The idea that robots can be any shape, so there is no need for them to take a humanoid form, is fine for single-task robots. But to expand on the argument you mention, a driverless car won’t be ...

A man shakes hands with a humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics during the Global Developer Conference, organised by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state-run media has taken to the internet with AI-generated videos, featuring dancing robots and fraught consumers, to chide U.S. President Donald Trump and tariffs ...

What’s less obvious is how seniors foresee AI and robots living alongside them and what specifically they envision these things doing. To better understand how seniors want AIs and robots to ...

A humanoid machine called Apollo has just taken a tentative, slightly jerky, but significant step forward in the robot revolution. The 5'8" tall robot performed the first public demonstration in a ...

Luna is a robot dog that learns and adapts like humans The robot dog has a functional digital nervous system Future humanoid robots could be used in space, deep seas STOCKHOLM, March 19 (Reuters ...

The year 2025 is going to be pivotal for Tesla’s humanoid robot plans, if the words of CEO Elon Musk are to be believed. But next year could mark an astronomical milestone for the company’s ...

Move over big box stores. VenHub is a new concept in retailing – fully automated convenience stores run 24/7 by robots. “No employees, open 24 hours a day, safe and secure shopping for the ...

The robot converses with a human and moves letters around a tabletop when instructed to. “We've been able to bring the world-understanding—the general-concept understanding—of Gemini 2.0 to ...

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