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scmp.com - Kristen Cheung - Hong Kong's CUHK aims to bring AI to life with humanoid-focused robotics lab
Hong Kong's CUHK aims to bring AI to life with humanoid-focused robotics lab
South China Morning Post

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has opened the city's first full-stack interactive robotics lab, partnering with 24 tech firms, mainly from mainland China, to train talent and develop humanoid robots over the next five years. The Hong Kong…

forbes.com - Kristin Shaw - How Kawasaki Uses Its Own Robots And Custom Processes For Top Quality
How Kawasaki Uses Its Own Robots And Custom Processes For Top Quality
Forbes

Kawasaki's side x side models are fit for work or play. Auto and powersports manufacturing has been shaken and stirred in the past few years with a flurry of tariffs and uncertainty about what's next. Companies like Toyota are considering ramping…

upi.com - Fred Topel - Movie review: 'Terminator 2' re-release returns humanity to robot saga
Movie review: 'Terminator 2' re-release returns humanity to robot saga
UPI

Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen at the 2025 premiere of Season 2 of his Netflix show 'FUBAR' in Los Angeles, starred in 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day.' File Photo by Greg Grudt/UPI Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen at the 1997 premiere of 'Batman & Robin' in…

itweb.co.za - Sibahle Malinga - Humanoid robots closer to commercial reality
Humanoid robots closer to commercial reality
www.itweb.co.za

More humanoid robots are entering factories, as costs fall and ROI ramps up. (Image created via ChatGPT) Humanoid robots are shifting from research labs and prototype demonstrations, to early commercial deployment, with automotive manufacturing and…

hackaday.com - Mike Kershaw - This Week In Security: Android Exposes ADB, ShinyHunters Get Paid, Robot Dogs, And More
This Week In Security: Android Exposes ADB, ShinyHunters Get Paid, Robot Dogs, And More
Hackaday

Google has patched an Android ADB bug in the May security patch set. If you have a Pixel phone you should already have the patches, and most other major manufacturers should be close behind. Unfortunately, the biggest risk from this patch will be…

fool.com - Chris Neiger - Rivian's Robotics Company Is Now Worth More Than $3 Billion. Investors Could Benefit in 2 Important Ways.
Rivian's Robotics Company Is Now Worth More Than $3 Billion. Investors Could Benefit in 2 Important Ways.
The Motley Fool

Rivian Automotive (RIVN 3.48%) spun out its robotics arm, Mind Robotics, into a full-fledged company last year. Since then, the company has had several investment rounds, the latest of which raised $400 million. That investment comes just two…

variety.com - Todd Spangler - Amazon's Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated 'Podcasts' Featuring Chats Between Two Robot 'Co-Hosts'
Amazon's Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated 'Podcasts' Featuring Chats Between Two Robot 'Co-Hosts'
Variety

The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon ‘s Alexa + AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa has been answering billions of users' queries since it was first released in 2014. Now Amazon is positioning Alexa+'s extended answers…

the-gadgeteer.com - Rei Padla - Only 6 AI Companion Robots Earn the Emotional Label in 2026
Only 6 AI Companion Robots Earn the Emotional Label in 2026
The Gadgeteer

An emotional AI companion robot is a hardware device built around presence and emotional interaction rather than productivity, using sensors and conversational AI to read tone, touch, and context for a specific kind of user. Every few months a new…

digitaltrends.com - Varun Mirchandani - Japan built robot wolves to thwart bear attack, and they're flying off the shelves
Japan built robot wolves to thwart bear attack, and they're flying off the shelves
Digital Trends

There are very few headlines that sound equally believable as both a robotics breakthrough and the plot of a low-budget sci-fi horror movie. Japan deploying glowing robot wolves to scare away bears is definitely one of them. The country's bizarre…

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - Taiwanese teams win 8 awards in robotics contest
Taiwanese teams win 8 awards in robotics contest
Taipei Times

Taiwanese students delivered a strong performance at this year's international robotics competition in the US, winning eight awards, including two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Dozens of Taiwanese elementary, junior-high, and high-school…

t3.com - Sam Cross - Honor's crazy Robot Phone set for showdown with Apple's next big iPhone innovation
Honor's crazy Robot Phone set for showdown with Apple's next big iPhone innovation
T3

The iPhone Ultra could have stiff competition this autumn. The Honor Robot Phone is set to debut in the same quarter. For many years now, the new iPhone has had to compete with the best and brightest in the Android world. Usually, that's meant the…

focustaiwan.tw - Taiwanese students win eight awards at world robotics competition - Focus Taiwan
Taiwanese students win eight awards at world robotics competition - Focus Taiwan
Focus Taiwan - CNA English News

New York, May 17 (CNA) Taiwanese students delivered a strong performance at this year's international robotics competition in the United States, winning eight awards, including two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze. Dozens of Taiwanese…

huggingface.co - Fine-Tuning NVIDIA Cosmos Predict 2.5 with LoRA/DoRA for Robot Video Generation
Fine-Tuning NVIDIA Cosmos Predict 2.5 with LoRA/DoRA for Robot Video Generation
Hugging Face

Enterprise + Article Published May 18, 2026 NVIDIA Cosmos Predict 2.5 is a large-scale world model capable of generating physically plausible videos conditioned on text, images, or video clips. To adapt it to a specific domain, such as robot…

thehindubusinessline.com - Stryker and Max Smart Hospital, Saket Partner to Advance Surgeon Training and Education in Robotic-Arm Assisted Joint Replacement
Stryker and Max Smart Hospital, Saket Partner to Advance Surgeon Training and Education in Robotic-Arm Assisted Joint Replacement
BusinessLine

Stryker, a global leader in medical technologies, and Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, a leading healthcare provider in Delhi-NCR, announced a strategic collaboration to advance surgeon training, clinical education, and patient care in…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - CUHK launches Hong Kong's first full-stack embodied AI lab
CUHK launches Hong Kong's first full-stack embodied AI lab
The Standard

The Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR), an InnoHK center established by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has announced the launch of the city's first full-stack embodied AI laboratory. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The…

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