Chinese startup UBTECH Robotics just snagged a $37M contract to deploy its Walker S2 humanoid robots at the China-Vietnam border in Fangchenggang, where they'll guide passenger queues, direct vehicles, patrol corridors, and inspect cargo containers. The deployment follows China's 2023 directive to build a national humanoid ...
The company just rolled out Qingtian Rent, a rental platform that lets you hire robots for weddings, concerts, trade shows, and business meetings. AgiBot’s advanced Yuanzheng A2 model rents for $1,380 per day, while budget options like the Unitree Go2 robot dog start at $138 daily. The move could potentially reshape the global ...
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New Industrial Robots Installed Per Year
Scientists create robots tinier than a grain of sand ( www.wsj.com )
UPDATE: The US Commerce Department drops a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns; FCC barred imports in December 2025 ( www.reuters.com )
The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones ( www.popularmechanics.com )
LG Electronics Presents LG ClOiD Home Robot To Demonstrate “Zero Labor Home” at CES 2026 ( www.lg.com )
Boston Dynamics’ Tesla Bot rival Atlas will start building Hyundai cars in 2028 ( www.theverge.com )
Chinese robotics giant Unitree has partnered with JD.com to open what they’re calling the world’s first physical storefront for robots in Beijing ( cybernews.com )
The first personal humanoid robot of 2026 ( youtu.be )
Researchers make “neuromorphic” artificial skin for robots ( arstechnica.com )
Humanoid robots set to begin border patrol duties between China and Vietnam ( www.earth.com )
Chinese startup UBTECH Robotics just snagged a $37M contract to deploy its Walker S2 humanoid robots at the China-Vietnam border in Fangchenggang, where they'll guide passenger queues, direct vehicles, patrol corridors, and inspect cargo containers. The deployment follows China's 2023 directive to build a national humanoid ...
Penn and Michigan Create World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots ( www.seas.upenn.edu )
Chinese firm AgiBot now lets you rent out humanoid robots ( interestingengineering.com )
The company just rolled out Qingtian Rent, a rental platform that lets you hire robots for weddings, concerts, trade shows, and business meetings. AgiBot’s advanced Yuanzheng A2 model rents for $1,380 per day, while budget options like the Unitree Go2 robot dog start at $138 daily. The move could potentially reshape the global ...
Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went too far ( www.grocerydive.com )
Google DeepMind’s optimized AI model runs directly on robots ( www.theverge.com )
Google DeepMind is rolling out an on-device version of its Gemini Robotics AI model that allows it to operate without an internet connection.
Training robots without robots: Smart glasses capture first-person task demos ( techxplore.com )
Robot navigates high-speed parkour with autonomous movement planning ( techxplore.com )
Four-legged robot plays badminton with humans ( techxplore.com )
Humanoid robots fight in Chinese boxing competition ( www.bbc.com )
Giant Robotic Bugs Are Headed to Farms ( spectrum.ieee.org )
Engineers develop self-healing muscle for robots ( techxplore.com )
Robots Are Starting to Make Decisions in the Operating Room ( spectrum.ieee.org )
Robots run a half marathon, slowly ( techcrunch.com )
Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup ( techcrunch.com )
1X will test humanoid robots in 'a few hundred' homes in 2025 ( techcrunch.com )