A robot learned to lip sync after watching hours of YouTube videos The robot learned the ability to use its 26 facial motors by practicing to imitate human lip motions in front of the mirror The Independent UK · Jan 16
'Dark' Car Factories Are Coming Sooner Than You Think Today's EV news: Fully automated factories are coming, Colorado wants to lead on battery recycling, and underwater car loans are a growing problem. InsideEVs · Jan 16
AI will transform the ‘human job’ and enhance skills, says science minister Patrick Vallance says robots would take away ‘repetitive’ tasks, but Sadiq Khan warns AI will usher in ‘new era of mass unemployment’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 16
Aside from creepy surveillance, what are ‘consumer-ready’ service robots actually for? For A$30k you could have a remote employee see inside your home via a walking, talking machine with a chilling blank face. Count me out The Guardian - AU · Jan 16
How human motion is fueling the robot revolution — by teaching robots like Atlas to move in lifelike ways Atlas and other humanoid robots are trained to learn complex human movements using VR and motion capture. TechRadar · Jan 15
Aiper Scuba X1 Pro Max review: an all-purpose pool-cleaning star Decent battery life and a raft of sensors make this a great choice for medium to large pools, as long as you’re strong enough to lift it out after it’s done T3 · Jan 14
Elon Musk shares 4 bold predictions for the future: Robot surgeons in 3 years, immortality, and no need for retirement savings Since ChatGPT’s explosive debut in November 2022, fears of robots replacing humans at work have been rampant. And according to Elon Musk, these fears are about to become very real, very soon. Fortune · Jan 13
CES 2026 robots were wild, silly, and sometimes disappointing but there was one that restored my faith in robotics We take a look at the wide range of robots on display at CES 2026 and find that Altas is still the one to watch. TechRadar · Jan 12
Metal compounds identified as potential new antibiotics, thanks to robots doing 'click chemistry' Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal. LiveScience · Jan 12
Of all the CES robots, this was the most impressive (and scariest) Boston Dynamics took robots to a whole new level at CES last week T3 · Jan 12
Forget the robots, these are the best computing innovations at CES 2026 CES is more than just dancing robots. TechRadar · Jan 11
James Blake teases new music James Blake - who has not released a full length album since Playing Robots Into Heaven in 2023 – took to Instagram to tease new music. BANG Premier · Jan 11
Robots, smart Lego and AI everything: CES 2026 delivers The annual Consumer Electronics Show indicates we could be headed into a future with cleaning robots, noisy Lego and bathroom mirrors that assess health. AAP · Jan 9
Humanoid robots or human connection? What Elon Musk’s Optimus reveals about our AI ambitions When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream. The Conversation · Jan 9
The Guardian - UK · Jan 9 Robots that can do laundry and more, plus unrolling laptops: the standout tech from CES 2026 Robot vacuums that can climb stairs and device for BlackBerry lovers also on display at annual Las Vegas tech show
Euronews · Jan 9 Tamagotchi-like robots, Rubik's Cube, and LEGO all get digital upgrades at CES 2026 Play and games for both children and adults are changing in the new digital landscape. Here are the tech-enhanced toys we're most excited about at CES 2026.
The Independent UK · Jan 8 Elon Musk says AI surgeons will be better than humans in just three years Musk is ‘too optimistic’, with years of comparative testing required before robots can work on humans, an expert says
Android Central · Jan 8 The 15 coolest things I saw at CES 2026 Thousands of brands come to showcase their latest products yearly at CES. And every year, there are a few products that stand out. These are 15 of the coolest products I saw in Las Vegas.
Homes & Gardens · Jan 7 CES 2026: AI Humanoid Robots Can Now Wash Your Dishes and Do Your Laundry As humanoid robots move from demo models to real homes, CES 2026 raises urgent questions about who benefits, who loses, and how much control we’re willing to hand over
The Independent UK · Jan 7 Scientists create robot the size of a grain of salt that can dance and think Researchers say the record-breaking robot ‘opens the door to a whole new future for robotics’
InsideEVs · Jan 7 Hyundai's Atlas Robot From Boston Dynamics: What Is It, Exactly? Hyundai has announced that it plans to add 30,000 robots to its production lines, and some of them will be the humanoid Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics.
Barchart · Jan 7 'Robots & Rockets Aren’t Made from Hopes & Wishes,' and How the AI Revolution is Shaping the Next Metals Bull Market Our senior market strategist and longtime commodities analyst John Rowland, CMT, explains the secular bull market forming in industrial metals.
The Independent UK · Jan 7 From an AI companion to a stair-climbing robot: The coolest technology from CES day 2 The highlights from the second day of CES 2026 in Las Vegas
Tom’s Hardware · Jan 6 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says robots could be 'AI immigrants' that can address labor shortages — can 'do the type of work that maybe we decided not to do anymore' Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said that a wave of robots will serve as "AI immigrants" to drive the economy and do the jobs others don't want to do.
Fortune · Jan 6 Robots are really advancing because they're learning to think for themselves—and they're close to figuring out door handles, execs say "What has now changed," Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak told Fortune, "is that these models or these robots can now can learn from data."