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Humanoid robots are improving at a rapid pace, and the world’s biggest robotics manufacturer, Unitree, has just revealed a Robocop-esque new model called the H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian.

Eufy has made robots with self-empty stations and robots with self-cleaning stations, and the X10 Pro Omni is the first in its range to combine both.

Depending on the model, a robot vacuum cleaner can potentially generate floor maps, record cleaning histories, watch you take a bathroom break or record your private conversations. Top vacuum models with the most features have various ways to process what’s happening inside your home; some include microphones and/or remote video viewing to act as little round drones…

A security researcher reportedly found that Eiliko, an AI companion robot sold on Amazon by Energize Lab, left approximately 13 million user conversations accessible on cloud infrastructure linked to servers in China. The reported database leak directly contradicts the company’s stated privacy practices, which described voice recordings as encrypted and deleted after processing.

Deliveroo’s first robot delivery trials in the UK have been heavily criticized by a trade union representing human couriers, which says they’re “disappointing” and weren’t negotiated with workers.

The supplements on your kitchen counter were probably picked out by a podcast. The ring on your finger knows exactly how badly you slept last night, though those two have never once spoken to each other.

Signing a strategic cooperation agreement on October 8, UBTECH Robotics and FAW-Volkswagen have broadened their partnership beyond quality inspection into the more complex territory of factory logistics and smart manufacturing, part of a broader wave of humanoid robot deployment across industries.

Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots, announced it has raised a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, and others.  TechCrunch had previously reported that the startup was nearing a new funding…