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'Hundreds' Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads
Gatik plans to have hundreds of robotic delivery trucks operating in the U.S. and Canada by the of end of 2026. Gatik, a Silicon Valley startup developing self-driving delivery trucks, says its commercial operations are about to scale up…
A robot you might want to hug?
Fauna Robotics' Sprout encourages human interactions with an expressive face and a soft foam body. Fauna Robotics' Sprout encourages human interactions with an expressive face and a soft foam body. Andrew Liszewski is a senior…
Elon Musk pivots Tesla to robotics and AI as car business flails
Tesla 's most recent quarterly earnings report showed slumping vehicle sales and declining revenue, as the company's CEO, Elon Musk, pins the company's futures on AI and robotics. The earnings report described Tesla's chaotic year as a…
Robot Trucker Waabi Wades Into Robotaxi Battle With Billion Dollar Raise
Waabi founder and CEO Raquel Urtasan There's a new competitor in the war for robotaxi supremacy and it's an unlikely one: Waabi, a Canadian self-driving truck startup created by AI scientist Raquel Urtasan. The company says it's raised up to $1…
Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon
The company will reveal its Gen 3 robot in the first quarter of 2026. The company will reveal its Gen 3 robot in the first quarter of 2026. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of…
The best robot vacuums on a budget for 2026
If vacuuming is your least favorite chore, employing a robot vacuum can save you time and stress while also making sure your home stays clean. While once most robo-vacs landed on the higher end of the price spectrum, that's not the case anymore.
Tiny autonomous robots can now swim on their own
For decades, microscopic robots lived mostly in our imagination. Movies like Fantastic Voyage convinced us that tiny machines would one day cruise through the human body, fixing problems from the inside. In reality, that future stayed frustratingly…
This fanny pack robot helped me walk miles
Oops, I did it again: I wore an exoskeleton to the world's biggest tech show, walking the streets and casinos of Las Vegas with a robot powering my legs. I don't mean I briefly tried a new gadget there. I mean that for the second year in a row…
Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots
Production of the two pioneering models will end in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk says. Production of the two pioneering models will end in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk says. Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+…
Amazing Abundance: Tesla's robot-fueled vision for the future (TSLA:NASDAQ)
Branded as “Amazing Abundance,” Tesla's (TSLA) new mission captures Elon Musk's optimism—and his expectation that Optimus robots could eventually reshape U.S. economic output. On the company's earnings call with analysts, Musk…
Elon Musk says Tesla will stop producing its S and X models as it shifts to making robots
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the company would begin phasing out its Model S and Model X electric vehicles this year and retool a California factory to produce humanoid robots instead. The announcement signals an end of an era. The two…
Tesla to scrap S and X models to make room for Musk's robots
London | San Francisco | Tesla on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) said it will scrap its S and X models and invest $US2 billion ($2.8 billion) into Elon Musk's xAI as the company shifts focus from cars to AI and robotics, after reporting its first-ever…
Approachable robots for humans
As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and…
Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots
On Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said the company is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles. 'It's time to basically bring the Model S and X programs to an end with an honorable discharge,' Musk said. Tesla beat…
Tesla ends production of Model S and Model X vehicles, will focus on robots in 2026
Elon Musk confirmed Wednesday that Tesla will stop producing its Model S and Model X premium sedans and SUVs, marking the end of an era for its longest-running models, according to reports. The move came as the company pivots toward autonomous…
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