This humanoid robot is great at gymnastics, but what’s it really good for?

In a new video (below) released this week by robotics specialist Unitree, its G1 humanoid robot is shown performing a number ...

Robotic hand that does sign language wins pitch competition

A robot that can translate English into tactile finger spelling to help people who are both deaf and blind to communicate ...
Digi Times

Chinese humanoid robots fall short in functionality, says Agility Robotics founder

In the humanoid robot competition, the US and China stand out as the two leading forces. Jonathan Hurst, co-founder of US-based humanoid robotics startup Agility Robotics, recently shared his views on ...
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Seoul showcases extreme robots to boost robot-friendly city vision

“Smart Life Week is an international stage where smart city, AI, robot, and climate tech policy come together in consolidation, and a venue where cities around the world design models for the future ...
CBC.ca

With more robots on farms, new contest to harvest ideas from Ontario high school students launches

As technology continues to shape every aspect of agriculture, a new contest is looking to get high school students thinking about new ways to put robots to work on the farm. Launched this month, the ...
Yahoo News Canada

With more robots on farms, new contest to harvest ideas from Ontario high school students launches

Farming technology at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show near Woodstock, Ont., included solar-power droids and spraying drones. (Travis Dolynny/CBC - image credit) As technology continues to shape every ...
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Pitt Pirates Robotics team heads to Houston for FIRST competition

The Pitt Pirates Robotics Team from Pitt County is set to showcase their engineering expertise at the FIRST Championship in Houston, a global robotics competition drawing 600 teams and over 50,000 ...
The National Interest

Beijing’s “Robot Army” Isn’t Science Fiction. It’s Already Here.

Failing to take the robotics race seriously means watching Beijing set the rules of the automated economy, and risks leaving American power to rust. China commands two-thirds of global robotics ...
BBC

Robots take over shopping centre in team challenge

Robot wars took over part of a shopping centre for a competition to prove their technology was up to various tasks. Eight teams entered this year's Smart City Robotics Competition at Centre:MK in ...
The Verge

Google DeepMind’s new AI models can search the web to help robots complete tasks

The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even learn from each other. The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even ...
TechCrunch

Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst

Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: You’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, ...