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The Biggest Physical AI Opportunity Isn't A Robot
Brandon Barbello is co-founder and COO of Archetype AI, with over 10 years of product leadership across Fortune 500 and startups. If you were to picture physical AI, most people imagine the same thing: a humanoid robot walking through a warehouse…
World Humanoid Robot Games kicks off in Beijing with 2,056 robots competing
The second World Humanoid Robot Games will open next Saturday at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, with 2,056 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries competing, four times the number from the inaugural event. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
What Building Robots Taught Me About Writing Better Software
Shivansh Inamdar builds AI and manipulation software for autonomous warehouse robots at Nimble Robotics. Robotics isn't like most software. When there is a bug in your app, a page doesn't load, and a user gets frustrated. When there is a bug in…
From chasing robots to chasing profits: the numbers moving markets
While Chinese investors chased Unitree Robotics amid the frenzy for robotics stocks, the market this week also focused on the implications of July's US inflation rate, the gold price trend and the interim results of CK Hutchison Holdings, one of…
The Robots Have Stolen Your Summer
Listen and subscribe to Everybody's Business on Apple, Spotify, iHeart and the Bloomberg Terminal This summer, the robots have officially taken over. They are dominating markets, the economy, large parts of American culture and indeed our very…
Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree powers up for stellar Shanghai debut
China's Unitree, the country's most high-profile humanoid robot maker, is widely expected to have an explosive stock market debut in Shanghai next week. The only question is — how frenzied is it going to be? SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
World Humanoid Robot Games returns as robots from 16 countries set to put their best foot forward in Beijing
Robots from 16 countries will go head-to-head at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval next Saturday as the World Humanoid Robot Games returns for its second edition. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Running from August 22 to 26, the five-day event…
Matic's Robot Vacuum Will See (and Hear) You Now
I haven't been particularly quiet about how much I like the unusually boxy, upright Matic robot vacuum since reviewing it last year. Even if it can't get under my couch, it's so smartly designed and so effective everywhere else that it has become…
China built robots that can do backflips - but can they make money?
Investors expect a big first-day pop from Unitree, whose robots can throw kung fu kicks and bounce back from falls. Skeptics are questioning how long it will take before these robots can perform genuinely useful work. Falling robot prices and…
Robot participation quadruples at 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games
Humanoid robots compete in a kickboxing match at the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong) The upcoming second World Humanoid Robot Games will see the number of participating robots…
I finally found a robot lawnmower I'd trust with my yard
Robot lawnmowers are finally good enough to take a lot of work out of maintaining a yard, but they're still not set-it-and-forget-it machines. If you don't want these autonomous cutting machines to tear up your lawn or go roaming in your neighbors'…
Robot-run noodle shop begins trial in Beijing, with robots taking orders, cooking and serving
Robots serve noodles at a restaurant in Beijing's Fengtai district on August 14, 2026. Photo: Li Hao/GT A robot-powered noodle shop began trial operations on Friday in Beijing, offering bowls priced between 16 ($2.37) and 19 yuan. Ordering, cooking…
LG to unveil Nvidia-powered humanoid robot in Q1 next year
LG Group will unveil a humanoid robot based on Nvidia's Isaac GR00T robot foundation model in the first quarter of next year, and extend its partnership with the U.S. tech giant in artificial intelligence (AI) data center and mobility businesses.
You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up
Hands-on with Matic Cues, the new gesture and voice control features of the Matic robot vacuum. Hands-on with Matic Cues, the new gesture and voice control features of the Matic robot vacuum. Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge All the…
Robot ban: Why the FCC fears your Roomba
Robotics is the “latest front” in the “intensifying tech rivalry between Washington and Beijing,” said Steve Lohr and Xinyun Wu in The New York Times. The Federal Communications Commission last week said it would begin…
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