5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (273+ words) In today's global economy, even robots are begging for help. In a now-viral stunt involving a Unitree G1, a humanoid robot was seen begging on the streets of Chengdu, China in order to get "help with electricity bills." The robot sat…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago  (677+ words) The robotics startup Field AI has hit a $100 million milestone. The company, which builds software to help robots navigate challenging environments such as mines and construction sites, said it has grown to over $100 million in revenue and in customer contracts....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1040+ words) Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models " the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like Chat GPT and Claude " when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end. "We basically have passed…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (633+ words) Humanoid robot maker Agility Robotics said Wednesday that it plans to go public in a deal valuing the company at about $2. 5 billion. The deal would make Agility, which builds a robot called Digit, the first humanoid-focused company to go public…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (420+ words) Once again, a bot has barged its way into trouble. During a SWAT response in Arizona last week, a Door Dash delivery robot apparently wanted a piece of the action and refused to leave the area, 12 News reports. The shopping…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1143+ words) For its 13 years in businesses, robot security company Knightscope has weathered a remarkable run of self-inflicted disasters. Not even the notoriously tech-obsessed NYPD renewed its contract with Knightscope, probably because the K5 required constant monitoring by human cops to protect it…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (503+ words) BYD is developing its own rival to Tesla's Optimus robot, and one of the Chinese automaker's top executives wants it on the showroom floor selling cars. In an interview with Business Insider's editor in chief, Jamie Heller, at the Cannes…...

3+ day, 1+ min ago  (1524+ words) At a factory in southeastern China, robot arms spin balletically, winding long strips of metal into rolls and shaping them into bricks that are destined to become batteries. As workers in white coveralls watch, the nascent batteries are packaged into…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1526+ words) At a factory in southeastern China, robot arms spin balletically, winding long strips of metal into rolls and shaping them into bricks that are destined to become batteries. As workers in white coveralls watch, the nascent batteries are packaged into…...

4+ day, 58+ min ago  (490+ words) The adage, "data is the new currency," has taken on a whole new meaning in a society obsessed with AI. The prevailing thinking is that with more data, AI models will continue to improve dramatically, turning the training input into…...