Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors…
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…
Nvidia’s CEO says AI adoption will be gradual, but we still may all end up making robot clothing
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang doesn’t foresee a sudden spike of AI-related layoffs, but that doesn’t mean the technology…
This Robotic Surgery Legend Is Pouring $100 Million Into Next-Gen Medical Startups
Fred Moll, the cofounder of $200 billion Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that…
NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies
Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency…
Humans Can Detect Buried Objects Without Touching Them, Study Finds
Recent research suggests that humans have a surprising ability—we can sometimes feel a physical object before making contact…
SoftBank’s Son ‘was crying’ about the firm’s need to sell its Nvidia stake AI Bets
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in…
AI-Guided Robot Plants ‘Baby Corals’ Across the Great Barrier Reef
Coral on the Great Barrier Reef – Toby Hudson CC 3.0. At the Australian Institute of Marine Science,…
China to deploy battery-swapping humanoid robots on Vietnam border
China’s UBTech Robotics has secured a 264 million yuan (US$37 million) contract to deploy industrial-grade humanoid robots across…
Agility’s ‘hardest working’ humanoid robot hits 100,000-tote milestone
Oregon-based robotics company Agility Robotics announced Thursday that its humanoid robot Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes…
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…
This Home Robot Clears Tables and Loads the Dishwasher All by Itself
Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as…