These Well-Funded AI Startups Are Building Humanoid Robots In Stealth

Flush with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding, Rhoda AI and Genesis AI are developing humanoids they hope can go ...

This humanoid robot is great at gymnastics, but what’s it really good for?

When fully developed, R1, which for now uses wheels instead of legs to get around, will be deployed as a "smart companion for ...
CNET

Humanoid Robots Headed to War? I Went Hands-On With the Phantom MK1

At Foundation's headquarters in San Francisco, I met the Phantom MK1 humanoid robot and controlled it using a VR headset. The CEO told me his aspirations to deploy the robot in factories, on ...
TechSpot

China now home to half the world's industrial robots as the US falls further behind

In a nutshell: The increasing number of highly advanced industrial robots appearing in US factories has long brought concerns about human job losses. It's certainly a worry for American workers, and ...
Geeky Gadgets

Build a Raspberry Pi Interactive Pet Robot : 3D Printing

What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...
PC Magazine

Meta Wants To Become the ‘Backbone’ of Humanoid Robots

Meta's chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth said robotics software could be an 'AR-sized bet,' following the company making huge investments into AR projects like the Meta Ray-Ban Display. Based ...
Gizmodo

China Outpaces Rest of World in Working Robots

There are an estimated 4,664,000 working industrial robots in the world, according to the International Federation of Robotics. More than two million of them are in China. And don’t count on anyone ...
EurekAlert!

UVA Engineering team develops new way to build soft robots that can walk on water

Imagine a tiny robot, no bigger than a leaf, gliding across a pond’s surface like a water strider. One day, devices like this could track pollutants, collect water samples or scout flooded areas too ...
The Verge

Google DeepMind’s new AI models can search the web to help robots complete tasks

The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even learn from each other. The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even ...
South Bend Tribune

Why Notre Dame football's Jeremiyah Love refuses to 'be a robot' on the field

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love claims opponents are intentionally trying to rip his helmet off. Jeremiyah Love's signature hurdling move began after an opposing safety was repeatedly going for ...
The New York Times

There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker. By Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher Meaghan Tobin ...