Tennis is a sport that can’t be played alone, unless you roll this robot onto the court with you. Acemate’s rechargeable machine catches balls in its net and shoots one back, with full-court coverage up to about 16 feet per second on all surface types.

Investors are pouring billions into companies pitching humanoid robots, but functional versions are decades away.

The robot, built by local robotics firm OryLab and called OriHime, offers guided walking tours to visitors to Japan’s capital city by talking into their ear and showing them around, The Japan Times reported.

Part of the problem is that workers and outdated machinery that sort bottles, cans, paper, and plastic at recycling facilities miss a lot of recyclables, leading to waste. Glacier’s AI-powered robot can identify more than 30 recyclable materials,

DoorDash customers in Los Angeles might soon have their food brought to them by one of Serve Robotics’ sidewalk delivery bots. The two companies on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership that would see them using autonomous robots to make deliveries across the U.

The robot can be controlled remotely using a computer and joystick by operators. The robot navigates around the hazardous environment, swimming in the water inside the nuclear reactor vessel, sticking to the walls with vacuum-pad feet, and using a probe to carry out ultrasonic testing.

Serve Robotics said on Thursday it is partnering with DoorDash to deploy its sidewalk robots to fulfill orders on the food delivery platform, in a move to capture more customers and expand its reach beyond Uber Eats.

Ares premiere got a special guest when Tesla’s Optimus robot showed up on the red carpet. It stood face-to-face with Jared Leto and showcased some martial arts moves. The appearance of the humanoid robot at the world premiere drew many reactions on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter).

Robots are one of four strategic areas SoftBank is investing heavily in to realize Son’s vision of dominating the AI industry and developing super intelligent AI. It is also pouring money into chips, data centers, and energy, as well as companies at the “forefront of generative AI.”