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scmp.com - Bloomberg - Robots to the rescue? South Korea looks for solutions to falling army numbers
Robots to the rescue? South Korea looks for solutions to falling army numbers
South China Morning Post

South Korea 's military is exploring a strategic partnership with Hyundai Motor to potentially deploy robotics to the front lines as Seoul accelerates investment in AI-powered, unmanned systems to tackle a deepening troop shortage. The defence…

upi.com - Tae-gyu Kim - KB Financial unveils humanoid robot for senior care
KB Financial unveils humanoid robot for senior care
UPI

SEOUL, May 10 (UPI) -- South Korea's KB Financial Group unveiled a humanoid robot for senior care during AI EXPO Korea 2026 held in southern Seoul. During the three-day event last week, KB Financial showcased the humanoid robot, named 'GenP,' which…

ajc.com - Adam Van Brimmer - Can man and (dog) robot work together? At Hyundai plant, they already do.
Can man and (dog) robot work together? At Hyundai plant, they already do.
ajc

“Spot would walk up beside them and it would startle them,” said Susan Williams, who heads the factory's training program through Quick Start, a state-funded workforce development organization. “You can't have people screaming…

techxplore.com - Seoul National University - Artificial muscle merges sensing and movement in one structure for humanoid robots
Artificial muscle merges sensing and movement in one structure for humanoid robots
Tech Xplore

A research team has developed an 'intelligent artificial muscle' capable of simultaneously performing sensing and actuation functions, inspired by biological muscle–tendon complexes. This artificial muscle, which embeds liquid metal channels…

straitstimes.com - South Korea exploring using Hyundai robots as army numbers fall
South Korea exploring using Hyundai robots as army numbers fall
The Straits Times

Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments Published May 11, 2026, 01:15 PM SEOUL – South Korea's military is exploring a strategic partnership with Hyundai Motor to potentially deploy robotics to the front lines as Seoul…

marketbeat.com - Top Robotics Stocks To Follow Today - May 10th
Top Robotics Stocks To Follow Today - May 10th
MarketBeat

5 Stocks Racing Ahead as AI Supercharges Robotics Teradyne, Ouster, Serve Robotics, PROCEPT BioRobotics, Richtech Robotics, MDA Space, and Mobilicom are the seven Robotics stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool.

scroll.in - Tabassum Barnagarwala - Indian hospitals are pushing robotic surgery, but do you really need it?
Indian hospitals are pushing robotic surgery, but do you really need it?
Scroll.in

On the morning of March 27, a group of eager onlookers gathered around a robot and a computer screen at a convention centre in Mumbai. Among them was Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. They watched as a doctor, wearing polarised 3D…

benzinga.com - Badar Shaikh - Bernie Sanders Says Driverless Vehicles, Jeff Bezos' '$100 Billion' Robot Factory Vision Threaten Million
Bernie Sanders Says Driverless Vehicles, Jeff Bezos' '$100 Billion' Robot Factory Vision Threaten Million
Benzinga

Sanders said that Bezos's vision of automating factories would mean “ending working-class people making a living in manufacturing.” He also said that driverless vehicles expanding all over the country would result in the loss of…

tomshardware.com - Etiido Uko - MIT researchers revive 40-year-old triangular zipper concept now made possible by 3D printing, creates shape-shifting robots and deployable structures - 3D-printed 'Y-Zipper' turns floppy tentacles into rigid beams in seconds
MIT researchers revive 40-year-old triangular zipper concept now made possible by 3D printing, creates shape-shifting robots and deployable structures - 3D-printed 'Y-Zipper' turns floppy tentacles into rigid beams in seconds
Tom's Hardware

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a three-sided zipper that transforms 3D-printed floppy structures into rigid, load-bearing forms in seconds. The mechanism, called the…

scmp.com - Liu Zhen - Underwater anti-mine technology takes centre stage at Chinese defence show
Underwater anti-mine technology takes centre stage at Chinese defence show
South China Morning Post

China unveiled some of its most advanced military technology, including robot dogs and an AI-enabled underwater system that can neutralise mines, at a defence expo. Autonomous underwater vehicles designed to be launched by submarine were one of the…

forbes.com - Forbes Asia Team - Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2026: Nominations Are Now Open
Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2026: Nominations Are Now Open
Forbes

Since 2021, the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch List has featured some of the fastest-growing and most innovative companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Last year's listees included Aimed Bio, a South Korean biotech company that went public in December and…

fortune.com - Fortune Editors - Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says 2026 is the year AI agents go mainstream-and the smartphone's and the smartphone's reign as your primary device is ending
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says 2026 is the year AI agents go mainstream-and the smartphone's and the smartphone's reign as your primary device is ending
Fortune

You may not have heard of Qualcomm, but you have definitely used the company's products. Many major smart device manufacturers use Qualcomm's technology, ranging from physical chips in our phones to the 4G, 5G, and soon, 6G networks that connect…

businessinsider.com - Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert - Restaurant workers' new AI coworkers have got every recipe memorized and may tattle to their boss
Restaurant workers' new AI coworkers have got every recipe memorized and may tattle to their boss
Business Insider

At some Burger King drive-thrus, an AI assistant named Patty is quietly listening in. The system can hear when employees tell customers an item is out of stock and check the store's inventory. It can compare restaurants' 'friendliness' scores by…

bloomberg.com - Ike Swetlitz - Why Brain Implants Are More Than a Sci-Fi Fantasy
Why Brain Implants Are More Than a Sci-Fi Fantasy
Bloomberg

Science fiction has long imagined a world where our brains interact with machines to restore and augment our abilities — think of the neural implants that connected to Geordi La Forge's visor in Star Trek or allowed Alex Murphy to be reborn…

theatlantic.com - Xochitl Gonzalez - Save the Taxi Drivers
Save the Taxi Drivers
The Atlantic

In the beginning, God created Man and Man created cities. And from these cities sprang forth a service to cart Man around: the taxi. And it was good. So good that, over centuries, it barely changed. Visitors to ancient Rome could hail a cisium. In…

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