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Behind the killer robots of Ukraine's new warfare 'revolution'
In a cramped workshop near the front line in northeastern Ukraine, military mechanic 'Chimera' is helping prepare his unit's robot forces for battle. Lined up in a row, the four-wheeled unmanned vehicles known as 'Hyenas' will crawl toward Russian…
IPO for humanoid robot maker Boston Dynamics unlikely in 2027, executive says
Boston Dynamics, Hyundai Motor Group's humanoid robot unit, is unlikely to pursue an initial public offering next year, a senior executive at the parent company with direct knowledge of the matter said, as it has yet to deploy its flagship Atlas…
AI robot for seniors can alert family after a call for help
If you have a parent or grandparent who wants to stay in their own home, you probably know the question that can sit quietly in the back of your mind: What happens if they fall and nobody realizes they need help? Tuya Smart thinks its small…
Exclusive | Elite parents ditch trad classrooms for robot-powered homeschools: 'Disrespectful of kids' time'
School's out forever for some California kids. Elite techies in the San Francisco Bay Area are part of a nationwide rise in homeschooling that bucks the stereotypes of rural Bible thumpers or hardcore hippies — as they ditch traditional…
Robots Everywhere: Goldman Sachs Now Sees 6.5 Million Humanoid Robots by 2035
One number reframes the entire robotics conversation, and it did not come from a chipmaker or an automaker. It came from a bank. 6.5 million humanoid robot units shipped globally by 2035. That is the headline projection in Goldman Sachs ‘s…
By 2034 a Robot in the US Will Undercut Kenyan Garment Workers. That Is the Clock Africa's Industrial Strategy Is Running Against.
In 2034, it will be cheaper to produce a garment with a robot and 3D printing in the United States than to have tens of people make the same item in Kenya. That is the estimate of Dirk Willem te Velde, principal research fellow and director of the…
A factory robot arm priced at $65,000 carries a verified real-world bill of up to $195,000, and a single hour of unplanned downtime at scale can rival that entire deployment cost in one shift
The robot arm sits on the floor of a mid-size plant, weighing half a ton and moving in silence. The purchase order said $65,000. But that number was only the opening bid. By the time the machine is actually running, the real bill looks nothing like…
What will the world look like when robots are doing everything for us?
Breakfast With Robots by Joel Levy (Michael O'Mara Books £16.99, 224pp) If you're the sort of person who looks to the future with hope, and thinks that AI might be the solution to all our problems, then this might be the book for you. At the…
The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator's latest Demo Day, according to VCs
Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders, the startups presenting this week skewed far more toward deep tech than in past years. As we do…
Can you futureproof your career by choosing an AI-resistant degree?
Futureproofing your career with an AI-resistant degree is a tough ask, says Charlie Ball, an expert on graduate employment for Jisc, the UK's higher education digital, data and technology agency. “What you're trying to do is futureproof a…
Hackaday Links: September 13, 2026
We try to steer clear of politics and societal issues here at Hackaday, so a protest is not usually the sort of thing we'd cover. But we figure it's safe enough to bend the rules a bit when the ones doing the protesting happen to be robots. About…
Deep tech rises in Korea's venture market, while global ties remain weak
Korea's venture market is shifting toward deep-tech industries including artificial intelligence (AI) chips and robotics, but weak ties with global investors remain a drag on the country's startup ecosystem, a senior industry official said Monday.
Trump downplays AI development checks, says unwilling to cede edge to China
US President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America's edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help…
What happens when you tell Jensen Huang you're quitting Nvidia
As they were preparing to leave Nvidia, David Hoeller and Nikita Rudin anxiously hopped on a late-night call with their CEO. The two had spent years working on robotics at the chip giant, pushing the boundaries of simulation and helping pull off a…
LG AI Research seeks to address industrial challenges with 'expert' AI models
LG AI Research, an artificial intelligence (AI) institute of LG Group, has unveiled “expert” AI models based on its EXAONE large language model, which are already delivering tangible results by addressing practical challenges…
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