Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers

The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling ...
Reuters

Beyond marathons and backflips, China's robots face a commercial test

Beijing events shift focus from robot spectacle to useful work World Robot Conference opens same day as Unitree's Shanghai market debut Humanoid Games expand competition into factory, retail and ...
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Unitree targets $900 million IPO as robots move from demos into real-world use

Unitree Robotics has opened subscriptions for its initial public offering (IPO) in Shanghai, putting one of China’s most visible robotics companies in the spotlight. The Hangzhou-based company plans ...
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Can Robots Save an Aging Japan?

Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farmers are in their 70s or older. A mechanical wolf robot used ...
Reuters

Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree prices IPO at $9 billion valuation

Unitree prices Shanghai IPO at 150.8 yuan per share Company to be valued at around 61 billion yuan at time of listing Unitree says U.S. trade curbs could hurt ...
Frontiers

CoMuRoS - An LLM-based generalizable hierarchical task planning and execution framework for heterogeneous robot teams with event-driven re-planning

Heterogeneous multi-robot teams require systems that can interpret natural-language goals, allocate tasks, and adapt to unexpected events. We developed CoMuRoS (Collaborative Multi-Robot System), a ...
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New Bill Would Ban Humanoid Robots in Schools After New York Focus Report

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. State senators introduced a bill Thursday that would ban New York school ...