EngineAI CEO takes a kick from T800 humanoid to silence CGI rumors
Chinese robotics player EngineAI has escalated its response to growing skepticism around its new T800 humanoid robot. After…
Teen-built spider robot aims to regrow Portugal’s burned forests
A pair of 19-year-old innovators from Portugal has developed a new all-terrain reforestation robot designed to plant trees…
Shark-shaped submarine robot to guard 800,000 miles of subsea cables
A German defense technology firm has introduced a new autonomous underwater robot designed to patrol, map, and protect…
A humanoid robot-shaped bubble is forming, China warns
A humanoid robot bubble could be brewing, warned China’s leading economic planning agency on Thursday. The alert comes…
Russia’s first AI-powered robot walked on stage to triumphant music, took a few steps, and then immediately faceplanted
Russia’s first domestically produced artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot faceplanted during its first public demonstration this week, underscoring the…
China unveils world’s cheapest humanoid robot under $1,400
In a move that could redefine the affordability of humanoid technology, Beijing-based startup Noetix Robotics has unveiled Bumi,…
Neato’s cloud is shutting down, leaving its robovacs stuck in manual mode
Two years after US-based Neato Robotics closed up shop in 2023, its robot vacuum cleaners have reached the…
Amazon reportedly hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots
Amazon is reportedly leaning into automation plans that will enable the company to avoid hiring more than half…
China builds humanoid robot with realistic eye movements, bionic skin
A Shanghai-based company has developed humanoid robots that appear as real as humans. The advanced bionic humanoid robot…
Mind-Blowing Discovery: Canadian Robot Finds Hidden Ocean Mass Equal to 250 Million Elephants by Analyzing Earth’s Phytoplankton
A fleet of robotic floats built and guided by Canadian researchers has produced one of the most comprehensive…
AI Startups Pay People to Film Themselves Doing Chores for Robotics
Doing three loads of laundry on a Sunday morning isn’t fun. But what if you could get paid…
Humanoid robots are Meta’s next ‘AR-size bet’
This is Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The…