Humanoid robots are rapidly gaining hype, from battlefields to the factory floor. But there are clear growing pains when it comes to sharing spaces with our new automaton friends. Just this month, a video circulated online showing a robot being escorted away by cops after startling an old lady. Now, a different robot appears to…
The Spring Festival Gala is a showcase both of China’s cultural riches and its technological might. The four-hour state television programme, staged in Beijing on the eve of each Lunar New Year, often features goose-stepping phalanxes of singing soldiers. On February 16th the centrepiece was a troupe of sword-brandishing humanoid robots performing an elaborate martial-arts…
Hisense companion robots sit on display during the CES tech show in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s big concern about China dominating the humanoid robots sector and leaving America behind was wide at display at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Chinese-made human-like robots were everywhere across the…
China’s robotics industry may need at least five years before humanoid models reach a similar level of acceptance to electric vehicles, according to private equity firm Hermitage Capital, the latest voice warning of a potential bubble in the sector. The firm, which manages US$1.5 billion in assets, was an early investor in Chinese graphics processing…
Chinese companies are likely to beat Tesla in producing humanoid robots at scale. Several Chinese companies are expected to begin ramping up production of these robots in 2026. This comes even as the world’s richest man has positioned humanoid robots as central to Tesla’s future valuation, which he believes could reach tens of trillions of…
China is warning humanoid robot companies that there are too many of them, duplicating innovation AFP via Getty Images Earlier this year, a Peter Diamandis report found about 100 companies working on humanoid robots globally. A few short months later, there are 150 just in China. In fact, the humanoid robot hype is getting so…
A new “7S” store dedicated to humanoid robots has opened in a bustling commercial district of Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, drawing large crowds as the country’s rapidly growing robotics industry brings cutting-edge technology closer to daily life, News.az reports citing Xinhua. Operated by the Hubei Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, the store showcases…
Unitree Robotics has launched an education platform for students to train robot dogs and understand how they operate based on the start-up’s Go2 system, as adoption of these quadruped machines expands from enthusiasts to mainstream consumers. According to its social media post on Tuesday, Unitree has developed an in-person training course with ready-to-use tools that…
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has praised Elon Musk for being “smart and ahead of the curve,” particularly in the realm of video-trained robotics and AI. However, Cuban remains sceptical about Musk’s vision of humanoid robots dominating the future. Speaking on the Prof G Markets podcast, Cuban highlighted that while robotics will be crucial for productivity,…
Elon Musk boasts he will launch a squad of Optimus humanoid robots to Mars aboard his Starship super-capsules, but a leading U.S. robotics scholar predicts their quick demise (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images While SpaceX founder Elon Musk has pledged to despatch a crew of Optimus…