News, reviews, articles on the topic Robots
The U1 looks like a person, moves like one, and costs as much as a car. US and UK buyers will have to wait — possibly a long time.
A state utility in Kunming deployed cable-crawling robots that harvest their own power via electromagnetic induction — and work where drones are banned.
OpenAI just launched a dedicated robotics division. Tesla is already racing toward a million Optimus units a year. The gap between announcement and hardware is vast.
Swedish startup AirForestry completed the world's first fully autonomous aerial tree harvest in a working production forest, with no ground machinery and no human on-site.
The joint fab announced in March 2026 plans small-batch production by late 2026, but analysts think full-scale output is still years away.
Boston Dynamics trained its humanoid robot on World Cup match footage. The real goal isn't a ceremonial kickoff — it's factory floors across the US.
The RSGS spacecraft will attempt to service, refuel, and upgrade live satellites in geosynchronous orbit — a first for the US government and a potential turning point for the commercial space industry.
Anker's new eufy C15 uses vision-based AI to map and mow without boundary wires or RTK antennas, launching in Europe this May at €899.
The Chinese firm opens global orders for its sub-20kg inspection robot — but pricing and Western availability remain unclear.
The electric Atlas is leaving the lab for Hyundai factory floors — but a price war with Tesla Optimus and Figure AI's live BMW deployment put the pressure on.
GigaBrain's new humanoid promises to fold laundry and clear dishes by adapting to each family's habits. No price, no global launch date.
Figure AI's Figure 03 robots sorted 12,732 packages against interns' 12,924 in a full shift—a gap of just 1.3%, and the robots never took a break.
Hubei province has launched a mandatory lifetime ID system for humanoid robots — think VIN codes, but for machines that walk. It's a regulatory move that puts China further ahead in the global robotics race.
The Institute of Science Tokyo's new Robotics Innovation Center has no on-site staff — just Maholo LabDroid robots working around the clock on medical research.
Unitree's GD01 is the world's first mass-produced manned mech suit — a 500kg bipedal/quadrupedal machine that you actually ride. No US or UK release date in sight.
