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Amazon’s Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated ‘Podcasts’ Featuring Chats Between Two Robot ‘Co-Hosts’
The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon‘s Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa has been answering billions of…
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AI robot rules ping pong: A table tennis clanker named Ace beats elite human players
A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named…
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Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing
Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes,…
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Humanoid robot beats human half-marathon world record by 7 minutes at Beijing race with 112 teams
A humanoid robot named Lightning completed the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world…
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Honor’s Robot phone is real, and coming later this year
The camera nods, dances to music, and tracks faces. The rest of the specs are a secret. Something unusual happened at Mobile World…
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This simple robot could drastically speed up data center construction
To anchor the long rows of server racks that power the artificial intelligence boom, every data center needs thousands of holes drilled…
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Your Robot Carer Can Help
As the population ages, opportunities to complement caregivers with AI and robotics abound. Source link
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The Robot and the Philosopher
Sophia wasn’t particularly talkative that evening. Earlier that day, she’d been onstage at the conference I was attending and had been…
Business
Chinese firms dominated global humanoid robot shipments in 2025
The industry’s global sales more than quintupled from 2024, according to Omdia’s figures HUMANOID robot makers in China accounted for the…
Business
Robot vacuum Roomba maker files for bankruptcy after 35 years
Under the restructuring, vacuum cleaner maker Shenzhen Picea will receive the entire equity stake in the reorganised company iRobot filed…
Business
The strange triumph of Rosie the Robot
Hello again, and thank you for spending time with Fast Company’s Plugged In. Last October, I visited the Silicon Valley headquarters of 1X…
Culture
China’s fluid humanoid stuns – but US still rules robot brains
CHINESE EV maker XPeng wowed audiences with its latest humanoid robot, Iron, at a recent launch. Compared with last year’s somewhat…
Business
As Elon Musk plans a robot army, China's humanoid bots are already on the market
As Elon Musk touted plans to eventually manufacture an army of Tesla bots in Silicon Valley this month, humanoid robots were already being…
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Meet the humanoid robot headed for homes
With one sweeping gesture, Dar Sleeper hoists the humanoid robot off the ground. Bracing its back with one arm and its legs with the…
Business
Tesla stock sinks today after earnings miss. Elon Musk seems more focused on building a ‘robot army’
On Wednesday, October 22, Tesla released its third-quarter earnings with a side of begging from CEO Elon Musk. The report and subsequent…
Fashion
AJJ Medtech to develop ‘world’s first’ multifunctional humanoid elderly care robot
It will work with China’s Huaxi Intelligent Technology Co to produce humanoid robots that will replicate human presence, offering both…
Culture
Robot umpires approved for MLB challenges in 2026
Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday…
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How this AI-powered robot was designed to soothe fear and lonliness in hospitals
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial…
Culture
‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Wicked’ Lead Environmental Media Awards Nominations (EXCLUSIVE)
The Environmental Media Awards has revealed its nominees and hosts for the 35th annual awards ceremony. Notable nominees this year include…
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This viral comedian’s ‘clanker’ skit has ignited debate over robot slurs
A TikTok comedian has sparked debate after riffing on the viral term “clanker,” which in recent months has surfaced as an insult for…
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How robot rabbits are saving the Everglades
Florida’s Everglades are teeming with gigantic, invasive snakes, but a fluffy, high-tech solution is poised to help. The state is turning…
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Officials in the Everglades are using these cute robot rabbits to combat invasive Burmese pythons
They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are…
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Chinese surgical robot maker Edge Medical said to file for Hong Kong IPO
The company is looking to raise about US$150 million to US$200 million as soon as this year Chinese surgical robot firm Edge Medical,…
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Temasek-backed Chinese surgical robot maker Edge Medical said to file for Hong Kong IPO
The company is looking to raise about US$150 million to US$200 million as soon as this year Chinese surgical robot firm Edge Medical,…