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Beijing's Humanoid Robot Marathon: What It Means For Robots ... And Us
What does the humanoid robot half marathon race mean for the future of robotics? And, for the future of us? Last year at the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in Beijing the winning robot stumbled across the finish line in 2 hours and 40 minutes; much…
Will Destiny the humanoid robot take your job?
Jeremy BallEast Midlands social affairs correspondent If you want to see how much Britain's industrial landscape is changing, pay a visit to Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire. Futuristic human-like robots are being developed in a village where hundreds…
When will MLB go 'full ABS,' let robot umps take over? Maybe never
They arrive with every tap on the head. They depart once their colorful robot-ump animation cartoon has filled up the nearest video board. That is life (for now) in the Land of the Robots. But for how much longer? Hardly a day goes by anymore when…
China's Newest Tech Billionaire Made His Fortune From Developing Image Sensor Chips For Robotics
Wang Xinyang, founder and chairman of Gpixel Changchun Microelectronics. Gpixel Changchun Microelectronics The trend of mainland Chinese tech companies flocking to list in Hong Kong shows no sign of abating. The latest to make its stock market…
'Super Robot Wars Y' Gets Another Free Update And New DLC
The Nightingale is returning in the latest DLC for 'Super Robot Wars Y'. Following the 35th anniversary of the Super Robot Wars series, Super Robot Wars Y is getting another free update and some new DLC. The free update unlocks the extra units that…
The New Unicorn Count Reached A 4-Year High In March, Led By Robotics, Frontier Labs And AI Infrastructure
A total of 37 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, Crunchbase data shows. The robotics sector led unicorn creation last month, with six new billion-dollar startups, including…
Beijing to hold 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in August, adding robot tug of war, pitch-pot, weightlifting
An HONOR Robotics D1 humanoid robot, dubbed “Lightning,” runs at the 2nd Humanoid Robot Half Marathon held in Beijing on April 19, 2026. Photo: Tao Mingyang/GT The second World Humanoid Robot Games will be held in Beijing from August…
Are Chinese robots 'only able to dance and run'?: Global Times editorial
Dozens of UBTECH industrial humanoid robots, Walker S1, are collaboratively handling large and heavy payload bins. Photo：UBTECH Are Chinese robots 'only able to dance and run'? This has become a recurring question raised by some Western…
Roborock is the only robot vacuum I use and today it's at a shockingly low price - save $250!
My obsession with Roborock really took off two years ago when I first joined the New York Post. That's where I went down the rabbit hole of floor care, putting everything from Miele and Dyson to Shark through the suction test. After testing the…
The viral Elon Musk robot dog explained
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Molly Shannon Recalls Will Ferrell Predicting That 'Actors Are Eventually Going to Be Replaced by Robots'
It seems Will Ferrell can add predicting the future to his list of talents. Molly Shannon made a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she opened up about her decades-long friendship with the beloved actor. She recalled working at a…
A Chinese robot just ran a marathon. What does this mean for the worker in Noida?
The breaking of the world record for a half-marathon by a humanoid robot last week in China has been called a milestone in the development of these automatons. Humanoid robots, that is, robots which have an anthropomorphic design, have been around…
AI and robots can't fill bellies - so, capitalism's end?
Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles. On the one hand, unprecedented technological advancement promises to colonize the Moon and Mars, eradicate diseases at their roots…
CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: China ships more humanoid robots than the U.S. as investors diverge on AI bets
China is winning the race to ship humanoid robots, but even its largest startups in the sector have valuations far smaller than their U.S. rivals. Geopolitics has complicated the investment landscape, with U.S. pension funds exiting the Chinese…
Nearly 75,000 gen AI tunes are uploaded to Deezer every day, which is a whole lot of robot rock
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