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…
By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -China kicked off a three-day long sports showcase for humanoid robots on Friday, looking to highlight progress in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games. Robots will compete in sports such as football, track and field, and…
Tesla shareholders are used to volatility. Shares dipped 8% on Thursday after Tesla reported second-quarter earnings. Shares bounced about 4% on Friday. Coming into the week of trading, Tesla stock was down 22% year to date and up about 44% over the past 12 months. Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered some pretty eye-popping aspirations for…
Nvidia (NVDA, Financials) isn’t just the chip king anymore; it’s turning its gaze toward something even bigger humanoid robots. As the company brushed up against a $3.89 trillion market cap this week, CEO Jensen Huang took the stage in Paris and said it plainly; robotics, he believes, could become the largest industry in the world….
The world’s first-ever football match between AI-powered humanoid robots was held in China recently. This match featured humanoid robots wearing black and purple jerseys, competing in a 3 vs 3 match, which was played for two 10-minute halves, a report claimed. In this match, the movements of the robots were guided by built-in algorithms. Instead…