From ‘AI slop’ to world models, bubbles and small models: What to expect from AI in 2026
People getting peeved with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) did not go unnoticed by dictionaries in 2025. A couple…
LG teases a new chore-completing home robot
LG is getting ready to take the wraps off a new robot it claims is capable of performing…
Japan’s NTT to deploy more than 1,000 autonomous buses and robot taxis
May Mobility is one of four startups that Japanese telecommunications group NTT has partnered with or invested in. TSUBASA…
NASA’s cute cube robot flies autonomously for first time on ISS
Stanford researchers are bringing a sci-fi vision to life aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They have become…
YouTuber bypasses AI ethics, successfully gets robot to shoot him in chest in chilling video
In a chilling social experiment, a YouTuber demonstrated how easy it was to bypass the safety protocols of…
Tesla Optimus’s fall in Miami demo sparks remote operation debate
A new video from a Tesla demonstration in Miami shows the Optimus humanoid robot falling during its presentation.…
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…
Humanoid robots present an unprecedented dilemma for the economy
There is a lot of anxious talk in share markets about whether we’re in the midst of an…
Figure humanoid robots retire bruised after 11 months of work at BMW
California-based Figure AI announced on Wednesday that it is officially retiring its Figure 02 (F.02) humanoid robots. The…
Humans Have Form of ‘Remote Touch,’ Scientists Claim
Humans possess the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have, according to…
Burkhard Boeckem, CTO of Hexagon, to Deliver Keynote at Geo Week 2026
Presentation on precision and intelligence to explore the next era of geospatial innovation Portland, Maine – USA, November…
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…