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humanoids, drones, self-driving vehicles and machines that move on their own
AI Is Already Replacing Workers in China. Here Is What That Looks Like on the Ground
From driverless taxis breaking down in Wuhan to factory floors going quiet, Chinese workers are living through something the rest of the world is still debating.
Robots That Know When to Be Gentle: Apple's MoMo Teaches Machines to Adjust Their Own Movement Style
A new research framework lets a single robot learn to move quickly, carefully, or anywhere in between, without being reprogrammed each time.
Five Platforms Building the Backbone of Physical AI in 2026
From simulation to data factories, these are the infrastructure layers that turn a trained model into a robot that can actually do a job.
A German Startup Is Teaching Its AI Video Model to Build Cars, and Silicon Valley Is Nervous About Who Runs AI
Black Forest Labs says its Flux 3 model can guide robot hands on an Audi factory floor. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 AI workers have signed a petition asking the industry to slow down.
DoorDash becomes one of eight certified drone air carriers in the United States
The food delivery company has cleared a five-stage federal process and launched DoorDash Air, its own in-house drone delivery program.
Teradyne Robotics hits $100 million in a single quarter, with AI driving the surge
The company that makes factory robots and warehouse vehicles posted its fifth straight quarter of growth, up 33% from a year ago. Its CEO says AI data centres are the reason why.
Google DeepMind's New Robot AI Can Now Control a Full Body, From Feet to Fingertips
Gemini Robotics 2 gives humanoid robots whole-body movement and five-fingered hand control. Here is what the upgrade actually means, and how close these machines are to working alongside people.
Google's new robot brain can watch, plan, and tag-team with other robots
Gemini Robotics ER 2 gives machines a smarter high-level thinker that tracks progress on video and hands the actual moves off to a lower-level controller.
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 teaches robots to walk, tie knots, and work in pairs
The new model controls humanoids from feet to fingertips, adapts to fresh robot bodies in hours, and lets machines team up on longer jobs.
A Private Chef Cooked Me a Free Three-Course Meal. The Catch: Every Knife Stroke Was Filmed to Train Robots.
A startup called Shift is trading free home services for something more valuable than cash: first-person video of skilled human hands, captured inside real homes to teach the next generation of household robots.
Australian Robot Maker Buys Stake in AI Firm That Teaches Machines to Read Social Cues
GMEX Robotics has signed a deal to acquire part of Singapore's MediaMeta, which builds AI that understands human behaviour, body language, and cultural context. The goal: robots that feel less like machines.
The US just blocked most foreign robots from entering the country. Here's what that means.
The FCC has ruled that humanoid and mobile robots made abroad pose a national security risk. Analysts warn the ban could hurt American innovation as much as it protects it.
Robots That Can Cook, Glasses That Creep, and the Emissions Bill Nobody Wants to Talk About
A roundup of the AI stories that made headlines for the wrong reasons, plus the one group that genuinely came out ahead.
RoboBusiness 2026 Opens Registration as the Conference Turns 20
The commercial robotics industry's main annual gathering returns to Santa Clara this October, with speakers from Amazon, Agility, Arm and more. Here is what to expect.
Updating Robot Software Is Still a Nightmare. This Startup Wants to Fix That.
Agency Tool Company launches ATC Deploy, a tool that ships software updates to robot fleets over any connection, even sonar, so teams stop losing days to broken scripts and dropped signals.