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gizmodo.com - Mike Pearl - Something Is Making Humanoid Robot Makers Worry: The Robots Suck
Something Is Making Humanoid Robot Makers Worry: The Robots Suck
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The Wall Street Journal's Sean McLain reported Sunday on the recent Humanoids Summit in Mountain View, California held earlier this month. McLain seems to have come away with the impression that makers of robots are worried they've oversold a…

nytimes.com - Evan Dent - The Best Robot Mop-Vacuum Combos to Keep Floors Sparkling
The Best Robot Mop-Vacuum Combos to Keep Floors Sparkling
The New York Times

I'm a writer on Wirecutter's appliance team, focusing on vacuums and floor care, including standard mop-vacuum combos, robot vacuums, and other new advancements in the vacuum world. We've been covering robot mop-vacuum combos since 2024, and we've…

scmp.com - Coco Feng - How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots
How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots
South China Morning Post

One of the biggest moments for China's booming robotics industry this year was the catwalk performance by carmaker Xpeng 's new humanoid robot: it was so lifelike that founder He Xiaoping had to unzip its back to prove there was no person inside.

techradar.com - Lance Ulanoff - Robots in 2026 - the rise of Terminator this is not
Robots in 2026 - the rise of Terminator this is not
TechRadar

Like a DJ wrapping up a particularly tight set, the Tesla Optimus robot reached to its ears and removed an invisible pair of headphones...and then keeled over, revealing, it seems, its teleoperation and, perhaps, peeling back the curtain on the…

scmp.com - Eunice Xu - Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame gives staff gifts of gold, trip to Antarctica
Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame gives staff gifts of gold, trip to Antarctica
South China Morning Post

Chinese household appliances maker Dreame Technology will present gifts of gold and a trip to Antarctica to employees, on top of their year-end bonuses, as the company boosted its position as one of the world's leading vendors of robot vacuum…

winnipegfreepress.com - Matt O'brien, The Associated Press - Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
Winnipeg Free Press

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newscientist.com - Matthew Sparkes - The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures
The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures
New Scientist

This striking humanoid robot is the R1 from Robbyant, a company owned by Chinese tech giant Ant Group. The allure of humanoid robots is their versatility – you can imagine them doing any job that a human can, simply because they have the…

koreatimes.co.kr - Lee Gyu-lee - LG Electronics seeks growth momentum with humanoid robots
LG Electronics seeks growth momentum with humanoid robots
The Korea Times

LG Electronics is accelerating its push into humanoid robots as it searches for a new growth engine, debuting a new humanoid home robot LG CLOiD at CES 2026 as pressure mounts on its core businesses. With global logistics costs rising and demand…

semafor.com - J.D. Capelouto - China lags behind in advanced robotics
China lags behind in advanced robotics
Semafor

China's mass production of robots has sparked concerns that it will dominate the global industry, but the country still lags in advanced robotics, The Wire China reported. China has grabbed headlines with its plans to deploy humanoids to help…

bgr.com - Talia Roepel - Missing Robot In The Antarctic Returned With Terrifying Data
Missing Robot In The Antarctic Returned With Terrifying Data
BGR

An Australian national science agency called CSIRO launched an experiment in Antarctica that went terribly wrong — in a way that ended up going wonderfully right. A free-floating ocean robot was sent to collect data from the Totten Glacier.

ibtimes.co.uk - Tanmay Puri - Need Help From Robots' - Why Donald Trump is Trying To Employ Artificial Intelligence in the US
Need Help From Robots' - Why Donald Trump is Trying To Employ Artificial Intelligence in the US
International Business Times UK

Is America going to have robots working like humans? US President Donald Trump spoke very clearly about the new role of robots and artificial intelligence in the American workforce, words that have gone viral and prompted debates. His words imply a…

ibtimes.co.uk - Denise Nequinto - China Has Deployed Robots to Perform Border Patrol Duties Alongside Officials in its Frontier with Vietnam
China Has Deployed Robots to Perform Border Patrol Duties Alongside Officials in its Frontier with Vietnam
International Business Times UK

In what would be a step towards the concept of 'embodied artificial intelligence,' China it set to deploy humanoid robots to border crossings that it shares with Vietnam. The humanoid robots are expected to patrol the border frontier as well as do…

pocket-lint.com - John Kanellakos - Elon Musk's fake dumb robot is the biggest tech fail of 2025
Elon Musk's fake dumb robot is the biggest tech fail of 2025
Pocket-lint

Throughout the course of 2025, we've seen a number of failures and objectionable trends take place within the tech space: troublesome artificial intelligence errors, media company consolidations, the continued soaring of streaming prices, and, most…

castanet.net - The Canadian Press - Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
Castanet.net

Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit…

marketbeat.com - Robotics Stocks To Consider - December 28th
Robotics Stocks To Consider - December 28th
MarketBeat

5 Robotics Stocks Catching Momentum After New Policy Tailwinds Teradyne, Richtech Robotics, Serve Robotics, PROCEPT BioRobotics, and Ouster are the five Robotics stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Robotics stocks…

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