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China’s Chang’e 7 delay may have dodged a bullet for US in moon race, says NASA chief
China’s decision to delay its Chang’e 7 lunar mission until early next year has drawn...
This month
- The Verge
Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test
A few years back, I was at a beachside Easter egg hunt, watching my kids dash through sand dunes searching for sweet treats. My phone buzzed in my pocket; I ignored it. A moment later, it buzzed again. I pulled it out, glanced down, and saw a "motion detected" notification from my security camera. "Just […]
- QbitAI (Chinese)
"AlphaGo" Enters the Soccer Field! After 140 Years of Self-Play, Robot Becomes "Messi Terminator"
- The Information
Tesla’s Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up Begins
- TMTPost (Chinese)
Dexterous Hands Don't Have to Wait for AGI: A Physical AI Deployment Roadmap That's Been Misread
Unitree Dex5-S packs 22 active degrees of freedom into a 39,900-yuan package, and the market cheers 'humanoid robots coming home—countdown to zero.' But treating shipment volume as work output, degrees of freedom as dexterity, and the home as the largest market represents three systemic misreadings. The true logic of dexterous hands is layered value realization according to 'brain capacity'—hardware determines capability ceiling, data determines what can actually be done now. Industrial enumerable scenarios do not require universal AGI, but household complex long-tail tasks are highly dependent on it.
- The Robot Report
Farmers are facing more pressure; CNH said robotics can help
- Business Insider
Ukraine’s fast medical robots can outrun Russian attacks, but speed creates new risks, makers and medics say
- Robohub
Robot Talk Episode 163 – Robots helping people, with Aaron Edsinger
Claire chatted to Aaron Edsinger from Hello Robot about their Stretch robots that can help people with mobility issues live more independently. Aaron Edsinger is CEO and Co-Founder of Hello Robot, a robotics company dedicated to developing practical, safe, and accessible robots for people. With a passion for building robots and robot companies, Aaron has […]
- Mashable
Best robot vacuum deal: Get the Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 for $250 off
- Mashable
Best Dreame deal: Save $1,900 on the Dreame LiDAR A3 AWD Pro 3500 robot lawn mower
- Robohub
An open source approach to physical AI from Intrinsic
Deborah Lupton / Pop Chips / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 Intrinsic (an AI robotics group at Google) announced that the company is making parts of its platform open source. Intrinsic Core™ is a set of ROS-compatible capabilities for building sophisticated robotic applications. The capabilities included in the open source package are as follow: Intrinsic Control. […]
- QbitAI (Chinese)
Teach Robots and Earn Extra Income? The Chinese Version of Index Brought Mifeng
- TMTPost (Chinese)
Quadruped Robots: Unitree First, AgiBot and DEEP Robotics Compete for Second?
Two institutions released rankings on the same day, same market, two different sets of numbers.
- The Verge
Here’s the Tesla Semi… again
Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 - nearly a decade after its initial introduction. On Thursday evening, the company held yet another event for the Semi to demonstrate to customers and investors that the long wait was […]
- Jiemian (Chinese)
Changan Automobile: Aims to Achieve Humanoid Robot Mass Production by 2028
- Jiemian (Chinese)
International Federation of Robotics: China Becoming Important Force in Industrial Innovation and Development
- TechCrunch
Waymo is scaling fast: Here’s what the fleet data shows
In the past month, Waymo has expanded its fleet in Texas by 49%. There are other hot spots as well.
- New Atlas
US and UK achieve historic first with drone submarine torpedo launch
The US Navy and the Royal Navy have achieved a major milestone in autonomous warfare, successfully launching a US Mk 48 Heavyweight exercise torpedo from the Royal Navy’s robotic submarine, XV Excalibur. The test demonstrates growing autonomous combat capabilities designed to complement conventional crewed platforms. Continue Reading Category: Military , Engineering Tags: US Navy , Royal Navy , Submarine , drones
- Forbes
This Open Source Software Fixes Herky-Jerky Humanoid Robots, Kind Of By Copying Humans
- SiliconANGLE
Amazon to spend $100M on Indiana plant, its fourth site for building robots
- TechCrunch
Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting
The startup's robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.
- TechCrunch
Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.
- IEEE Spectrum
Mexican EPICS in IEEE Team Builds Portable Educational Platform
In Guadalajara, Mexico, many high schools have motivated teachers and talented students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, but they lack access to advanced tools such as robotics laboratories. The resources shortfall limits the students’ opportunities for hands-on learning on cutting-edge applications. A team from ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara , is working to change that. Through the EPICS in IEEE initiative, a multidisciplinary group of 15 engi…
- 36Kr
Quadruped Robots: Unitree ranks first, with Agibot and Deep Robotics vying for the second place?
- The Verge
Reddit mod ordered to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in Switch piracy lawsuit
Nintendo won its $4.5 million lawsuit against James Williams, a Reddit moderator accused of distributing pirated Switch games, as reported earlier by Aftermath. In a default judgment issued on Wednesday, a Washington federal judge also ordered Williams to shut down the online stores allegedly housing libraries of pirated Switch games. Nintendo sued Williams, also known […]
- Interesting Engineering
Skild AI’s robot brain taught itself football in 140 simulated years
- TechCrunch
Shield AI, Waabi, and General Motors on building AI when failure is not an option at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Leaders from Waabi, Shield AI, and General Motors join the Real World AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk building AI. Save up to $200 by September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Get a second pass at 50% off.
- The Robot Report
Epson introduces AX6 cobot with compact design, no-code programming
- Interesting Engineering
Robot dog finishes 26-mile marathon on a single battery charge, beating human efficiency
A four-legged robot has completed a full marathon on a single battery charge, covering 42.195...
- Interesting Engineering
Robot dog runs 26-mile marathon on single charge, tops human efficiency
- TMTPost (Chinese)
The Industry Credibility of Embodied AI Is Being Squandered by Robot Companies
When a rare designation becomes mass-supplied standard equipment, its value begins to diminish.
- Mashable
Best robot lawn mower deal: Save $1,399 on the Roborock RockMow X120H
- The Robot Report
ANYbotics opens the door for inspections with ANYmal robots
- Mashable
Amazon's dropping huge deals on robot lawn mowers ahead of Prime Day: Shop Dreame, Mammotion, and more
- QbitAI (Chinese)
After Ten Years, AI Pioneer Signs New Research Paper
Making Autonomous Driving 'Think Ten Steps Ahead With Each Step'
- Reuters
Robot dogs are replacing security guards in Atlanta
- Robohub
What’s coming up at #IROS2026?
The 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026) will be held from 27 September – 1 October in Pittsburgh, USA. The programme includes plenary and keynote talks, workshops, tutorials, forums, competitions, and a debate. Keynote talks The keynote talks will be held from 28 – 30 September: Elena De Momi – […]
- LeiPhone (Chinese)
SeeAct AI's Mu Yao: The Endgame of Embodied AI Must Go from "Being Trained" to "Self-Evolution" | Physical AI 50
What robots truly lack is not data, but experience. Author: Li Qiuyue. Editor: Wu Tong. It was the bleakest time for embodied AI. No mature datasets, no standardized benchmarks, not even a validated technical pathway. Mu Yao went south to Hong Kong University to pursue a doctorate and began researching embodied AI. In 2021, Mu Yao joined HKUMMLab, becoming a student jointly advised by the lab's founder Professor Luo Ping and Tang Xiaou, one of the pioneers of Chinese artificial intelligence. "Embodied AI will be a very promising direction," his advisors said when he first joined the group—a phrase Mu Yao still remembers today. Four years later, the potential of this direction began to be validated in Mu Yao's own research. RoboTwin, led by Mu Yao, became one of the de facto standards in China's embodied AI community, garnering over 2,900 stars on GitHub, with both Ant Group's LingBot-VA and Newtera's Motubrain racing to set new benchmarks on it. He himself was selected for a national-level youth talent program, became a tenured-track assistant professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and his Google Scholar citations exceed 5,000. In 2026, Mu Yao made a more radical choice: he bet on "embodied self-evolution" and founded SeeAct AI. He offered a remarkably clear judgment: "The final form of embodied AI will inevitably move toward reward-driven self-evolution." This judgment is consistent with what he pursued when pursuing a master's degree at Tsinghua in 2018…
- South China Morning Post
China’s humanoid robot IPO slowdown no threat to firms with ‘genuine strength’