Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything |

Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufacturers have shown growing interest in startups that…

Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is. |

Martinez, California, is about as far as you can get from Silicon Valley and still be in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perched on the…

The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain

The humanoid robot of the future is a hulking specimen with a body that’s made in China and a brain that runs on American silicon.…

I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?

I am no longer a mere human being. I am a conduit of reality, a medium of messages. I hold a knife in my hand…

If You Have $650,000 and Don’t Buy This Giant Mecha Robot You’re a Fool

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation,…

Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data |

Asia’s push into physical AI is being fueled by the same manufacturing prowess that made the region a global industrial powerhouse. Across South Korea, Japan,…

Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US,…

Tuya Smart introduces enhanced Hey Tuya and expanded AI capabilities for hardware innovations that advance AI Home, AI Robot, and AI Energy ecosystems

/PRNewswire/ — Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA, HKEX: 2391), a leading global provider of AI cloud platforms, today launched its newly redesigned Hey Tuya at the…

Ace the Ping-Pong Robot Can Whup Your Ass

Ace is a robot that aims high: It wants to become the world champion of table tennis. It was developed by Sony AI researchers who,…

A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China

Over the weekend in China, a humanoid robot shattered world half-marathon record—the human record—by seven minutes. The star performer was a robot developed by the…