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WRC 2026 | X-Humanoid Unveils Two Benchmark Products, Partners With Mercedes-Benz
This month
- Business Insider
Robotics' ChatGPT Moment Can Still Take up to 5 Years: Unitree CEO
- CHChosunbiz
Dreame deepens Korea push, expands from robot vacuums to smart home appliances - CHOSUNBIZ
- 36Kr
Spending 100,000 yuan to buy "companionship", how far are bionic robots from entering ordinary families?
- Nikkei Asia
Chinese startup rolls out robot arms in logistics warehouses
- CNBC
Chinese humanoid robots' biggest obstacle: humans are still (mostly) better
- SESeoul Economic Daily
LG Electronics Wins 17 Awards at IDEA, Robot Cloid Sweeps Three Design Prizes
- TechCrunch
Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada
- Forbes
Humanoid Robot Shipments Up 300%: Up To 30,000 So Far In 2026
- Ars Technica
US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban
- The Robot Report
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air to nearly 500 cities by the end of 2026
- SESeoul Economic Daily
Korea Tests Drone-Robot Cargo Delivery of 40 kg in Sacheon
- Unite.AI
Par Chadha, Founder, CEO and CIO of HandsOn Global Management – Interview Series
Par Chadha, Founder, CEO and CIO of HandsOn Global Management, is an entrepreneur, investor, and technology executive with decades of experience building and scaling technology-enabled businesses. Since founding HandsOn Global Management in 2001, he has focused on investments in workflow automation, big data, robotic process automation (RPA), cognitive technologies, and artificial intelligence across financial services, healthcare, insurance, and legal markets. He is also Co-Founder of Rule14…

- Unite.AI
Robot.com Signs Seven-Year Sodexo Deal, Its Largest Single Enterprise Deployment
- ZDNet
Roborock Q7 M5+ review: A capable budget robot vacuum that nails the fundamentals
- The Next Web
Tesla robotaxi in Austin: nobody in the seat, bollards down
- The Guardian
Robot building and Djimi Traoré: Caleb Yirenkyi’s circuitous path to Premier League
- The Verge
Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch
- The Information
Robots Are in Their GPT-2 Era
- New Atlas
New timber office tower to become tallest in the USA
Plans have been revealed for an ambitious wooden high-rise in Bellevue, Washington, that will set a new height record. The timber tower will rise to a height of 180 ft (54.8 m), making it the tallest mass timber office building in the United States once completed. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Engineering Tags: Building and Construction , Timber , cross-laminated timber , Office , Skyscrapers

- South China Morning Post
Chinese AI chips fall short on coding, forcing firms to stretch scarce Nvidia supply
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging demand for inference, as part of that workload still relies on computing power from a limited pool of high-end chips amid restricted access to Nvidia processors. Compared with training an artificial intelligence model, which relies on high-end chips, inference – a later phase in which the trained model applies its knowledge to process responses – can be adapted to domestic hardware. However, industry insiders said complex tasks...

- Reuters
SIASUN Robot & Automation Co Ltd
- Reuters
Chinese companies to watch at the World Robot Conference
- TechXplore
Robots learn new skills from a single video—in just 29 seconds
To operate reliably in dynamic real-world settings, robots should be able to acquire new skills quickly without undergoing extensive additional training. Most existing robotic systems, however, primarily perform well on the tasks that they were trained to complete.

- Mashable
The Segway Navimow i110N robot lawn mower is down to its best-ever price at Amazon — save $300+
- TechNode
Why Unitree became the first humanoid robot company to go public in China
- Interesting Engineering
Nori A3: New US-made humanoid robot with just $1,688 price tag for house chores unveiled
- Associated Press
China’s robot makers display latest humanoid robots at conference in Beijing
- CNBC
Humanoid robots' 'ChatGPT moment' could be 10 years away, Unitree founder says
- 36Kr
A3 President Unveils 2024 North American Robotics Trends: 55% of H1 Orders Come From Non-Automotive Industries
- South China Morning Post
Hesai rides on lidar growth as smart cars gain ground despite China’s struggling market
Chinese carmakers’ reinforced push to produce more smart vehicles could sustain growth for hi-tech component suppliers, even as the broader automotive market remains lacklustre, according to Hesai Group chief financial officer Andrew Fan. “Orders for our lidar sensors [this year] were higher than in the same period last year,” Fan told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday. “An increasing percentage of new [car] models are now fitted with lidars as brands make them more intelligent.” Hesa…

- CHChosunbiz
Hyundai Motor Group and Samsung SDI deepen battery ties from EVs to robots - CHOSUNBIZ
- 36Kr
The Rise of Industrial Chain Leader Unitree: Accelerating Humanoid Robot Technology Maturity & Mass Adoption
- 36Kr
Quietly Capturing 6% Market Share in the Quadruped Robot Industry Dominated by Unitree
- 36Kr
Xiaomi Unveils New Generation Humanoid Robots After 4-Month In-Depth Practical Training at Automobile Factory
- Reuters
Robots poised for 'ChatGPT moment,' Unitree CEO says
- 36Kr
WRC 2026 Day 1 Highlights: "Dancing" Robots Step Back, Practical, Task-Focused Robots Take Center Stage at the World Robot Conference
- Financial Times
Who is really buying China’s humanoid robots?
- South China Morning Post
China’s Mech-Mind Robotics set to take orders for US$300m IPO: sources
- CHChosunbiz
Rainbow Robotics and Bigwave Robotics team up to enter North America - CHOSUNBIZ
- New Atlas
AI-guided chain gun fires steerable bullets to shred drone swarms
Northrop Grumman has unveiled its Raid Hunter chain gun system, adding a new layer to anti-drone swarm defenses by combining cutting-edge AI sensors, precision-guided ammunition, and a motor-driven chain gun feed firing up to 200 rounds per minute. Continue Reading Category: Military , Engineering Tags: Northrop Grumman , Missile Defense , drones

- SESeoul Economic Daily
Robot Dog to Patrol Seoul's Tower Palace in LG CNS Security Deal
- CHChosunbiz
LG CNS deploys quadruped security robots to Gangnam Tower Palace - CHOSUNBIZ
- SESeoul Economic Daily
Hyundai E&C Executives Head to Beijing to Explore Construction Robots
- Forbes
The Humanoid Robot Games Events Are A Market Map
- TechCrunch
Waymo’s cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities
- The Robot Report
Kollmorgen to give a joint-by-joint guide to humanoid motion at RoboBusiness
- The Robot Report
What does Unitree Robotics’ IPO mean for the humanoid industry?
- CNET
Save Up to $560 Off Mammotion Robot Lawn Mowers With App Control and AI Vision
- Unite.AI
Waymo Brings Gemini Assistant Into Its Custom Ojai Robotaxis