4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (920+ words) BEIJING, Sept 10 (Reuters) – 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 full second…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1197+ words) BEIJING, Sept 7 (Reuters) – At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China last month, robots jumped, boxed and danced. Some fleet-footed bots ran faster than Usain Bolt over 100 meters. Spectators cheered the machines’ improving capabilities and their meme-worthy stumbles. Two days…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (671+ words) By Eduardo Baptista and Ju-min Park BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A made-in-China humanoid shattered Usain Bolt’s world record time in the 100-metre sprint this week, a milestone in the development of robots that can match, and even surpass, human achievements. But…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (424+ words) By Eduardo Baptista, Tingshu Wang and Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) – China’s Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 8.86 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Tuesday, lowering the 9.39-second mark it ​set at the event’s opening....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (845+ words) HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A roughly 45% slump in the shares of Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, since a more than fivefold jump on its Shanghai debut has triggered concerns about bubble risk, retail investor losses and flaws in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (529+ words) By Eduardo Baptista, Xihao Jiang and Qiaoyi Li BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) – China’s humanoid robots have shown they can run quicker than the fastest humans. Now comes the real test: can they also handle packaging and warehouse operations while reliably performing…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (135+ words) BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker ​Honor's self-developed ‌humanoid robot "Lightning" ran 100 meters in 9.32 ‌seconds, ​beating ⁠the human ⁠world record, China's state broadcaster reported on ​Saturday。 The humanoid reached ⁠a peak ⁠... BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker ​Honorâ…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) By Chenxi Yang, Qiaoyi Li and Eduardo Baptista HANGZHOU/BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) – It is not quite the “RoboCop” of the 1987 movie: no gun, no power to arrest and wheels rather than the Hollywood cyborg’s mechanical stride. But at a busy…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (687+ words) By Eduardo Baptista, Ju-min Park and Laurie Chen BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The CEO of Chinese humanoid robot unicorn Unitree said on Thursday the industry is edging towards a “ChatGPT moment” for robot brains, after the company’s blockbuster Shanghai listing crystallised…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (159+ words) WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A mission to rescue NASA's ​aging SWIFT ‌observatory in space was canceled on Wednesday after the spacecraft ‌that ​had been ⁠deployed to ⁠raise the telescope's orbit suffered irredeemable technical issues in orbit, ​the... WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) â…...