Figure therefore joins Agility Robotics’ robot, Digit, as two of the only humanoid robotics companies on the planet to be putting their robots to work in paying clients’ warehouses and factories.

Moxie, an AI-powered toy robot aimed at preschoolers and other children, is shutting down — leaving parents in the position of having to explain that a beloved companion is going away.

In Eastern China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling robot that can chase down suspects — and, they say, beat them in a fight. Named the "Rotunbot" or "RT-G" for short ...

Chinese robotics company, Logon Technology, unveiled the RT-G autonomous spherical robot in a release, saying it was a "technological breakthrough" designed to assist and even replace humans in ...

Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round." On its website ...

In eastern China, a robot that can identify and chase suspects follows police officers as they patrol the streets in a crowded commercial district. In a viral clip that could come straight from a ...

As electric car sales continue surging to record highs, BYD plans to take on the world of humanoid robots. To kick things off, BYD announced a new recruitment program to attract top talent from ...

Just like today's best robot vacuums and lawn bots, the Yarbo comes with a charging dock and will return to it automatically if it senses it's running out of juice. This means the Yarbo snowbot ...

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Multifunctional service robots could be the next new area in which Taiwan could play a significant role, given its strengths in chip manufacturing and software design, Taiwan Semiconductor ...

Why vacuum yourself if you can have a robot do it for you? We spent hours rigorously testing the most popular robot vacuum models to find you the best of the best. Originally hailing from Troy ...

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