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After outrunning Usain Bolt, China’s robot champion races towards real-world work
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (954+ words) Jack Guo, an engineer who leads the development of TianGong Ultra, which outran Usain Bolt at the World Humanoid Robot Games in August. Published Sep 10, 2026, 08:07 AM Updated Sep 10, 2026, 09:09 AM BEIJING – A week after his robot outran humanity’s fastest man, Jack…...
After outrunning Bolt, China's robot champion races towards real-world work
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (919+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026, 08:07 AM BEIJING, Sept 10 - A week after his robot outran humanity's fastest man, Jack Guo is already chasing a harder goal. TianGong Ultra stunned spectators at the World Humanoid Robot Games when it covered 100 metres in 8.64 seconds, almost a…...
China curbs humanoid IPOs after Unitree’s volatile debut: Report
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (232+ words) An engineer checks a fallen Unitree humanoid robot at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Aug 25. Published Sep 09, 2026, 12:40 PM BEIJING - Chinese regulators are tightening the approval for humanoid startups planning IPOs after a volatile debut by industry leader…...
Robots take to Warsaw streets to protest rampant AI
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (404+ words) Robots, ranging from bipedal humanoids to dog-like quadripeds, are seen at a demonstration calling for AI regulation in front of the Polish digital affairs ministry in Warsaw on Sept 7, 2026. Published Sep 08, 2026, 03:49 AM WARSAW - Waving flags, “chanting” slogans, and marching in…...
From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat
1+ week, 55+ min ago (1318+ words) China’s defence establishment is accelerating research into humanoids’ military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment. Published Sep 07, 2026, 02:06 PM Updated Sep 07, 2026, 02:32 PM BEIJING – At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China in August, robots jumped, boxed and danced. Some…...
Robots with ability to stop fights at prisons to be deployed from Oct: Singapore Prison Service
1+ week, 3+ day ago (481+ words) The robot, called Prisons Robot To Eradicate Conflicts and Threats (PROTECT), is a 157cm-tall, pepper spray-shooting machine that can patrol the prison grounds and detect fights. Published Sep 03, 2026, 07:30 PM Updated Sep 03, 2026, 07:32 PM SINGAPORE - When a fight breaks out in prison,…...
Interest in tech tours to China surging amid global AI hardware boom
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1001+ words) Investors and entrepreneurs are paying thousands of dollars for rare access to Chinese factories. Published Sep 03, 2026, 10:43 AM BEIJING – Humanoid robots working on factory floors, artificial intelligence (AI) models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at breathtaking scale…...
US immigration agency explores purchasing robot dogs in enforcement tech push
2+ week, 2+ day ago (229+ words) The move comes as the agency faces questions over the use of force. Published Aug 29, 2026, 11:55 AM WASHINGTON –The Trump administration is exploring adding robot dogs to the expanding arsenal being used by the US federal immigration authorities as they seek…...
Japan Airlines to introduce aircraft-washing robot at airport near Tokyo
2+ week, 3+ day ago (236+ words) The AW3 robot can clean an aircraft using a remotely-operated telescopic arm and will start full-scale operation later in 2026. Published Aug 28, 2026, 01:49 PM TOKYO – Japan Airlines (JAL) said on Aug 28 that it will introduce a robot that washes aircraft exteriors at Narita…...
youngest Singaporean to complete Ironman triathlon record
2+ week, 5+ day ago (198+ words) The TL;DR: Just two days after his 18th birthday, Xie Ze Kai competed in and completed the Ironman race in Tallinn, Estonia, on Aug 22. In the process, the Anglo-Chinese Junior College student broke his father’s 26-year-old record to become the…...