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We look at the promise and peril of robots that look like humans. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. Scientists and entrepreneurs are working tirelessly toward a strange goal: robots that ...

UPS will invest about $120 million to buy 400 truck-unloading robots from Pickle Robot Co., adding detail to its $9 billion automation plan aimed at cutting labor costs. The robots can unload trucks ...

Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in ...

A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge ...

AI robots turning on us and taking over the world is something on all of our minds right now. But would it be so bad if the machines went after CEOs first? We’re mulling over the prospect of such ...

Delivery robots are increasingly navigating sidewalks and streets, transporting food, groceries, and packages directly to consumers. These autonomous delivery systems are moving beyond pilot programs ...

At AEW Full Gear, Ricochet made history when he became the first-ever AEW National Champion. Coming out of the event, he's now aiming to rake in even more championship gold alongside his Demand ...

Since 2024, a video has circulated online purportedly showing surveillance footage of a small robot, named Erbai, convincing 12 other humanoid robots at a robotics showroom in China to leave their ...

From surgical robots to humanoid robot fleets for household chores, here's what Nvidia announced about its robots at GTC. Reading time 4 minutes Nvidia is betting on an AI-driven robot workforce to ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

At Foundation's headquarters in San Francisco, I met the Phantom MK1 humanoid robot and controlled it using a VR headset. The CEO told me his aspirations to deploy the robot in factories, on ...