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futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - These Robot Soldiers Are Getting Downright Terrifying
These Robot Soldiers Are Getting Downright Terrifying
Futurism | Science and Technology News

Aerial drones have become a startlingly common sight on the battlefield. Ukraine, for instance, has been deploying a record number of them as global demand for the often inexpensive and relatively simple to launch devices surges. But US-based firms…

newswire.ca - Zoomlion's Full-Stack Humanoid Robots Compete at World Humanoid Robot Games
Zoomlion's Full-Stack Humanoid Robots Compete at World Humanoid Robot Games
CNW

BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2026 /CNW/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ('Zoomlion') recently fielded its independently developed humanoid robots at the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, where they competed in the…

yahoo.com - Soumya Eswaran - Vishay Precision (VPG) Became a Winner From Industrial Recovery and the Humanoid Robotics Boom
Vishay Precision (VPG) Became a Winner From Industrial Recovery and the Humanoid Robotics Boom
Yahoo!

Prosper Stars & Stripes, a long/short equity fund, recently released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. In Q2 2026, the portfolio delivered a strong net return of +30.1% compared to the Russell 2000 Index's…

arstechnica.com - Jeremy Hsu - Agility's new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers
Agility's new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers
Ars Technica

Agility Robotics has debuted its first humanoid robot engineered to work safely near humans without risking harm to flesh-and-blood coworkers. Such safety features could unlock many more opportunities to use such robots inside warehouses and…

upi.com - Hyundai's physical AI strategy takes shape with smarter Spot robot
Hyundai's physical AI strategy takes shape with smarter Spot robot
UPI

Sept. 15 (Asia Today) -- Hyundai Motor Group's physical artificial intelligence strategy is beginning to take shape on factory floors as affiliate Boston Dynamics connects AI, sensors and robots into systems capable of independently deciding when…

inblix.com - AI Pulse Editorial Team - Agility Robotics Digit 5: Safe Humanoid Robot for… - Inblix
Agility Robotics Digit 5: Safe Humanoid Robot for… - Inblix
AI Pulse by Inblix

Warehouses have long relied on cages and yellow tape to keep workers safe from heavy machinery. Agility Robotics is betting that its new Digit 5 humanoid can finally erase those physical barriers. The company unveiled the robot with a core promise:…

koreatimes.co.kr - Jhoo Dong-chan - Next-gen robots step in to assist Korea's elderly and disabled
Next-gen robots step in to assist Korea's elderly and disabled
The Korea Times

In hospital rooms and private homes across Korea, a new generation of mechanical caregivers is quietly taking over the heavy lifting of health care. These are not the humanoid automata of science fiction, but hyperspecialized robotic systems…

prweb.com - InOrbit.AI - InOrbit.AI Releases OpenRobOps, Solving the Robotics Build Trap and Delivering Industry's First ISO 21423 Reference Implementation
InOrbit.AI Releases OpenRobOps, Solving the Robotics Build Trap and Delivering Industry's First ISO 21423 Reference Implementation
PRWeb

OpenRobOps also includes the industry's first reference implementation of an upcoming interoperability standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The ISO 21423 specification establishes the communication and data…

independent.co.uk - Suha Kidwai  - Delivery robots pose 'real danger' to people with disabilities, say charities
Delivery robots pose 'real danger' to people with disabilities, say charities
The Independent

Autonomous delivery robots should be banned from pavements to protect more vulnerable pedestrians, a leading charity has claimed. The six-wheeled, foot-high devices, capable of travelling at up to 4mph while keeping takeaway meals…

hypebeast.com - Sophie Caraan - KAWS Reclines a 30-Metre Robot COMPANION by Hangzhou's West Lake for the Latest 'KAWS:HOLIDAY'
KAWS Reclines a 30-Metre Robot COMPANION by Hangzhou's West Lake for the Latest 'KAWS:HOLIDAY'
Hypebeast

KAWS and AllRightsReserved have brought KAWS:HOLIDAY to Hangzhou, debuting a new robot-form COMPANION sculpture at West Lake The 30-metre reclining figure lies at 'Orioles Singing in the Willows,' one of the Ten Scenes of the UNESCO-listed West…

fortune.com - Oana Jinga - I'm a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280m. You don't need a PhD to build a robotics startup
I'm a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280m. You don't need a PhD to build a robotics startup
Fortune

Before I co-founded Dexory a decade ago, I had no experience in robotics. I am a go-to-market specialist with degrees in both liberal arts and business, a fiction and fantasy obsessed reader, and I am a woman who comes from a family of doctors. My…

asiatimes.com - Kartikeya Walia - Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war
Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war
Asia Times

At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-meter sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's legendary human world record of 9.58 seconds. The internet laughed…

independent.co.uk - Erin Keller - Trump says robots won't march into cities after AI pic of them marching
Trump says robots won't march into cities after AI pic of them marching
The Independent

President Donald Trump dismissed warnings Monday that the rise of AI could lead to robots marching on U.S. cities — just a week after sharing an AI-generated image depicting exactly that. The 80-year-old's robot remarks came hours after he…

pcmag.com - Juhi Wadia - A Sparkling Deal: Save $300 With This Roborock Robot Vacuum and Mop
A Sparkling Deal: Save $300 With This Roborock Robot Vacuum and Mop
PCMag

Clean up on the savings aisle! Walmart has the Roborock Qrevo S5V robot vacuum and mop down to $499.99 from its retail value of $799.99, saving you 38%. This isn't a basic robot that just pushes dust around and leaves baseboards dirty. You get…

scientificamerican.com - Adam Rogers - Google DeepMind wants to build an AI brain that can jump between robot bodies
Google DeepMind wants to build an AI brain that can jump between robot bodies
Scientific American

When Kanishka Rao was a kid, robots like the droids from Star Wars and Rosie from The Jetsons got pretty far into his head. And now that he's a principal software engineer at Google DeepMind, Rao is trying to get pretty far into theirs. Rao…

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