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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…
Amazon's Astro home robot has fans but looks destined for the 'trash heap.' Why it's trying again
Amazon has formed a new home robot team and is hiring for a “new-to-world robot product,” according to CNBC's analysis of job posts. The company has tried to break into the consumer robotics market before with the launch of its $1450…
Serve Robotics: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors
On its third-quarter 2026 earnings call, held on Nov. 5, 2026, Serve Robotics (SERV +38.79%) raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $12 million. The autonomous delivery company is cutting operating expenses while expanding software licensing…
Purdue Graduate Researcher Proposes Robot Trial for Nigerian Refineries
Temitope Amosa, a Purdue graduate researcher, urged Nigeria to test robots able to handle refinery equipment, arguing they could limit workers' exposure to hazardous tasks amid maintenance and safety challenges at state plants. Amosa made the…
AI-assisted learning platform helps robots reason beyond literal commands
Humans are intuitive by nature. We can sense meaning beyond the literal words that we encounter. Now, a new artificial intelligence-assisted learning platform developed by MIT engineers is enabling robots to read larger meaning into a human's…
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…
Nebraska robotics program inspires students to pursue growing careers in automation and technology
OMAHA, Neb. — As technology continues to advance, the demand for skilled workers in robotics is growing. But how do we get the next generation interested in the field? One robotics program is working to inspire more students to explore the…
Where is the woman arrested for blocking Uber Eats robots now?
A 78-year-old university professor who was arrested for blocking delivery robots in Philadelphia is back on the sidewalks, and she has no intention of ending her protests. Carolyn Marvin, a semi-retired communications professor at the University of…
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…
AHA! Night Nov. 12 Brings Robots, Art Markets to New Bedford
Downtown New Bedford turns into a sprawling open house this Thursday, November 12, when AHA! Night returns with artisan markets, a working robotics lab tour and a rare peek inside the home where Frederick Douglass once found refuge. The free…
Ukraine builds combat robots to hunt Russian troops in underground gas pipelines - UGVs adapted following 15-kilometer subterranean assault
Ukraine is developing a new class of combat robots designed to operate inside underground gas pipelines, where Russian troops have repeatedly attempted to bypass frontline defenses, United24Media reports. The project, disclosed by Ukraine's 2…
French carmaker Renault wants to get into the military robot business
Forget what your Fox News -addicted uncle told you about cheese-eating surrender monkeys. The French military has centuries of storied military victories and traditions behind it, and Renault wants in on that action with a new, autonomous electric…
A two pound robot duck ran 4,096 parallel practice sessions inside a computer before ever touching a floor, and that virtual run compressed years of practice into hours
A two pound machine shaped like a cartoon duck wobbles across a stage floor, sits down, then attempts a clumsy somersault. It is actually a demonstration of something much bigger happening inside a server rack far from that stage. Every wobble…
Samsung, Hyundai Motor Group join forces to lead future industries
Top executives from Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) held a rare joint gathering, Monday, to strengthen cooperation in physical artificial intelligence (AI) and next-generation mobility technologies, signaling closer ties between…
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