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Beatbot Wants To Sell a Better Pool Experience, Not Just a Better Robot
At CES, the annual spectacle of technological progress, most companies come to show you a new feature. At CES 2026, Beatbot arrived to propose a new feeling. The introduction of its flagship AquaSense X system was deliberately paired with a full…
Surgeons just used robots that look like humans to perform surgery for the first time
The future of surgery just scrubbed in. In a groundbreaking medical first, robots designed to move and function like humans have performed surgery on a live patient, successfully completing two laparoscopic gallbladder removals. The breakthrough…
Taiwan eyes US$4bn robot dog market amid global race
By Lin Ching-hua / Staff reporter The Ministry of Economic Affairs is working with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and industry partners to create a homegrown program to develop four-legged robots to tap into the US$4 billion…
Glitching robot dancer falls over and hits popstar during concert malfunction
A popstar was left shocked when a glitching robot backing dancer lost its balance and stumbled right into him in front of a packed concert. The metal mover malfunctioned at a show by American singer-actor Wang Leehom and left everyone in hysterics.
Turning to robots amid S'pore's construction labour crunch
SINGAPORE – After more than two decades in the industry, Expand Construction founder Von Lee has a vision: The next generation of physical labourers will not be men, but robots that toil tirelessly in the sun. Their human operators, said…
Letters | Automation must be designed with the human worker in mind
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This Color-Changing Material Could Give Robots a New Way to Detect Touch
Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have created a tactile sensor, described in a study published in Science Advances, that allows robots to detect touch using a simple camera. The sensor converts mechanical forces into visible color…
China's Orca world model matches specialized robotics systems without ever seeing a single action label
Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER BAAI's Orca world model matches the performance of specialized systems across five robotics tasks, even though its base model was trained without a single action label. The approach could help solve robotics'…
Asian Angle | Why a second 'China shock' is good for Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia imported more than half a trillion dollars in goods from China last year, leaving the region with a collective trade deficit of around US$290 billion. It has only grown further since. Should the region's policymakers be concerned?
The Best AI Degrees And How To Choose The Right Major
University student writes on paper while using laptop and studying in the classroom. Several universities, such as MIT and Stanford University, are beginning to offer AI degrees. Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every industry…
New robot flies out of water like a puffin without using feet
Engineers have created a remarkable new robot that can swim underwater and then flap its wings to fly into the air, just like some of nature's best diving birds. The invention could one day help scientists study the oceans more safely and at a much…
Journalism In The 2100s
What's the state of journalism today? And what will it look like in the year 2100? Maybe a much better question is: what will it look like in 2030? Scanning the internet, I saw a lot of references to hyperpersonalized news and deepfakes. Then…
How families are using tech to ease grandma's caregiving bills - and the burden on her loved ones
As part of her morning routine, Karen Murray wakes up and immediately turns on the TV at her mother's assisted living home in New Jersey, 40 minutes away. At the crack of dawn, she puts Pandora on through the TV in her mother Marion's room. Around…
AI Daily Digest - July 12, 2026: GPT-5.6 Goes Public, Muse Spark 1.1 Arrives, Open Robotics Pipeline
Another packed week in AI. OpenAI ended its 12-day restricted preview and opened GPT-5.6 to the world — three models, a new durability concept, and the ChatGPT Work + Codex integration that signals where the company is headed. Meta's Muse…
Narwal Freo Z10 Turbo Review: Midrange Vacuum, High-End Performance
The trouble with many robot vacuums is that they're too expensive and more frustrating than helpful. I went into testing the Narwal Freo Z10 Turbo carrying the trauma of testing endless disappointing multifunction robot vacuums and thinking…
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