with the potential to completely upend white-collar jobs through language models and software agents – as well as blue-collar jobs through a rising generation of intelligent humanoid robots.

The global market value of industrial robot installations has reached an all-time high of $16.5 billion (U.S.), according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. Future demand will be ...

China is making significant strides in artificial intelligence and robotics, with the introduction of ‘Xiaotie’, the country’s first humanoid passenger service AI robot in the railway system.

For $175,000 you too can have a hyper-realistic full-body humanoid robot as personal companion coupled with “Companionship AI” and — to come — a controller app to manage and control your ...

Many of us have by now chatted to one of the current generation of smart AI chatbots, like OpenAI’s market-leading ChatGPT, either for fun or for genuine help at work. Office uses include ...

Are you a marathon runner? AI is coming for your job, too. China is organizing what could be one of the weirdest races in history: a half-marathon where 12,000 humans will compete against an army of ...

Toys sold for less than £15 accounted for nearly half of the UK market last year, as pressure from the rising cost of living continued to bear down on consumers. Sales of toys and games were down ...

However, when confronted with a challenging object – a rubber duck shaped toy – the robot still fumbled and dropped the rubber duck around 56% of the time. Perhaps the ultimate application ...

History is set to made this April as China will be hosting the world's first human-robot marathon in Beijing's Daxing district. This half-marathon will feature 12,000 human runners competing alongside ...

For the first time, dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join a half-marathon to be held in the capital’s Daxing district in April, according to local authorities. This comes as China ramps ...

Two new videos from Chinese companies make it clear: it'll soon be no use trying to run from robots. Rapid upgrades in speed and agility mean robot dogs can now sprint at near-Olympic pace ...

Chinese Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker UBTech announced on Wednesday (January 15) a new partnership with Apple’s Chinese manufacturing partner, Foxconn, to use its robots to help make iPhones.