This major food chain just started using robots to serve food, guess how it went A McDonalds just tested out robot staff for a glimpse at a fully automated future. T3 · Mar 21
Joe Kent Defects, Robots, and Mad Men Sequel Ideas Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss political fallout from the Iran war, Tulsi Gabbard's pivot, and Rand Paul calling out Markwayne Mullin. Reason · Mar 20
Two indie games with the same name accidentally launched days apart, so the devs averted disaster by working together: "I made back what I put into the game in the first 24 hours" "It restored some faith for me" GamesRadar · Mar 20
Tesla Faces the ‘Couch Problem’: Modern Physics Warns the Optimus Robot Will Fail and Send TSLA Stock Falling Tesla’s $1.57T valuation clashes with falling revenue (-3.8%). Why engineering limits and the “Couch Problem” leave investors with no margin of safety in the race for Optimus. Barchart · Mar 20
Game, Set, Machine: As Robots Master Tennis, Questions Grow Over the Future of Human Sport Is the age of the human athlete over? Discover how the Galbot G1 used the LATENT framework and only 5 hours of data to master humanoid robot tennis, sparking a global debate on human obsolescence in professional sports. International Business Times UK · Mar 20
Dancing robot performance goes awry, sending plates and chopsticks flying in hot pot restaurant A video circulating on the Chinese social media platform Rednote showed the robot smashing plates and flinging dishware and chopsticks during what appeared to be a performance gone awry. Euronews · Mar 20
Fact check: Are Pokémon GO players unwittingly helping to train AI? The hit mobile game Pokémon GO has come under scrutiny following claims that images captured within the app may have been used to train AI systems developed by its creator, without players' consent. However, these images were not collected entirely without users’ awareness. Euronews · Mar 20
Pokémon Go players built a 30-billion-photo map that's now training robots to deliver your pizza How Niantic Spatial is turning a decade of 30 billion crowdsourced photos and data into the most precise urban navigation system delivery robots ever had. Fortune · Mar 19
Inside China’s robotics revolution The long read: How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out The Guardian - UK · Mar 19
1 Nvidia-Backed Stock to Buy Now If You Are Betting on Physical AI As physical AI gains momentum, STMicroelectronics stands out as a high-potential chip stock tied to Nvidia’s expanding vision. Barchart · Mar 18
Robot Goes Rogue In Restaurant, Smashes Plates Before Breaking Into Dance WATCH: A restaurant robot malfunctioned, smashing plates before breaking into a bizarre dance as staff struggled to stop it in a viral video. International Business Times UK · Mar 18
China: Beijing AI and robotics expo highlights healthcare-focused smart robots Beijing’s International AI Application and Robotics Innovation Exhibition opened on 18 March at the China International Exhibition Center, bringing together companies, researchers and investors. Euronews · Mar 18
Bristol's Just Eat Delivery Robot Trial Raises Safety Concerns After Near-Miss with Councillor's Dog Bristol's Just Eat delivery robot trial sparks safety concerns after a near-miss with a councillor's dog, leading to a formal investigation and calls for stricter regulations on autonomous delivery robots. International Business Times UK · Mar 18
Pokémon Go players have unknowingly been helping to train delivery robots A massive databse built by players of Pokémon Go is now being used Coco Robotics to help its street delivery robots better navigate busy urban environments. Euronews · Mar 18
TechRadar · Mar 17 It's no Nadal but this tennis-playing robot could change the future of the game Galbot and researchers taught a robot how to play tennis without extensive training, and it could be a robots-in-sports game changer.
The Independent UK · Mar 17 How Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly training AI navigation robots IN FULL
International Business Times UK · Mar 17 US Navy's Solution for China's Growing Fleet is Wall-Climbing Robots That Crawl Warships for Speed Repairs The US Navy is using wall-climbing robots to inspect and repair warships faster, addressing maintenance delays as China's naval fleet expands.
The Independent UK · Mar 17 Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly training robots A 30-billion-image dataset built by players over the last decade is now being used to train an AI navigation system
International Business Times UK · Mar 17 Humanoid Robot 'Arrested' After Elderly Woman Is Taken To Hospital A humanoid robot in Macau was 'arrested' after startling an elderly woman, raising questions about the interaction between humans and advancing technology.
International Business Times · Mar 17 AI Memory Breakthrough Grows as Elon Musk's xAI Grok Lawsuit Raises Safety Fears A new AI memory layer promises smarter wearables and robots, but a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI raises urgent safety concerns while scientists push AI into extreme materials research.
InsideEVs · Mar 17 Forget Tesla’s Optimus: Renault’s Robot Is Already Doing Backbreaking Work Renault is deploying 350 humanoid robots at its Douai EV factory in France.
Fortune · Mar 17 Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers AI companies are turning to quadruped robots, better known as “robot dogs” for security solutions to protect their vast data centers.
International Business Times UK · Mar 16 Macau Police Detain Humanoid Robot After 'Harassing' 70-Year-Old Woman Hospitalised Following Street Encounter A humanoid robot startled a 70-year-old woman in Macau, sparking a global debate on the regulation of advanced machines in public spaces.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 16 STMicro to deploy humanoid robots to its legacy fabs in Europe — over 100 humanoid robots to be used for routine and physically demanding tasks in fight for efficiency As cheap Chinese chips threaten to invade various sectors of the economy in Europe, STMicroelectronics is on track to improve the efficiency of its own fabs
Euronews · Mar 16 ‘No ordinary clean-up operation’: EU deploys drones and robots to remove litter from the sea floor The EU-funded initiative is helping tidy up the litter-filled sea floor, and could even be used to detect hidden mines.