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Chinese Robots Could Decide the AI Race
The fastest track and field athlete is no longer the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. In fact, it is not a person at all: it is the Chinese humanoid robot Tiangong Ultra, which in August ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, nearly two-tenths of a second…
Chinese robot upstart sets goal of selling at least 10,000 humanoid robots by 2030
Dozens of UBTECH industrial humanoid robots carry out training tasks at a smart factory in the Qianwan New Area in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, on March 1, 2025. Photo: VCG Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTECH has set up a joint venture…
Hyosung Chemical brings high-performance plastics to Europe for EVs, robots
Hyosung Chemical, a major Korean producer of advanced industrial polymers, is pushing its high-performance plastics into the European market. The company is targeting automakers and robotics manufacturers with specialized materials engineered for…
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Can Dreame persuade India to let the robot vacuums do the cleaning?
For a category that promises to take the labour out of cleaning, robotic vacuum cleaners have a rather considerable task ahead of them in India. They must first persuade consumers that the technology can do the job properly, then convince them that…
Humanoid Robots Could Be a $5 Trillion Market. Here Are 3 Stocks Positioned to Win.
Last year, Morgan Stanley (MS +1.38%) released a report detailing how humanoid robots could become a $5 trillion market by 2050. While it may seem unrealistic now, the rapid advances of artificial intelligence (AI) technology can gradually make…
Nature-inspired 'vine robot' reaches where firefighters cannot after battery facility blaze
When a fire broke out at a military battery storage facility in South Chungcheon Province in August, the building's advanced fireproofing worked as designed. The reinforced concrete walls and automated sprinklers contained the blaze before the…
Honda Wants to Put a Robotic Lab Assistant on Future Commercial Space Stations
As I'm writing this I'm able to stare out into my driveway at my trusty Honda Odyssey. Most of the public's association with Honda is through their “mobility” products - i.e. their cars. But the company has an impressive track record…
Time traveller' from 2609 has disturbing news for when robots will take over
A cryptic social media user, claiming to be a 'time traveller from the year 2609', has made bold claims about when ' robots will take over' Earth. The enigmatic 'Aqua Traveller', who posts under the handle @aqua_time_traveller, has amassed over…
University of Bradford behind new £3.67 million robotics hub
Based in Yorkshire and led by the University of Bradford, the Yorkshire Robotics Adoption Hub aims to help manufacturers adopt robotics and automation technologies, with a focus on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project…
Girls take controls at Michigan robotics invitational in Woodhaven
WOODHAVEN, Mich. – Dozens of girls from across Michigan took center stage in Woodhaven this weekend, competing in a First Robotics girls-only invitational that's become a launching pad for the next generation of women in STEM. Dozens of…
I watched 6-foot robots fight with blades. This is San Francisco now
By Zara Stone Tech Culture Reporter Photographers were ordered to back away from the cage as two blade-wielding humanoid robots entered the ring Friday night. Rektile, a 6-foot-2, 180 pound-machine sported steel claws, while its opponent, the…
Top Robotics Stocks Worth Watching - October 11th
Prepare for the Next Wave of Factory Automation With These 3 Standout Names Teradyne, Ouster, MDA Space, PROCEPT BioRobotics, Serve Robotics, RoboStrategy, and Richtech Robotics are the seven Robotics stocks to watch today, according to…
California orders company to stop its 'illegal' human-robot cage fights
California has issued a warning of illegality to a robot fighting league after it staged a human-robot cage fight. Robot Entertainment Kombat is a robot fighting league, founded by VR entrepreneur Cix Liv. Based in San Francisco, the league stages…
A South Carolina car plant retired its first humanoid robot after it helped build 30,000 vehicles in eleven months, and a more dexterous replacement took its place on the line
A line of sheet metal panels moves past an empty workstation where a pair of mechanical arms once placed each piece by hand. The machine that worked that spot is gone now. Something newer stands there instead, assigned to a different part of the…
They've been flipped, kicked and even hit by trains, all in the name of delivering food
Los Angeles: The food delivery robot was planted face down on a downtown Los Angeles footpath, its four wheels askew, when Jag Gonzalez came to its rescue. Small, squat and controlled by artificial intelligence, the machine can do most tasks on its…
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