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These Robot Soldiers Are Getting Downright Terrifying
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…
Zoomlion's Full-Stack Humanoid Robots Compete at World Humanoid Robot Games
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…
Vishay Precision (VPG) Became a Winner From Industrial Recovery and the Humanoid Robotics Boom
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…
Agility's new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers
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…
Hyundai's physical AI strategy takes shape with smarter Spot robot
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…
Agility Robotics Digit 5: Safe Humanoid Robot for… - 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:…
Next-gen robots step in to assist Korea's elderly and disabled
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…
InOrbit.AI Releases OpenRobOps, Solving the Robotics Build Trap and Delivering Industry's First ISO 21423 Reference Implementation
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…
Delivery robots pose 'real danger' to people with disabilities, say charities
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…
KAWS Reclines a 30-Metre Robot COMPANION by Hangzhou's West Lake for the Latest 'KAWS:HOLIDAY'
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…
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
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…
Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war
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…
Trump says robots won't march into cities after AI pic of them marching
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…
A Sparkling Deal: Save $300 With This Roborock Robot Vacuum and Mop
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…
Google DeepMind wants to build an AI brain that can jump between robot bodies
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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