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The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, both moves citing national-security concerns. The drone tariffs take effect in…
Alarming Study Suggests That Using AI Is Turning Humans More Robotic
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Now that AI models have officially passed the Turing Test, there's no doubt that they're capable of imitating human traits — at least in text form — to a degree that…
Hong Kong's first fully autonomous robot retail stores to open Tuesday
Hong Kong's first fully autonomous robot retail stores will begin operations on Tuesday, with the initial three Galbot Store outlets opening at the Hung Hom waterfront, Wan Chai waterfront and Kai Tak Sports Park. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
Honor Robot Phone hands-on: A gimbal phone experiment with promising results
In an era of hugely popular gimbal cameras like DJI's Osmo series, not to mention countless smartphone gimbals, Honor's Robot Phone is an ambitious attempt to combine that stabilization technology with the phone itself — no peripheral…
This Startup Says Your House Should Be the Robot, Not 'Have' a Robot
Most of the AI money right now is betting on robots. Hundreds of embodied-AI startups and their backers are convinced that a bipedal machine will eventually become the household's operating system, rolling from room to room and handling everything.
Making A Robot To Serve Some Mean Badminton Shuttlecocks
Sometimes regarded as a less violent form of tennis, badminton is still a pretty challenging sport. One which suffers like so many sports from requiring at least two players since magically flying balls and shuttlecocks haven't been invented yet.
At your service: Hong Kong welcomes first humanoid robot-run convenience stores
Hong Kong's first convenience stores operated by humanoid robots will open on Tuesday, with the Beijing-based company behind it planning to establish about 10 more outlets locally as it makes the city its first stop in “going…
AI and robotics drive an IPO boom in China as Shein lists in Hong Kong
Chinese markets are booming with new public stock offerings, energized by the craze for artificial intelligence and other advanced technology and a growing preference to list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In the latest big stock listing, shares…
China's robot beat Bolt - then it hit the wall
Two major races were won and lost in Beijing on August 26. On one track, a humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, nearly a full second under Usain Bolt's world record. On another, the same robot slammed into the padded wall at the end of…
Israeli short 'Two Robots' film wins San Francisco sci-fi award
Israeli filmmaker Eyal Padan's animated short film Two Robots has won the Best Mini Film award at the San Francisco Science Fiction Short Film & TV Awards. The film will be screened on September 13 at the Marina Theatre in San Francisco as part of…
GXO CEO: Better robot hands, not Olympic-level humanoids, are what businesses really need
In today's CEO Daily: Patrick Kelleher explains why robots that can do a Vulcan salute are more impressive than those that can run faster than Usain Bolt The big leadership story: Offshore nuclear power: A question of ‘when, not if' The…
Meet the Robot Dog Built to Climb Your Stairs With Your Packages
I've lost count of how many times a delivery robot has shown up in a video, rolled confidently across a parking lot, and then just stopped at the base of a staircase like it hit an invisible wall. That has always been the real bottleneck in…
The Greatest Robot Anime Is Back With Something to Prove
The new Mobile Suit Gundam movie is mad as hell and relishes in the franchise's intoxicating weirdness. This review was originally published May 19. We're republishing it now that Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe is streaming…
My robot vacuum can map a house. My car broke its brain
It's Friday afternoon, and I'm picking up a few friends for a Taylor Swift-themed hangout later on. But the backseat of my car is covered in dog hair, and I'm in no mood to wrestle one of those long-hosed vacuums at my local car wash. The suction…
Scientists build tiny robots without motors that can fly using sound waves alone
If you blow across the top of an empty bottle you'll hear a clear, steady note. Now, engineers have used that same concept to power tiny robots that move without a single motor on board. These new devices are powered entirely by sound. When the…
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