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Your Enterprise Data Strategy Wasn't Built For Robots
Richard Clough is the EY Global Chief Data Officer, mobilizing the AI Ready Data Strategy and AI Ready Data Governance. Every large organization now has an AI strategy, but almost all of it is aimed at AI that lives on a screen, not the AI that…
Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won't hurt them?
The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings with it a problem: that architecture isn't predictable the way traditional algorithms are. How can you be sure your brand new humanoid will be safe? Dr. Ding…
The hottest trip for Silicon Valley investors? Robot factories in China
Last year, when Ryan Cunningham, a Silicon Valley investor, floated a trip to China in a WhatsApp group of robotics investors, the response was lukewarm. One person jokingly asked if he could smuggle a humanoid robot home. This year, the jokes have…
Exclusive | Robotics Startup RobCo Hits $1 Billion Valuation
German robotics startup RobCo has sold shares in a deal that values the company at more than $1 billion—double the level hit earlier this year—highlighting investor enthusiasm for physical AI systems. The company makes autonomous…
Please don't send me your robot music
I couldn't help but notice some people on social media dunking on a post from @nicksaraev, a self-described entrepreneur helper, who boldly proclaimed on X a few days ago: “I am not joking when I say this. Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming…
Dreame's Prime Big Deal Days Sale Cuts Up to 40% Off Robot Vacuums That Actually Think About Your Floorplan
Most robot vacuums “understand” your home in the same way they did in 2012: They bump into things, back up, try again, and end up stuck under a chair or couch. Dreame takes a different approach, building each of its robots around a…
Why ordinary investors struggle to buy into the robotics boom
Anyone hoping to bet on robots taking over factories, warehouses and homes runs into the awkward fact that shares of the start-ups at the centre of the frenzy cannot be bought on a stock exchange. What is available is a carmaker betting its future…
Robotics startup has real human vs. robot cage match, California responds with cease-and-desist order - regulator threatens misdemeanor charges after YouTuber fights three robotic humanoids
A robotics startup just received a cease-and-desist letter from the state of California after it hosted a human vs. robot fight in San Francisco. REK founder and CEO Cix Liv shared the document on social media, with the California State Athletic…
China's Getting All the Cool Phone Tech. Where's My Robot Camera and Rear Screen?
Living in the US means getting a great range of cool phones, but some just don't make it onto store shelves over here. At Snapdragon Summit 2026, I handled a pair of phones that embody the injustice of not getting the cool devices more broadly…
AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style' in a 75-ton vat of molten steel - Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested melting them, one robot held up a thumbs-up sign as it sank into molten metal
Figure, a U.S.-based robotics company, decommissioned its old AI robots by making them jump into a 75-ton furnace full of molten steel. According to the company, maintaining its F.02 fleet no longer made sense as its next-generation F.03 is…
10 Giant Robot Movies To Watch Before Sydney Sweeney's Gundam
Sydney Sweeney's upcoming Gundam movie is going to be fantastic, but these ten giant robot movies are the perfect films to watch before its 2027 release. The upcoming epic film is set to star Sweeney and Noah Centineo in a live-action adaptation of…
Deliveroo says its first robot deliveries will start in 5 UK cities soon - but claims the 'majority' of orders will still involve human riders
Deliveroo says its first robot deliveries will start soon in London Canary Wharf will get its first four-wheeled robot deliveries this month Four other UK cities will follow 'in the coming weeks and months' Your next Deliveroo order could arrive…
Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test
Professors at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) have developed a soft robotic gripper capable not only of picking up and holding objects but also of manipulating and repositioning what…
Robots in Punggol to get help to cross the road when they deliver food and go on patrol
SINGAPORE – Robots could soon be delivering food and going on patrols in Punggol under a trial project but, first, plans are under way to help them cross the road safely. That is why the authorities are looking to add sensors to traffic…
Nvidia, Hon Hai use robots to improve GB300 assembly success rates - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) American AI chip designer Nvidia Corp. and Taiwanese manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. have improved the success rates of critical assembly steps for Nvidia's GB300 NVL72 rack-scale AI platform by using robots…
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