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Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you
If you dread making your bed each morning, now robots may be able to do the job for you. In a video released Friday, two of Figure AI's humanoids walk into a minimalist bedroom and begin tidying it up. One hangs up a coat, another closes a laptop…
Airline flight delayed for bizarre reason as humanoid robot triggers safety query
A Southwest Airlines flight was delayed for about an hour recently for a most unusual reason. A humanoid robot had been brought on board as a passenger. But it couldn't take to the skies right away. The 75-pound robot, named Bebop, was traveling…
Crazy viral video of Robots fighting ahead of a match in the Bay Area
A crazy video has gone viral of humanoid robots fighting each other ahead of an upcoming match in the Bay Area and it really does look like something out a sci-fi movie. While we still aren't flying off in hover cars or jet packs, it appears robot…
The Roomba Guy Just Built a Robot Pet You Might Actually Love
If you've ever watched your Roomba bump helplessly into a chair leg for the third time and thought, “I deserve better from my robots,” you're not alone. And apparently, neither did Colin Angle. The co-founder of iRobot, the man who…
Unmanned Japan lab opens with robots at work as researchers push AI, automation
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments Published May 10, 2026, 11:12 AM TOKYO – A Tokyo-based university in Japan has opened a laboratory where robots are carrying out medical experiments once handled by human…
Assured Robot Intelligence Joins Meta in 2026 - Why This Redraws AI Spending Plans
Alarmed by Meta's May 1, 2026 acquisition, investors and engineers are recalculating priorities. This matters now because Meta raised projected 2026 capital spending by $10 billion and immediately folded Assured Robot Intelligence's team into its…
Chess Learns to Live With Its Robot Overlords
At FIDE's “ Chess & AI in Education ” Congress in Menorca, Spain, in April, the message was not that robots are coming for the classroom with a rook lift and a lesson plan. It was that AI is turning chess into a test lab for how…
Capgemini Warns CEOs: Physical AI Can No Longer Be Ignored
Coming soon: physical AI robots autonomously sort warehouse packages using vision and real-time decision-making. In the same manner that generative AI is transforming knowledge work, physical AI is poised to transform manual, operational, and…
I review the new Shark robot vacuum that talks like a true Southerner
READ MORE: Japan's incredible home cleaning gadgets revealed, after football fans were hailed as 'classy' and 'respectful' for picking up rubbish at Wembley Stadium SHOP: Tried and tested - the best cordless vacuums to buy right now from big brands…
Bullish on Robotaxis? This Is the Stock To Buy (Hint: It's Not Tesla or Alphabet)
For nearly a decade, technologists and business titans have predicted that self-driving cars are on the verge of going mainstream. Tesla (TSLA +3.93%) CEO Elon Musk has been talking up his vision of a robotaxi network for more than a decade…
Is Cathie Wood Still Hopeful About Tesla (TSLA)?
Cathie Wood's 11 Biggest AI and Data Center Stock Picks. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) ranks #1 (see Cathie Wood's 5 Biggest AI and Data Center Stock Picks). Wood has a $2,600 price target for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) for 2029. In a YouTube interview…
NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech NASA's Curiosity rover got stuck in a rock, and consequently found itself in a hard place. Last month, the Mars robot was drilling into a rock sample using its robotic arm, as is…
Dyson's powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time
The last-gen robot vacuum tackled dirty carpets well in our testing, especially compared to the newer Spot + Scrub Ai. The last-gen robot vacuum tackled dirty carpets well in our testing, especially compared to the newer Spot + Scrub Ai. If you buy…
Should AI Agents Be In Your Org Charts? 31% Of Leaders Are Framing Them As 'Employees'
The semi-humanoid robot Pepper, developed by SoftBank Robotics, during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Should AI agents be framed as employees? This is not a…
The AI Industrial Explosion - Part 2: Transition Dynamics - LessWrong
This is Part 2 of a series on post-AGI economic growth. Part 1 established that a fully automated economy could double roughly every year using current technology. But the US economy does not currently look like a self-reproducing capital machine.
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