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SoftBank, ABB consider China carve-out to salvage robotics deal
SoftBank Group and ABB are looking at carving out the Chinese part of a giant robotics deal as they explore ways to salvage a transaction blocked by Beijing, according to people familiar with the matter. The two companies and their advisers are…
SoftBank, ABB consider China carve-out to salvage robotics deal
SoftBank and Swiss engineering group ABB are exploring ways to salvage a blocked transaction, including carving out the Chinese part of a giant robotics deal, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
Peggy Johnson took humanoid robots to Wall Street. Now she has to make them profitable.
When Peggy Johnson began her career as an engineer in 1985, personal computers were only beginning to make their way into homes, the World Wide Web had yet to be invented, and humanoid robots were largely the stuff of science fiction. Four decades…
Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots
“One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I block the robot, OK?” It is a crisp fall morning in Philadelphia. Tucked away in a dingy alley, opposite a garage called Patriot Parking, 78-year-old Carolyn Marvin is laying…
Chainsaw robot looks terrifying but has a real job
If you saw a humanoid robot holding a chainsaw next to train tracks, you'd probably do a double take. I know I would. But that's exactly what's happening in Japan, where a towering chainsaw robot is cutting back branches that could interfere with…
Camerimage Opens With a Robot, an AI Reckoning and a Minute of Silence for Kraków
The AI elephant in the room took center stage on Saturday at the opening night of the 34th Camerimage Film Festival. Instead of avoiding the divisive issue of artificial intelligence, the Polish fest, the world's leading festival for the…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 235 - Robots in Dark and Scary Places
Robots in Dark and Scary Places - With Jim Green, Former NASA Chief Scientist - YouTube On Episode 235 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Rod Pyle are joined by Dr. Jim Green to talk about the past, present, and future of planetary exploration.
Pakistan-built robots serve taste of future to Karachi diners
Wheeling its way between dining booths at a neon-lit restaurant in Pakistan's Karachi megacity, a robot waitress drops off a fresh pizza to a waiting family. While global buzz is growing around agile humanoids made in the United States, China and…
Pakistan-built robots serve taste of future to Karachi diners
While global buzz is growing around agile humanoids made in the United States, China and elsewhere, robotic staff are a rare sight in the South Asian country. 'Welcome to Sicilian. My name is Robia,' the waitress says in an electronic voice…
Diden Spider Robot Climbs Steel Walls and Actually Welds Them
A welding tool is only useful if you can get it to the seam. Inside a ship's steel structure, that can mean bringing a worker, equipment, and a platform into position before the actual welding begins. It's the less glamorous side of industrial…
Agility Robotics becomes first public pure-play humanoid robot maker
Agility Robotics began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday under the ticker symbol AGLT, becoming the first publicly listed company in the United States built entirely around humanoid robots. The Oregon company completed its merger with…
$240M for Harbinger, $51M for Humble Robotics, €30M for Vaeridion
• Harbinger, a Garden Grove, Calif.-based EV truck maker, raised a $240m Series D. Tiger Global, Capricorn, and Ridgeline led, joined by FedEx, Fidelity, Squarepoint Capital, Xantium, Maniv, Greycroft, Australian Gulf Capital, PanaceaVC…
SoftBank, ABB Explore China Carve-Out to Salvage Robotics Deal
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Softbank Group's logo at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Manami Yamada/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo Japan's SoftBank and Swiss engineering group ABB are looking at carving out the…
Early Black Friday Robot Vacuum Deals: Save Up to 55% on Dyson, Eufy, Roomba, and More
Robot vacuums tend to receive meaningful discounts on sales holidays, with Black Friday being one of the best times of the year to grab one. Premium models are knocked down to midrange prices, and midrange models hit the bargain bin. When shopping…
Agility Robotics Starts Nasdaq Trading After $465 Million Raise
Agility Robotics entered Nasdaq trading Nov. 5 after a merger and related financings brought in about $465 million before expenses, taking a commercial humanoid-robotics company into U.S. public markets. The merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI…
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