23 May 2026
Chinese robot companies are moving beyond factory production lines and entering the home chores mark..
China's first domestic humanoid unveiled; it judges situations and carries out tasks on its own, building real-world data to improve on-site responsiveness. "We will cut the price by more than half by 2027." A demonstration video shows China's first general-purpose home humanoid, SeeLight S1, slicing tomatoes and placing them in a bowl. [GigaAI]
23 May 2026
View / Why SpaceX defies valuations
The thing about becoming a publicly traded company is that bankers have to figure out how to value businesses that often don’t fit into a neat box. But assessing how the rocket and satellite maker stacks up against other companies right now is ultimately a pretty silly exercise — and one that isn’t rooted in the actual promise of what buying shares in SpaceX today will yield in the future.
23 May 2026
“The future is here”: Why this humanoid robot needs four arms
i Orbit Robotics Orbit Robotics’ humanoid robot Helios has four arms but no legs, as it does not need them in space.
23 May 2026
Former NASA Robotics Chief: America is building the wrong kind of robots — and China knows it
When China lined up a troupe of humanoid robots to dance in front of the German Chancellor earlier this year, a lot of people saw an impressive display of the nation’s technological prowess — but I saw something else. I’m from Texas. I know bragging when I see it. Looking beyond the robots’ footwork, China’s demonstration reveals a widening gap between spectacle and strategy — a gap that America,…
22 May 2026
Beyond chatbots: Why the United States is best positioned for the next phase of AI
Recently, Mind Robotics, a Palo Alto-based startup, closed a $500 million bet on machines that think and act in the physical world. It is one of dozens of signals that AI's next phase has begun. Innovation experts such as Soumitra Dutta say the US is structurally better placed than anyone to lead it.
22 May 2026
Google, Japanese firm ship 1,000 robots in automation push
Google has joined hands with Japanese robotics giant FANUC America Corporation to advance Physical AI in industrial robots, amid rising demand for smarter automation systems capable of handling more complex factory tasks.
22 May 2026
End of manual labor: China surprises the world with revelation that it may have 24 million humanoid robots, more than the population of SP and Rio combined, to…
Study by British bank Barclays projects that China could have 24 million humanoid robots installed by 2035 to compensate for the projected reduction of 37 million workers, a result of the accelerated aging of the population and the historic decline in the country’s birth rate.
22 May 2026
Figure’s robots just sorted packages for 200 hours straight
What started as a 10-hour human-versus-robot challenge turned into a continuous marathon shift spanning nine days of continuous work.
22 May 2026
Physical AI Is Already Here. But What Is It?
You may have seen it: a humanoid robot moonwalking across a stage to Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” before slipping several times on a set of steps and lying motionless. The video, filmed in Shenzhen, China, has taken social media by storm this week. The scene may well augur a future in which robots imitate, perform and work alongside humans. That’s because it is an early example of what many…
