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Agilink, a spin-off of Chinese robotics giant AgiBot, asked Fu Xianghong, a master of traditional Suzhou embroidery, to train ...

The robot itself consists of a tiny electric motor attached to a tower by a length of fishing line. When the motor accelerates, it spools the line quickly and hoists itself up the tower, pulling the ...

On a sunny morning in June, I walked to work with a quadruped robot beside me. I’ve never gotten more attention from strangers. A bunch of people snapped pictures of my robot dog. Several people asked ...

Engineers developed DirectHop, a springless robot that makes controlled jumps, clears a stair step and can right itself after ...

Around this time of year, new products launch left and right. I wrote similar words just yesterday ahead of Boox launching its latest devices. And now, Dyson, one of the big names in vacuum cleaners, ...

XPENG’s humanoid robot has officially joined the workforce, and it even got an employee badge. The Chinese automaker announced on September 8 that its next-generation IRON had completed assembly and ...

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A robot in China just finished being built. A human baby needs months of carrying, feeding, and support before it takes a first wobbly step. XPENG’s new IRON robot skipped all that. It went from ...

Tesla revealed its Cybercab concept back in 2024, only to have thousands of Waymo vehicles flooding cities across the United States before even one Cybercab rolled off the assembly line. Tesla then ...

XPENG’s IRON humanoid robot has walked off its automated assembly line as the company targets mass production and commercial deployments in 2027. XPENG’s IRON humanoid robot walks off production line.

Chinese company Xpeng released a video showing its new humanoid robot IRON walking off the assembly line on its own. It’s the latest step in the robot arms race between the U.S. and China that could ...