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newstatesman.com - Nicholas Harris - Diane Morgan's very human robot
Diane Morgan's very human robot
The Newstatesman

It's as if all our social anxieties have arrived at once: failsons, artificial intelligence and social care. Sue is 80, and starting to feel it, beginning not just to fall but to “have” falls, falls that she resolutely explains away…

forbes.com - Bernard Marr - BYD's Bold Plan To Beat Tesla In The Humanoid Robot Race
BYD's Bold Plan To Beat Tesla In The Humanoid Robot Race
Forbes

BYD is expanding beyond electric vehicles with an ambitious humanoid robot strategy spanning factories, dealerships and eventually consumers' homes. BYD beat Tesla to become the world's leading seller of electric vehicles in 2025. Now the Chinese…

standard.co.uk - Laura Elston - Anne's royal encounter with humanoid robot on trip to South Korea
Anne's royal encounter with humanoid robot on trip to South Korea
Evening Standard

The Princess Royal experienced a royal meet and greet with a difference in South Korea when she shook hands with a humanoid robot. Anne, who is on a three-day official visit to the republic, watched as the state of the art machine ran speedily back…

mirror.co.uk - Zahra Khaliq - Tesco trials huge change to UK supermarkets as '6ft AI robot' spotted in store
Tesco trials huge change to UK supermarkets as '6ft AI robot' spotted in store
Daily Mirror

Tesco is trialing a new 6.5ft aisle-roaming robot to help detect missing stock and pricing errors. The life-sized machine will use AI and computer vision to independently roam supermarket aisles and continuously monitor shelves - saving staff from…

bloomberg.com - China Sends Robots Out Into the World to Learn How to Be Human
China Sends Robots Out Into the World to Learn How to Be Human
Bloomberg

In an industrial park on the outskirts of Beijing, a humanoid arm picks up a bag of Lay's potato chips and places it neatly along a row of snacks on a shelf. Nearby, a worker films himself grabbing cushions off a sofa and folding sheets on a bed…

autoguide.com - Michael Accardi - GM Wants Suppliers To Prove They Are Replacing People With Robots
GM Wants Suppliers To Prove They Are Replacing People With Robots
Autoguide

General Motors is literally coming for people's jobs. GM has launched a new Overall Automation Maturity Index, or OAMI, that asks major suppliers to grade how automated their operations are on a five-point scale. The program started in March, when…

theguardian.com - Michael Hogan - Bite my shiny metal ass! TV's all-time top robots
Bite my shiny metal ass! TV's all-time top robots
The Guardian

The robots are coming. And one of them happens to look a lot like Philomena Cunk in a wig. This week sees the arrival of Ann Droid, the BBC's new odd-couple comedy. Diane Morgan stars as a secondhand elderly care bot, foisted upon Sue Johnston 's…

yahoo.com - Maham Fatima - Himax (HIMX) Launches HE Series iToF Depth Decoder ICs for AI Vision and Robotics
Himax (HIMX) Launches HE Series iToF Depth Decoder ICs for AI Vision and Robotics
Yahoo!

Himax Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is one of the best performing semiconductor stocks to invest in. On June 30, Himax launched its HE Series indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) Depth Decoder ICs, designed to enhance 3D sensing for robotics…

bloomberg.com - Samantha Kelly - Toyota-Backed Startup Walden Robotics Comes Out of Stealth With $1.1 Billion Valuation
Toyota-Backed Startup Walden Robotics Comes Out of Stealth With $1.1 Billion Valuation
Bloomberg

Walden Robotics, a startup working on humanoids that was spun out of a Toyota robotics research lab, has secured approximately $300 million in funding as it emerges from stealth with a valuation of $1.1 billion. The seed round was co-led by…

independent.co.uk - Laura Elston - Anne's royal meet and greet with a robot during South Korea tour
Anne's royal meet and greet with a robot during South Korea tour
The Independent

The Princess Royal enjoyed a royal meeting with a twist when she shook hands with a robot. The futuristic meet and greet took place in South Korea where Anne in on a three-day official trip. She watched as the state of the art machine ran speedily…

fool.com - Anthony Di Pizio - Is This Robotics Stock a Potential 10-Bagger?
Is This Robotics Stock a Potential 10-Bagger?
The Motley Fool

Serve Robotics (SERV 0.95%) develops last-mile logistics solutions. It believes robots and drones are perfect for delivering food, retail goods, and other small commercial loads, because they are far more efficient and less expensive than current…

jpost.com - ANNA AHRONHEIM - Robotican: Robots built for the front lines, and below them
Robotican: Robots built for the front lines, and below them
The Jerusalem Post

“It's the era of robots,” Robotican CEO Hagai Balshai told Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post. Robotican began as a small engineering company in the Negev a short drive away from the Gaza border, built by robotics researchers who…

pcmag.com - Juhi Wadia - Put Your Feet Up and Save $120 With This iRobot Robot Vacuum Deal
Put Your Feet Up and Save $120 With This iRobot Robot Vacuum Deal
PCMag

Living your best, maximum comfort life is about never having to interrupt your relaxation for annoying household chores. Walmart's Deals of the Day prioritizes your comfort by running great discounts on essential tech, and I have picked my top…

axios.com - Anna Spiegel - Your next DoorDash could arrive by robot
Your next DoorDash could arrive by robot
Axios

A new fleet of delivery robots is rolling into Logan Circle this week, with ambitions to expand across D.C. if diners embrace them. Why it matters: Robo-couriers have beep-booped around the DMV for nearly a decade, but earlier experiments struggled…

pcmag.com - Juhi Wadia - An Immaculate Deal: Save $200 Off Powerful Eufy Robot Vacuum and Mop Today
An Immaculate Deal: Save $200 Off Powerful Eufy Robot Vacuum and Mop Today
PCMag

Did you also spend Saturday mornings glued to the TV, completely obsessed with Inspector Gadget and his trench coat full of amazing tech? I love how now you don't even need a cartoon coat to live out those childhood dreams; you just need a few…

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