The heat of the ongoing AI boom has spilled over to a famously difficult hardware space — humanoid robotics. Forbes has learned that a pair of Silicon Valley ventures, each with more than $100 million ...
Construction robots have been around for a while, automating challenging tasks on job sites. The new kid on this block is called Charlotte, and it's billed as being autonomously capable of building a ...
Noble Machines was founded in 2024. But their first industrial robot is already ready for deployment.
Dressed in sensible Nordic knitwear, Bernt Bornich’s robotic manservant is more stylish than practical. Ask it to fetch a can of Coca-Cola from another room, and more often than not, something will ...

Asimov’s laboratory

The robots are here. What can Isaac Asimov's Three Laws teach us about what comes next?
Following a successful pilot program at its South Carolina plant, BMW will take its Physical AI robots to the Leipzig factory ...
The Vigo County School Corp. showcased robotics opportunities for elementary and high school students Friday during a Vigo ...
Mind Robotics secures $500M in funding to build AI-powered industrial robots, reaching a $2B valuation and accelerating ...
Airbus is dipping its toes into the humanoid robot workforce with a purchase of China-based UBTech’s robots, according to Bloomberg. The European airplane manufacturer is apparently going to try to ...
Opinion

Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...
Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have developed the world’s smallest, fully autonomous robots. The health ...