playful antics, Spot's ability to climb stairs and open doors signals a potentially controversial…

gizmodo.com - Partner content - Roborock's Elite Robot Vacuum and Mop Drops $600, Saros 10R Hits New Record Low
Roborock's Elite Robot Vacuum and Mop Drops $600, Saros 10R Hits New Record Low
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Owning a robot vacuum that is constantly getting stuck on floor obstacles is, to put it bluntly, kind of useless. The point of an autonomous floor cleaner is that its autonomous, so the sound of your robot starting its cleaning cycle shouldn't send…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Exclusive: Founded By Ex-Nvidia Researchers, Flexion Lands $50M To Build The 'Brain' for Humanoid Robots
Exclusive: Founded By Ex-Nvidia Researchers, Flexion Lands $50M To Build The 'Brain' for Humanoid Robots
Crunchbase

Flexion, a startup that's “building the brain for humanoid and human-capable robots,” has raised $50 million in funding, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Founded in January by former Nvidia researchers, CEO Nikita Rudin and CTO…

9to5mac.com - Sponsored Post - 9to5Mac readers get the lowest ever prices on Narwal's entire robot cleaner range
9to5Mac readers get the lowest ever prices on Narwal's entire robot cleaner range
9to5Mac

Smart cleaning pioneer Narwal is officially launching its Black Friday discounts, and 9to5Mac readers get priority access to additional saving, allowing you to save up to 49% across the company's entire lineup. It even extends to non-robocleaners…

fortune.com - Nicholas Gordon - Intrinsic, an Alphabet company, and Nvidia supplier Foxconn will join forces to deploy AI robots in the latter's U.S. factories
Intrinsic, an Alphabet company, and Nvidia supplier Foxconn will join forces to deploy AI robots in the latter's U.S. factories
Fortune

Foxconn, the Taiwan-based manufacturing partner of companies like Apple and Nvidia, and Intrinsic, an AI and robotics company under the Alphabet umbrella, are investing in a joint venture that will deploy robots in Foxconn's U.S. factories…

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