Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’
Startup Figure AI is developing general-purpose humanoid robots.Figure AIFigure AI, an Nvidia-backed developer of humanoid robots, was sued by the ...
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Chinese EV maker Xpeng to launch robotaxis, humanoid robots with self-developed AI chips
Chinese EV company Xpeng showed off its newest humanoid robot in Guangzhou on Nov. 5, 2025.CNBC | Evelyn ChengGuangzhou, CHINA ...
Video: Melania Trump Says ‘the Robots Are Here’
new video loaded: Melania Trump Says ‘the Robots Are Here’transcriptBacktranscriptMelania Trump Says ‘the Robots Are Here’The first lady, Melania Trump, ...
Household robots are about to get a big price cut — if China’s top ‘robovac’ player has its way
In 2025, Roborock launched a vacuum cleaner with a robotic arm for moving socks and other obstructions out of the ...
Walgreens doubles down on prescription-filling robots to cut costs, free up pharmacists amid turnaround
A robotic arm fills prescriptions at a Walgreens' micro-fulfillment center.Courtesy: WalgreensAs struggling drugstore chains work to regain their footing, Walgreens ...
Startup Kinetic rolls out robots to fix electric cars, and someday robotaxis
Kinetic cofounders: CEO Nikhil Naikal, CTO Sander Marques, COO Chris WeberCourtesy: Kinetic AutomationWhile electric vehicle demand is still increasing in ...
Elon Musk claims Optimus robots could make Tesla a $25 trillion company — more than half the value of the S&P 500 today
A mockup of Tesla Inc.'s planned humanoid robot Optimus on display during the Seoul Mobility Show in Goyang, South Korea, ...
These wall-climbing, AI-powered robots are finding the flaws in ‘D’ grade U.S. infrastructure, from commuter bridges to military hardware
The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year and an I-95 overpass in Philadelphia last June weren't triggered by ...
Top Amazon exec says it’s a ‘myth’ robots steal jobs
A robot prepares to pick up a tote containing product at the Amazon Robotics fulfillment center on April 12, 2019 ...
Google’s building A.I. into robots to teach them to throw out the trash
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 10, 2023.David Paul Morris ...
