Sensitive "nails" enable precision grasping of very thin objects, while other enhancements better grasp fragile objects.

A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley. Rémi Cadène, co-founder and CEO of Paris-based startup UMA, unveiled plans ...

Ex-Tesla Optimus scientist Rémi Cadene has unveiled UMA’s Northstar, a lightweight humanoid robot built in Paris and aimed at Europe first.

Excitement is building as Texans anticipate the opening of new theme park, Universal Kids Resort. The smaller-scale resort, offering a 300-room hotel and a regional theme park, is slated to open in ...

China has officially launched its first general-purpose household robot, called “Shiguang S1,” in Wuhan’s Optics Valley. The robot was introduced on May 20 by Chinese robotics company GigaBrain and is ...

At Google I/O, the company unveiled its vision of what shopping looks like in the AI era — and it’s Google all the way down. At Google I/O, the company unveiled its vision of what shopping looks ...

Unitree is a Chinese company known for making adorable, relatively affordable robots that dance and shuffle and such. Last night, it revealed its latest creation, which is something of a departure: a ...

CENTER STAGE. KATIE KWAN HAS ALWAYS LOVED DANCE AND MATH, AND I FELT LIKE I LIVED IN THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT WORLDS, AND THE DANCE, THEATER AND ART WORLD AND THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD. EVENTUALLY SHE ...

BEIJING, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit AI (千寻智能) and Bosch China have formed a strategic alliance to industrialize the "Universal Brain" for robots. This partnership fuses Spirit AI's leading VLA ...

Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence models for robots, as part of a major initiative to build humanoid technology. The social ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

Ukrainian ground robots and drones have demonstrated how to overcome a Russian military position by themselves while forcing the surrender of Russian soldiers, claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...