Category: News
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Meet HARR-E – The Robot That Takes Out Your Trash Like Uber for Garbage!
Meet HARR-E – The Robot That Takes Out Your Trash Like Uber for Garbage! Imagine this: you’re sipping your morning coffee, scrolling your phone, and you realize you forgot to set out the trash. Normally, that means dragging bins to the curb or missing the truck altogether. But now, there’s a robot that wants to…
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Jack Ma’s Ant Group Unveils R1 Humanoid Robot – China’s Answer to Tesla Optimus?
Jack Ma’s Ant Group Unveils R1 Humanoid Robot – China’s Answer to Tesla Optimus? Ant Group, the company backed by Jack Ma and best known for Alipay, has unveiled its first humanoid robot, the R1. The announcement highlights China’s growing ambitions to compete with the United States in advanced robotics and artificial intelligence. The R1…
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Alibaba Bets $140M on Humanoid Robots – X Square’s $280M Rise in Embodied AI
Alibaba Bets $140M on Humanoid Robots – X Square’s $280M Rise in Embodied AI Shenzhen-based startup X Square Robot has just landed a massive Series A+ funding round, pulling in between $100 million and $140 million. The round was led by Alibaba Cloud, marking their first direct investment in embodied intelligence, alongside big-name backers like…
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LEONARDO – The Caltech Robot That Walks, Flies… and Rides a Skateboard!
LEONARDO – The Caltech Robot That Walks, Flies… and Rides a Skateboard! Meet LEONARDO—short for “LEgs ONboARD drOne,” or LEO for short. Standing just 2.5 feet tall, this Caltech-built bipedal robot is part walking machine, part flying drone. LEO isn’t just good at putting one foot in front of the other. Thanks to four angled…
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Tentacle Robot Revolutionises Offshore Inspections – Safer, Smarter & Sustainable Subsea Tech
Tentacle Robot Revolutionises Offshore Inspections – Safer, Smarter & Sustainable Subsea Tech Meet the ocean’s newest inspector: a tentacle-like robot developed by the UK’s National Robotarium and Brazil’s Senai Cimatec, designed to make offshore subsea inspections safer and more efficient. Unlike rigid robotic arms, this one-metre-long soft manipulator bends and conforms to delicate structures, reducing…
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Google DeepMind’s RoboBallet – How AI Teaches Robots to Work Together Without Crashing
Google DeepMind’s RoboBallet – How AI Teaches Robots to Work Together Without Crashing Picture a group of robots working side by side, moving smoothly without bumping into each other. No crashes, no awkward pauses—just well-coordinated teamwork. That’s the idea behind RoboBallet. Programming a single industrial robot is already complex—relying on teach pendants, offline tools, and…
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China’s Robot Wolves & Nuclear Arsenal – Inside the Military Parade of the Future
China’s Robot Wolves & Nuclear Arsenal – Inside the Military Parade of the Future At China’s huge military parade, missiles rolled, jets roared… and yes, robot wolves took a stroll through Tiananmen Square. Because nothing says ‘future warfare’ like a robotic pack animal with a rifle on its back. These robot wolves are upgraded robo-dogs—quadruped…
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Robocore Gets a Foxconn Boost – When Robots Meet Big Money
Robocore Gets a Foxconn Boost – When Robots Meet Big Money Picture this: You’re 85, living in a nursing home, and suddenly your new best friend is… a robot named Temi. Don’t worry – it won’t try to take over the world. It’s too busy taking your blood pressure. Hong Kong-based Robocore just struck gold…
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Inside RealMan’s New Beijing Robotics Training Center – 108 Robots, AI Data & Real-World Testing
Inside RealMan’s New Beijing Robotics Training Center – 108 Robots, AI Data & Real-World Testing RealMan Robotics has just opened a brand-new Humanoid Robotics Data Training Center in Beijing—and it’s no small step. At 3,000 square meters, the hub brings together research and development, scenario testing, operator training, and collaboration all under one roof. On…
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ALLEX The Humanoid Robot With Human-Like Responsiveness – WIRobotics Unveils the Future
ALLEX The Humanoid Robot With Human-Like Responsiveness – WIRobotics Unveils the Future Meet ALLEX—short for “ALL-Experience”—WIRobotics’ new humanoid robot that doesn’t just move, it responds with remarkable realism to the world around it. Unveiled in South Korea at the Robot Innovation Hub, ALLEX’s upper body comes equipped with a highly dexterous hand that can sense…