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RoboStore Spins Up a U.S. Manufacturer Called Robo Inc. to Build and Deploy Robots on American Soil
The company behind more than 1,500 robot sales in North America is opening a Long Island factory and promising to assemble, integrate and service robots locally, partly to get ahead of trade restrictions on Chinese hardware.
Avatar Robotics raises $6.5 million to put human operators inside warehouse robots
The San Francisco startup uses remote workers to control its robots today, then trains AI on what those workers do so the machines can gradually take over.
Elon Musk now spends half his Tesla earnings calls talking about AI and robots
A seven-year analysis of Tesla earnings transcripts shows Musk's words have drifted far from cars, and his executives are struggling to keep up.
Humanoid robots are nearly ready for the factory floor. The price tag is not.
The technology behind warehouse robots has come a long way. The business case still needs work, and here is why cost, not artificial intelligence, is the real obstacle.
The Robot Startup That Accidentally Became America's China-Free Moment
A Bangalore-built robotics company spent years developing its own hardware to make better robots. When US regulators banned Chinese-made machines, it turned out Ati Robotics had already done the hard work.
The US just banned foreign robots. That could backfire on American robotics research.
The FTC's sweeping import ban on Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots is meant to protect a US industry that barely exists yet. The problem: American researchers depend on those cheap Chinese machines to build the next generation of AI.
Robots, brain control, and a US import ban: the biggest robotics stories of July 2026
From a $7,999 home helper that folds laundry to a US government order blocking certain foreign robots, here is what moved the needle in robotics last month.
A New York school district just hit pause on its robot teacher plan
One district wanted to put a humanoid android in front of students. Parents and researchers have questions. So do the kids, probably.
China's Humanoid Robots Face Image Issues, Says Morgan Stanley
Despite technological advances, China's humanoid robots face public perception challenges, impacting their market growth.
Google's Gemini Robotics 2 wants to build a robot that can do anything you ask
A new family of AI models from Google DeepMind pushes physical robots closer to general-purpose helpers, with better dexterity, multi-robot teamwork, and one model developers can try right now.
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 DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 Can Tidy Shelves, Screw in Lightbulbs, and Tie Trash Bags
A new AI system from Google teaches robots to handle fiddly, real-world tasks on their own. The company says it is a step toward machines that can do anything a human can.
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.
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. Experts say the ban could hurt American innovation as much as it protects it.