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Does China Have a Robot Bubble?
Robots made by Chinese start-ups have danced on television, staged boxing matches and run marathons. When one company debuted its most recent robot last month, people online in China thought it looked so much like a human that workers cut the…
Mr. Robot Will See You Now
Scientists and entrepreneurs are working tirelessly toward a strange goal: robots that look like us. Why, if we just want them to unburden our lives, do we need that? It's a question for philosophers as much as for inventors. But you can see the…
Skana Robotics helps fleets of underwater robots communicate with each other
Underwater autonomous vessels and robots could play a substantial role in defense operations, but submersibles have historically had trouble communicating across large distances unless they rose to the surface. But coming up to transmit poses the…
Stem Cells, Robotics, and Spacesuits Top Station Crew Day
Stem cell research, a student robotics challenge, and spacesuit maintenance dominated the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 74 crew also rounded out its shift with Earth observations and cargo transfers…
There's finally a robot app store - now we just need the iPhone of robots
Unitree launches Robot App Store It may be a first in the industry The beta version has a handful of downloadable routines for the G1 Like so many technologies before it, modern robots are in search of that killer app, the one thing they could do…
Xpeng CEO dismisses AI bubble fears, predicts more affordable robots soon
He Xiaopeng, co-founder and CEO of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng, is not concerned about a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector and believes autonomous cars will outperform human drivers sometime soon. Sharing his thoughts on…
SwitchBot's space-saving robot vacuum is on sale starting at just $179.99
We also found deals on an excellent mini-LED from Hisense and a Pixar-inspired Lego set. We also found deals on an excellent mini-LED from Hisense and a Pixar-inspired Lego set. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a…
CMR Surgical secures 510(k) clearance of its Versius Plus robotic surgical system
CMR Surgical secures 510(k) clearance of its Versius Plus robotic surgical system Regulatory clearance of CMR's most advanced system paves the way for upcoming US commercial launch Strong clinical interest received from US surgeons nationwide for…
Hyundai Steel accelerates smart manufacturing with robots
Hyundai Steel is accelerating the smart transformation of its production lines by deploying robots in the inspection and packaging stages of wire rod processing. In November, the company became the first in Korea to introduce and operate an…
Serve Robotics Stock: Scaling Sidewalk Autonomy Comes At A Cost (NASDAQ:SERV)
Serve Robotics is scaling a fleet of autonomous delivery robots, which should lead to very strong growth over the next few years. Its technology is still under development, though, and its unit economics are negative as a result. The combination of…
Thanks to antitrust officials, iRobot will be acquired by a Chinese robotics firm instead of Amazon
iRobot, the creator of Roomba, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday. If Amazon had been allowed to acquire the company in 2022, consumers likely would have enjoyed improved quality and lower prices. Now, thanks to antitrust regulators, iRobot will be…
Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis
As I apply for yet another job, I look at the company's website for context. I've now read their “what we do” section four or five times, and I have a problem – I can't figure out what they do. There are two possibilities here.
Marine robotic vehicles to aid restoration efforts on Scottish loch
A collaboration involving scientists and robotics engineers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) Enterprise team, Unique Group and the University of Glasgow is currently planning a major survey of the loch, following a successful…
At Least The Robots In The Coming War Against Humans Will Understand War Crimes
If you want 2025 in a nutshell, it doesn't get much better than a blundering Secretary of Defense bragging that the Pentagon bought an expensive, bespoke AI bot and it immediately started calling out the Trump administration for committing war…
Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.(AP) — 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…
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