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businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you
Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you
Business Insider

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…

foxnews.com - Kelly McGreal - Airline flight delayed for bizarre reason as humanoid robot triggers safety query
Airline flight delayed for bizarre reason as humanoid robot triggers safety query
Fox News

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…

nypost.com - Katie Jerkovich - Crazy viral video of Robots fighting ahead of a match in the Bay Area
Crazy viral video of Robots fighting ahead of a match in the Bay Area
New York Post

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…

yankodesign.com - Ida Torres - The Roomba Guy Just Built a Robot Pet You Might Actually Love
The Roomba Guy Just Built a Robot Pet You Might Actually Love
Yanko Design

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…

straitstimes.com - Unmanned Japan lab opens with robots at work as researchers push AI, automation
Unmanned Japan lab opens with robots at work as researchers push AI, automation
The Straits Times

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…

glassalmanac.com - Emily Thompson - Assured Robot Intelligence Joins Meta in 2026 - Why This Redraws AI Spending Plans
Assured Robot Intelligence Joins Meta in 2026 - Why This Redraws AI Spending Plans
Glass Almanac

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…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Chess Learns to Live With Its Robot Overlords
Chess Learns to Live With Its Robot Overlords
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

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…

forbes.com - Dr. Jonathan Reichental - Capgemini Warns CEOs: Physical AI Can No Longer Be Ignored
Capgemini Warns CEOs: Physical AI Can No Longer Be Ignored
Forbes

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…

dailymail.com - Danielle Amato - I review the new Shark robot vacuum that talks like a true Southerner
I review the new Shark robot vacuum that talks like a true Southerner
Mail Online

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…

fool.com - Jeremy Bowman - Bullish on Robotaxis? This Is the Stock To Buy (Hint: It's Not Tesla or Alphabet)
Bullish on Robotaxis? This Is the Stock To Buy (Hint: It's Not Tesla or Alphabet)
The Motley Fool

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…

yahoo.com - Fahad Saleem - Is Cathie Wood Still Hopeful About Tesla (TSLA)?
Is Cathie Wood Still Hopeful About Tesla (TSLA)?
Yahoo!

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…

futurism.com - Frank Landymore - NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free
NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free
Futurism

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…

theverge.com - Sheena Vasani - Dyson's powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time
Dyson's powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time
The Verge

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…

forbes.com - Doug Melville - Should AI Agents Be In Your Org Charts? 31% Of Leaders Are Framing Them As 'Employees'
Should AI Agents Be In Your Org Charts? 31% Of Leaders Are Framing Them As 'Employees'
Forbes

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…

lesswrong.com - The AI Industrial Explosion - Part 2: Transition Dynamics - LessWrong
The AI Industrial Explosion - Part 2: Transition Dynamics - LessWrong
Transformative AI

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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