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OpenAI is building a humanoid robot, but the body isn't the real challenge
Figuring out how the 'brain' will work will take a lot of time. While OpenAI is already busy with the development of AI models and new consumer hardware, CEO Sam Altman and his team apparently have time for one more project: a humanoid robot. On…
Wearable robots offer mobility to people with disabilities in Seoul
Advanced rehabilitation involving wearable robotics has traditionally remained out of reach for many due to high costs and limited availability outside major medical centers. Now, a pioneering municipal program in western Seoul is bringing this…
Why Serve Robotics Stock Plunged This Week
Thanks to a Wall Street analyst cutting earnings estimates and pointing to deeper multi-year losses, shares of Serve Robotics (SERV -7.45%) tumbled this week. Serve Robotics stock closed at $3.49 on Friday, Oct. 16, down 25.7% from Friday, Oct. 9's…
Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot
Police in Cologne, Germany, have seized a humanoid robot after a pair of livestreamers used it to sexually harass a teenage girl. According to a police statement released Monday, the robot “allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl on the…
Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers
Amazon has officially surpassed a fleet of 1 million robots, an arsenal of mechanical arms, Roomba-like floor loaders, and hulking pallet sorting machines. Each robot is a node in an intricate web allowing the corporation to speed up delivery times…
Kraken Robotics Stock in 3 Years: Boom, Bust, or Quietly Crushing It?
Kraken Robotics (KRKNF +2.31%) is positioning itself as a leading provider of technologies supporting crewless underwater vehicles, subsea monitoring, and other maritime applications. The company is a leader in battery technologies for underwater…
Chinese Companies Lead First-Half Humanoid Robot Revenue Rankings
Every company in the five highest positions for first-half 2026 humanoid robot revenue was Chinese, while the global market generated $540 million over those six months. Companies sold 36,000 humanoid robots worldwide from January through June…
Techable VC Founder Says Robotics Still Needs Core Components
Robotics remains in what Techable VC founder and managing partner Amulya Vishwanath calls a “Lego era,” as developers continue work on key hardware, software and safety elements, TechCrunch reported Oct. 16. Before founding Techable…
Exclusive: Musk tells Isaacson 'AI and robots' will need to fix deficit
Elon Musk tells biographer Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that the fizzled DOGE experiment, which the SpaceX and Tesla CEO once headed, proved there's 'no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government.' 'The only way…
World's first space junk-collecting robot claw underway to combat deadly amount of trash in orbit
The long arm of the claw is coming for space junk. The UK is launching a first-of-its-kind mission to rid the atmosphere of space junk, which involves using giant, satellite-propelled claws to snatch it from the sky. On Wednesday, the UK Space…
Ex-U Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot 'taking over human jobs'
She's not going to let the robots take over without a fight. A retired University of Pennsylvania professor was hauled away by cops after staging a one-woman blockade against an Uber Eats delivery robot — and she's vowing to keep raging…
Team develops embodied robotic arm 'EmArm' with human-like touch sensing
A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an Embodied Sensorimotor Robotic Arm (EmArm) capable of whole-arm tactile sensing and adaptive manipulation. By embedding a soft optical tactile skin…
Dystopian moment woman is arrested for blocking food delivery robot
Stunning video showed the moment a Philadelphia woman was taken away by police after standing in front of a futuristic food delivery robot to block it from reaching its destination. Carolyn Marvin, 78, was arrested around 1.16pm on Wednesday after…
AI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train AI robots - wearable sensors record video of repair work for robotics training, free services also include electrical work, air duct cleaning, and carpet cleaning
An AI lab that specializes in gathering real-world data wants to partner with homeowners to record how skilled laborers do their jobs to train AI robots. HUMXN said it will subsidize plumbing, electrical, HVAC, air-duct cleaning, and carpet…
How this £150,000 robot 'firefighter' will be a vital life saver
Shooting out hundreds of gallons of water into the heart of a roaring blaze, Scotland's first firefighting robot blasts into action. Currently being trialled by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), the remarkable machine has already helped…
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