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Your Robot Knows You Are Upset, It Just Might Not Care
A study shows that while emotionally adaptive robots are preferred, a slick apology cannot fix broken trust from poor …
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Forget Humanoid Hype: ICRA 2026 Reveals Global Robot Wars
At ICRA 2026 in Vienna, a high-level panel cut through the humanoid hype to reveal the stark geopolitical realities shaping the future of robotics.
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1X Declares War on 'VLA Wrappers,' Launches World Model Lab
Humanoid maker 1X is betting its future on World Models, arguing that fine-tuning existing AI is a dead end for creating …
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NASA $30bn Moon Base: A Brutal Test for Robots Before Mars
NASA has a $30 billion, 11-year plan for a Moon base. But first, robots must conquer the ultimate enemy: razor-sharp, …
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LimX Luna Ditches Chores for Choreography in Humanoid Dance-Off
Chinese robotics firm LimX Dynamics unveils Luna, a 160cm humanoid robot built for performance art and synchronized …
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Robotics Won't Get a 'ChatGPT Moment,' Say Industry Vets. Here's Why.
Two robotics heavyweights from Agility and Google's former Everyday Robots project argue that a single AI breakthrough …
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Barclays: A 24 Million Robot Army Could Save China Economy
A new Barclays study projects 24 million humanoid robots could fill 60% of the China labour gap by 2035, reshaping the …
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AI Controls Your Hand: Meet the Human Operator
An MIT hackathon team created an AI system using electrical muscle stimulation to control a hand and teach new skills. …
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The Robotics Bubble Isn't Demos, It's the Deployment Nightmare
Dyna Co-Founder Yang York lays out a brutal takedown of the robotics industry's hype cycle, arguing the real challenge …
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The Real Humanoid Robot War Is Fought in the Supply Chain
A new McKinsey report reveals the biggest obstacle to mass-market humanoids is not AI but a brutal supply chain war for …
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Robot Shatters Human World Record in Beijing's Half-Marathon
A humanoid robot just ran a 21km half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record. We break …
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Anthropic Glasswing: The plan to stop Skynet early
Anthropic Project Glasswing uses unreleased AI to secure software. We explore if this AI cybersecurity is the safety …
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Generalist’s GEN-1: 99% Success Rate for New Robot Brain
Generalist’s GEN-1 robot brain hits 99% reliability at triple speed. Its emergent ‘intelligent improvisation’ could …
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Cortical Labs: Rent Real Human Brain Cells in the Cloud
Australian startup Cortical Labs launches Cortical Cloud, letting you rent and program live biological neural networks …
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Newton 1.0: A Universal Physics Engine for the Robot Revolution
Backed by NVIDIA and Google, the open-source Newton 1.0 engine aims to bridge the gap between simulation and reality for …
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Xiaomi's CyberOne Robot Now Sweats to Keep Its Bionic Hands Cool
Xiaomi's CyberOne humanoid gets a massive upgrade with bionic hands that use liquid cooling—or 'sweating'—to handle …
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Bezos Raising $100B to Buy Factories and Replace Humans with AI
Jeff Bezos targets manufacturing with a $100B fund to automate industries using Project Prometheus AI, moving far beyond …
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Best Robot Lawn Mowers 2026: Meet Your New Garden Overlords
Ditch the perimeter wires. The 2026 robot mower war is about AI brains, LiDAR, and Tri-Fusion tech. We’ve tested and …
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Sunday Robotics Bags $165M to End Demos and Ship Home Robots
Sunday Robotics has $165M to end the era of flashy demos. Can they actually ship autonomous home robots this year? We're …
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EON Uploads Fruit Fly Brain – And It Actually Works
EON has successfully emulated a fruit fly's brain with 91% behavioural accuracy. Is this the first real step towards …
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Allonic’s $7.2m Bet: Weaving Robot Bodies Like Muscle Tissue
How Hungarian start-up Allonic is fixing the robotics bottleneck by weaving hardware like textiles, following a …
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Cortical Labs Plugs Living Human Brain Cells into an LLM
From DOOM to dialogue: Cortical Labs links lab-grown human neurons to an LLM, using biological pulses to generate text. …
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Uber's New AV Play: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Become Their Operating System
Uber re-enters the autonomous vehicle race with Uber Autonomous Solutions, a platform to power its rivals' robotaxis. Is …
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Kinexus: The Open-Source Brain Link to Command Your Robot Army
Kinexus, a new open-source project, allows users to control humanoid robot fleets using thoughts and an EEG headset. …
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The Dueling Architectures: Humanoid's KinetIQ Takes on Figure's Helix 02
A deep dive into the two dominant philosophies for humanoid AI. Humanoid's structured KinetIQ bets on fleet management, …
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Heartbreak in the Uncanny Valley: When AI Gets Too Close
As we build robots to cure loneliness, research on AI deception warns of programmed heartbreak. Is your perfect …
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Ant Group Drops Complete AI Stack for Robots—And It’s Free
Ant Group has released LingBot, a suite of open-source models for robotic perception and action, trained on 20,000 hours …
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Figure’s Helix 02: An AI Brain That Finally Does the Dishes
Figure AI’s Helix 02 replaces 100,000 lines of code with a single neural network, giving its humanoid the autonomy to …
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Microsoft’s Master Plan for a Universal Robot Brain
Microsoft is building a universal AI foundation model for robotics. Can it bring common sense to the physical world and …
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Robotics’ Real Revolution: The Open-Source Data Tsunami
Forget humanoids. A 2,400% surge in open datasets is turning robotics from a hardware struggle into a collaborative data …
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Skild AI Teaches Robots to Cook via YouTube
Skild AI trains robots to cook by watching human videos, tackling a major bottleneck in robotics.
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1X's NEO Robot Learns from Videos, Not Tedious Training
1X's new NEO robot learns complex tasks by watching videos, ditching the need for costly, time-consuming training data.
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Tesla's Optimus Hand Patent: Robotic Design Masterclass
Tesla's Optimus Gen 2 hand patent showcases a brutally efficient design philosophy, prioritising clever physics over …
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AI Drones: From Light Shows to Lethal Strikes
AI-powered drones have evolved from dazzling light shows to autonomous killing machines. Discover how the age of robotic …
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Boston Dynamics' Electric Atlas is Ready to Work!
Meet the all-electric Atlas, Boston Dynamics' new humanoid robot built for factories. It's not here to dance, it's here …
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Robotics Investing 2026: The Real Deal
Humanoid robots are the next big thing. This is your no-nonsense guide to investing in the robot revolution of 2026.
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Sunday AI Teaches Chores: No Robot Puppets Needed
Sunday AI's ACT-1 learns chores via a glove, ditching costly teleoperation for faster, cheaper robot training.
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NVIDIA Halos: A Safety Net or Golden Cage?
NVIDIA's Halos certification for physical AI. Is it a safety revolution or a strategic move to lock down the AI …
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Olaf Deconstructed: Disney's Snowman is a Robotics Marvel
We're dissecting the surprisingly advanced engineering of Disney's Olaf robot, from its unique leg design to its …
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LimX Tron2: A Shape-Shifting Robot That Backflips
Meet Tron2, the multi-form bot that rides on wheels, transforms, and is a wildly modular platform for advanced robotics …
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Robot Christmas 2025: Holiday Bots Fight Back
Just when you thought the holiday robot videos were over, a new batch of dancing, LEGO-building, and eerily graceful …
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China's Robot Hire Platform Is Here!
China's BotShare platform launches, making humanoid robot rental as easy as booking a taxi for a £1.1bn market.