Robot

Auto Added by WPeMatico

Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players

Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron’s FOREPHUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that the robot, which was developed by Sony’s AI division, is the first that can hold its own against top-ranked human players and occasionally even beat them […]

Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players Read More »

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record

An autonomous scarlet robot named “Lightning” finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year’s fastest robot, which took two hours and 40 minutes. As Reuters reports, Du Xiaodi, one of the engineers who developed Lightning at smartphone company Honor, said […]

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record Read More »

Ecovacs’ new robovac spots and pretreats dried stains using powerful jets

Ecovacs announced a new addition to its Deebot line of autonomous cleaners with a new feature that could make the robovac better at cleaning floors in a single pass. The Deebot X12 OmniCyclone uses cameras and AI to identify dried stains on floors, such as muddy paw prints or spilled soda. Before cleaning the stain […]

Ecovacs’ new robovac spots and pretreats dried stains using powerful jets Read More »

I met Olaf — the Frozen robot who might be the future of Disney Parks

You know Olaf. Before K-Pop Demon Hunters, before Wicked, it was Disney’s Frozen that blasted show tunes like “Let it Go” and “Into the Unknown” into our lives. My little girls loved belting those tunes. So when I met Olaf, the Disney Imagineering robot, I kept thinking: I can’t wait for my kids to meet […]

I met Olaf — the Frozen robot who might be the future of Disney Parks Read More »

Dyson’s new stain-spotting AI robovac is now available

Dyson’s latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner first debuted during IFA 2025 in Berlin last September. The Spot+Scrub Ai Robot is the company’s follow-up to its 360 Vis Nav robovac launched in 2023 with upgrades that include a new self-cleaning roller mop, a multifunction dock, and lasers that can identify stains. It’s available now for $1,199 […]

Dyson’s new stain-spotting AI robovac is now available Read More »

Nosh Robotics’ $1,500 robot chef doesn’t need any help with dinner

Anyone who finds themselves wishing they could spend less time on meal prep might have a solution in the form of the recently-launched Nosh One from Nosh Robotics, an AI kitchen appliance that can autonomously cook for you. All users need to do is load their ingredients into the robot’s tray then select a recipe. […]

Nosh Robotics’ $1,500 robot chef doesn’t need any help with dinner Read More »

iRobot’s Roomba Mini can clean where its larger robovacs can’t reach

iRobot has announced its first new robot since the company filed for bankruptcy last December and was later acquired by China’s Picea Robotics. At just 9.5-inches in diameter, the new Roomba Mini is half the size of iRobot’s entry-level 105 series robovacs that launched last March, allowing the vacuum to access and clean spaces that […]

iRobot’s Roomba Mini can clean where its larger robovacs can’t reach Read More »

Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this year

Honor has revealed more details of its so-called Robot Phone at MWC 2026, and finally showed a working unit in action alongside a dancing humanoid robot. Specs are still thin on the ground, but the company has confirmed it plans to release the phone in the second half of this year – though I’ve been […]

Honor claims its Robot Phone will launch later this year Read More »

Google takes control of ‘Android of robotics’ project in quest for physical AI

Google is folding Alphabet’s AI robotics “moonshot,” Intrinsic, into the company after five years as an independent unit. The move marks a strategic shift as Google doubles down on physical AI and pulls experimental projects closer to its core business. Intrinsic “graduated” into an independent company inside Alphabet’s Other Bets division in 2021, a portfolio […]

Google takes control of ‘Android of robotics’ project in quest for physical AI Read More »

iRobot’s Roombas have a new Chinese owner, but it says your data will remain in the US

As part of its acquisition by China-based Picea Robotics, iRobot is creating a new US-based subsidiary called iRobot Safe, which the company says will be “responsible for the protection of US consumer data,” similar to the TikTok deal that was completed last month. iRobot customers in the US will be able to continue using their […]

iRobot’s Roombas have a new Chinese owner, but it says your data will remain in the US Read More »

Shopping Cart