MecAgent’s AI CAD Agent Sparks Backlash Over Background File Uploads
It looks like MecAgent, which calls itself the “Cursor for CAD,” has a PR crisis on its hands.
Is NVIDIA Building a Humanoid Reference Platform or Showcasing Its Partners?
NVIDIA has now introduced two reference humanoids with different bodies, hands, sensors, and control systems. Does that undermine the whole point of creating a reference platform?
Boston’s Robotics Scene Gets Social as Spiritify Begins Mass Production
The Boston startup Spiritify says it’s begun mass producing its Joy AI companion robots.
PhoneBot: UCLA’s $400 Humanoid Robot Powered by Android Smartphones
Researchers from UCLA’s Robotics and Mechanisms Lab (RoMeLa) developed PhoneBot as an open-source platform that uses ordinary smartphones as robot brains.
Why Is Tesla Mass-Producing Optimus Robots That Aren’t Ready for the Real World?
Heading into 2027, Tesla says it’s finally scaling production of Optimus. It’s going to unprecedented lengths to prepare an army of Optimi for the real world.
Unitree’s H2 Goes from Ballet Dancer to Kung Fu Menace
Unitree’s robots keep getting more dangerous. The Chinese robotics leader just unleashed a more menacing version of its full-sized humanoid, the H2, which debuted just a year ago as a…
Former Boston Dynamics Engineer Unveils $20,000 Pixar-Inspired Robot Butler
Tuesday Labs, a startup founded by a former Boston Dynamics engineer, has started taking reservations for its cartoonlike robotic butler.
Meet Neo1: China’s Massive 1.2-Ton Hydraulic Humanoid Robot
China’s new massive humanoid robot can lift half a ton, according to NeodraDynamics, the Beijing startup that built the beast named Neo1 that stands 4 meters (13 feet) and weighs 1,200 kg (2,654 lbs).
China’s Defense Giant Norinco Is Training Humanoid Robots for Riot Control
Norinco Group, the Chinese defense manufacturing giant, is training humanoid robots to become next-generation riot control officers as Beijing tightens its grip on public dissent.
Meet Alex, the Humanoid Robot Undergoing US Military Field Testing
The US military has officially begun field testing humanoid robots as the race to replace soldiers with machines escalates globally.
Foundation Sends Cease & Desist Over ‘Humanoids for War’ Deck
Foundation Future Industries sent me a cease-and-desist after I reported on the company’s claims about Department of War funding and humanoid robot deployments in Ukraine.
Humans Are Fighting Robots. Figure Is Melting Them. Has Robotics Gone Too Far?
Sixty-three years ago, The Twilight Zone imagined a future in which humanoid robots replace human boxers. Desperate for money, an aging boxer named Steel Kelly, played by Lee Marvin, defies…