Chinese robotics startup XGSynBot introduced the Z1 Wheeled Robot at a dual-city press conference held in Silicon Valley and Beijing on March 5, 2026. The machine is designed for factory floors and ...
The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals. “Not reliably,” Hurst said. “I don’t think it’s totally ...
XGSynBot has debuted the Z1 wheeled robot, a humanoid designed to eliminate specialized robots with multi-station working capabilities.
Researchers at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have developed a robotic system that can learn by imitating human movements to handle chickens on poultry processing lines, according to a ...
Engineers at the University of Oxford have developed a remarkably simple and inexpensive way to build soft robots. Using common laboratory tools and low-cost materials, the new method allows ...
Robotics development hinges on critical physical components like actuators, sensors, and AI compute, which are concentrated in specific countries, creating chokepoints that influence global dominance.
Researchers in the US have developed a new revolutionary robotic hand that is capable ...
Figure Helix 02 targets long-horizon chores under one neural network; 1,000+ training hours support tight-space movement and ...
Originally developed in response to labor shortages in poultry processing plants amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ChicGrasp is now a robotics system capable of learning by imitatin ...
What started out as a response to labor shortages in poultry processing plants during the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a robotics system that can learn by imitating human movements ...
A robotic hand developed at UT Austin can pick up the most fragile items, like potato chips or eggs, without crushing them.
Opinion

Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...