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Sanctuary AI Built A Robot Body. Now It's Also Selling A Robot Brain
Sanctuary AI's humanoid robot, Phoenix Gen 8. Earlier this summer, humanoid robot maker Sanctuary AI announced that it had hit a 99.5%-plus success rate at a 2.54-second cycle time on a complex wire-plugging task at a global Tier 1 automotive…
Hilarity, unease and relief: games show China is not over the finish line in humanoid robot race
With exploding pelvises, enough comic pratfalls for a Buster Keaton show reel and the odd moment of ruthless violence, the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing gripped the world this week with an unsettling mixture of hilarity, trepidation and…
A startup founded by ex-DeepMind engineers wants to turn its customers into robot teachers
A group of former Google DeepMind engineers has a potential solution to robotics' 100,000-year data gap: you. Jonathan Scholz, the CEO of Reimagine Robotics, told Business Insider that the startup plans to build robots that are actually useful by…
ICE Has a Help Wanted Sign Out for Border Security - Only Robots Need Apply
If one is a fan of a certain movie franchise featuring a certain Austrian bodybuilder-turned-actor, one might remember that it was on this day in 1997 that Skynet attained self-awareness, started to learn at a logarithmic rate, and eventually…
ICE explores purchasing robot dogs in enforcement tech push
The Trump administration is exploring adding robot dogs to the expanding arsenal being used by federal immigration authorities as they seek to boost arrests and deportations across the country. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a…
Why Tesla's Optimus Robot Might Have a Hollywood 'Problem'
When Hollywood makes movies about humanoid robots, like Tesla 's (TSLA -1.71%) Optimus, it tends to set them in a home environment. That's understandable: After all, a movie about a humanoid robot improving productivity in an automotive plant by…
Richtech Robotics: An Easy Pass Based On Lackluster RaaS Growth Quality (NASDAQ:RR)
Richtech Robotics is rated a Sell due to weak fundamentals and deteriorating growth prospects. Revenue growth is anemic at 9.5%, while OPEX surged 159% YoY, driven by asset impairments and poor cost control. RaaS segment shows margin improvement…
Unitree's post-IPO stock pullback tests how investors value humanoid robot pioneer commercialization: experts
Unitree Robotics' humanoid robot is displayed at the 14th China Information Technology Expo in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, on April 10, 2026. Photo: VCG Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics' shares have fallen since a surge…
Quote of the day by tech pioneer Claude Shannon: 'I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans' - a warning about superintelligent AI
Although AI is advancing at a rapid pace, the idea that it might one day replace humanity has thus far been consigned to the realm of fiction. Rather than signalling the end of mankind, however, others have speculated that an advanced AI may one…
Here's why old-school San Jose barber Taiyadi 'Magic' Day is now teaching robots to cut hair with AI by Instawork Robotics
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Where else would you expect to get high-tech haircuts but the Bay Area? Soon, a robot near you could have these skills. A South Bay barber has decided to lean in after more than three decades of mastering his craft. Now…
Meta Continues to Trade Jobs for AI: Robots Are 'Coming For Us All'
Artificial intelligence was supposed to make workers more productive. Instead, companies are increasingly discovering that the most productive worker can be one they don't have to employ. U.S. technology companies have eliminated nearly 140,000…
Special robot at Christ Hospital allows surgeon to remove hard to reach tumor
Updated: 11:11 PM EDT Aug 28, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Special robot at Christ Hospital allows surgeon to remove hard to reach tumor Updated: 11:11 PM EDT Aug 28, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ CINCINNATI — A Christ Hospital…
Genrobotics signs MoU with Territorial Army for defence, disaster-response robotics
Robotics company Genrobotics has signed an MoU with the Territorial Army (TA) to collaborate on robotics research, technology evaluation, training and capability development, the company said on Saturday. The MoU was signed at the recent KYTA & TA…
ROBOTICS IS MORE THAN HARDWARE AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
I have been thinking about how loosely the word robotics is sometimes used. Build a circuit, connect a sensor to an Arduino, control a motor, and the project is immediately described as robotics. There is nothing wrong with building those systems.
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Robot delivery dog dumps hot steaming packages on your doorstep [video]
The new R-dog delivery robot hopes to replace your local gig-workers with a friendly face, red cap, approachable design, and even furry tail – all cute and adorable, until it poops your package onto your porch. Oh, and it runs ads the entire…
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