Browsing: Robotics

Iron made its own exit from XPENG’s new production line, though completing a working day will be a tougher test.

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A robot vacuum is one of those quality-of-life improvements that, on paper, should save you time. You’re able to set it up and, once it’s mapped your floor space, it can be left to do the job for you. Some robot vacuum cleaners can even empty their own dustbin and, if you’ve got hard floors,…

2026 is pretty clearly the year of Physical AI, and there is much that engineers and developers need to know, especially in robotics and automation, now that Physical AI is the method of the moment.

If you see what looks like an ambulance with a set of flashing lights weaving through Tokyo traffic, it might not be rushing to save a human. GMO Internet Group is unleashing what it calls Japan’s first “humanoid ambulance” on the streets of Tokyo this month.

The world hasn’t been the same since ChatGPT made its debut in November 2022, when seemingly out of nowhere, a means of engaging with large language models propelled AI beyond hype and into day-to-day reality.

Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal.

In 2024, Maven Robotics was brand new, and they had nothing — “a cartoon of a robot and a team of people,” CEO and co-founder Hamza Derbas told TechCrunch.

Bear Robotics became one of the most recognizable names in service robotics by building machines that carried plates through restaurants. Now the LG Electronics-controlled company may be preparing to ask investors to value it as something considerably bigger.