China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced on Saturday the establishment of a standardization ...

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Rodney Brooks, the cofounder of Roomba vacuum creator iRobot, said the idea of humanoid robots as catchall assistants, the future Elon Musk envisions, is “pure fantasy thinking,” in part because ...

XPeng held a special event at its headquarters in Guangzhou, China, this week, showcasing its transformation from an electric vehicle maker to something much more ambitious involving humanoid robots, ...

On January 9, 2007, at the Macworld convention, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone. Later, in June the same year, it was released — and the world would never be the same again. Before that moment, ...

In a rundown of what the company has achieved since 2018, Tesla said it had deployed two Optimus bots "performing tasks in the factory autonomously." ...

Tesla is leveraging its learnings from its electric vehicle (EV) business to develop its AI-powered Optimus robot. The Optimus version 3 prototype is targeted for unveiling in early 2026, with ...

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The renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has revealed how he believes humanoid robots will develop in the coming years, and his suggestions may surprise you. Brooks, an AI pioneer and entrepreneur known ...