Zhou Yuxiang hired food delivery riders to sell AI to factories. Now he’s chasing China’s industrial AI breakthrough
China has millions of small factories—and almost no data on them. Yuxiang Zhou thinks AI can fix both.
Fortune AI6 min read
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Agibot and Chimelong launch large-scale embodied AI theme park with more than 300 robots
Agibot and Chimelong Group have launched the first phase of a large-scale embodied AI deployment at Chimelong Spaceship Park, with more than 300 robots integrated into entertainment, education, visitor services and hotel operations.
Robotics & Automation News3 min read
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is done doing backflips and is finally ready to clock in
Boston Dynamics and Hyundai are preparing to bring Atlas humanoid robots to factories, with plans to produce 30,000 robots annually and deploy 25,000 Atlas units for industrial work.
Digital Trends — AI3 min read
Figure AI Trains Retired Robots to Dive Into Molten Steel
That's one way to say hasta la vista to intellectual property.
Gizmodo — AI3 min read
Runway moves into robotics with open-weight Praxis-1 AI model
Runway, one of the best-known developers of generative AI video technology, is moving into robotics with Praxis-1, an open-weight AI model designed to use knowledge learned from video to control physical robots.
Robotics & Automation News4 min read
AMD to acquire World Labs in deal worth $8.2 billion
Chipmaker AMD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, an AI model and research lab led by AI pioneer Dr. Fei-Fei Li. The acquisition will bring a world-class team of researchers and model experts to AMD, strengthening its ability to develop AI hardware, software and systems…
Robotics & Automation News2 min read
U.S. Army Names Five Winners in Humanoid Robotics Competition
Insider Brief The U.S. Army named five companies as winners of its xTechHumanoid competition, part of an effort to assess how commercial humanoid robotics and related technologies could support future military operations. According to the U.S.
The AI Insider4 min read
New robot falls like a maple seed then sails like a boat once it hits water
Remote waters are difficult to monitor. Boats can take a long time to reach them, while aircraft cannot remain there for extended periods. To close that gap, researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed a nature-inspired robotic platform.
TechXplore AI1 min readFort Robotics Advances SPAC Deal With Confidential S-4 Filing
Fort Robotics and Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp. have confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-4 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The AI Insider3 min read
Robots approaching from behind are perceived as moving faster, experiments reveal
A research team from the Vision and Action Laboratory, Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory and Cognitive Neurotechnology Unit in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, led by associate professor Hideki Tamura, has demonstrated that, even…
TechXplore AI1 min read
Atlas Robot’s New Hand May Outperform Human-Like Designs
Today, Boston Dynamics is announcing a redesigned hand for its Atlas robot. The previous generation could do some crazy superhuman things with its three fingers, but it was never intended for mass production in the tens or hundreds of thousands.
IEEE Spectrum Robotics4 min read
Agility Robotics & Fort Robotics Expand Partnership For Humanoid Robot Safety
Insider Brief Agility Robotics and Fort Robotics have expanded a multiyear partnership to develop safety systems for Digit 5, Agility’s next-generation humanoid robot, as the companies prepare the platform for broader commercial deployment.
The AI Insider5 min read
DoorDash puts its own drone on the menu
DoorDash wants to fly your next takeout order straight to your backyard, and it just pulled the cover off the aircraft behind DoorDash Air. But the biggest…
The Rundown AI Blog6 min read
Can a machine or AI agent be surprised? Helping autonomous systems respond to the unexpected
Let's say you ask ChatGPT a question that stumps it, or a Waymo vehicle encounters something unusual in the road, or an autonomous factory faces an unexpected disruption. Most people would recognize that something unexpected has happened and adjust accordingly.
TechXplore AI3 min read
Know a rising star in robotics? We want to hear from you.
Business Insider is looking for the up-and-coming people shaping the future of robotics.
Business Insider - AI3 min read
Hitachi and Fanuc Partner to Commercialize Physical AI for Manufacturing
Insider Brief Hitachi and Fanuc have formed a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize physical AI systems for manufacturing, combining Hitachi’s AI technology with Fanuc’s industrial robots and testing the systems first inside Hitachi factories.
The AI Insider4 min read
Tesla Sell Ratings Slide as Analysts Eye Musk’s AI Ambitions
Tesla Inc. shares have tumbled in 2026, but Wall Street analysts are increasingly reluctant to tell investors to sell.
Bloomberg Technology1 min read
Hire a Rive Animator for Your AI Companion, AI Robot or AI Toy
Hire a Rive Animator for Your AI Companion, AI Robot or AI Toy Are you building an AI companion, AI robot, AI toy, desktop AI companion, voice assistant, educational robot or smart device with a screen? Your AI may already be able to listen, think and speak.
Dev.to AI8 min read
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