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	Sex Robots Are Here… and It's OK	https://biztoc.com/x/a482729a92e1a479?r…	0	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Sex Robots Are Here… and It's OK URL: https://biztoc.com/x/a482729a92e1a479?ref=ff Description: One of the first feature articles I wrote for Reason was about sex robots. This was 2015, and both legacy and social media had cyclical freak-outs about the… Content:
	Social Robots Market Size to Grow by USD USD 1.10 …	https://www.prnewswire.com:443/news-rel…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Social Robots Market Size to Grow by USD USD 1.10 trillion \| Dominant Players include Diligent Robotics Inc., Furhat Robotics AB, Hitachi Ltd., Knightscope Inc. among others \| Technavio URL: https://www.prnewswire.com:443/news-releases/social-robots-market-size-to-grow-by-usd-usd-1-10-trillion--dominant-players-include-diligent-robotics-inc-furhat-robotics-ab-hitachi-ltd-knightscope-inc-among-others--technavio-301571823.html Description: /PRNewswire/ -- The latest market analysis report titled Social Robots Market by Component and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025 has been added to... Content: Searching for your content... In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM - 10 PM ET Jun 22, 2022, 02:30 ET Share this article NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest market analysis report titled Social Robots Market by Component and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025 has been added to Technavio's catalog. The market is anticipated to witness a potential growth difference of USD 1.10 trillion from 2020 to 2025. The report also identifies the market to progress in accelerating growth momentum at a CAGR of 14.43% during the forecast period. The surging technological advances in social robots and increasing focus on enhancing battery life are influencing the market growth positively. However, high costs of these robots might impede the sales. For more insights on CAGR and YOY growth analysis, Read this Sample Report Social Robots Market Vendor Insights Top companies covered in this report are: Want to know more about the product offerings of other contributing vendors? Request for Sample Report Right Here! Social Robots Market Revenue-generating Segment Insights Get Segment-based Contributions to make critical business decisions with this Sample Report Social Robots Market Scope Technavio categorizes the global social robots market as a part of the global industrial machinery market. Our report provides extensive information on the value chain analysis for the social robots market, which vendors can leverage to gain a competitive advantage during the forecast period. Technavio presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources. The social robots market report covers the following areas: Social Robots Market Takeaways Related Reports: Inspection Robots Market by Type, End-user, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025 Global Educational Robots Market by Product and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025 Social Robots Market Scope Report Coverage Details Page number 120 Base year 2020 Forecast period 2021-2025 Growth momentum & CAGR Accelerate at a CAGR of 14.43% Market growth 2021-2025 $1.10 tn Market structure Fragmented YoY growth (%) 13.10 Regional analysis APAC, North America, Europe, MEA, and South America Performing market contribution APAC at 36% Key consumer countries US, China, UK, Japan, and South Korea (Republic of Korea) Competitive landscape Leading companies, competitive strategies, consumer engagement scope Companies profiled BLUE FROG ROBOTICS SAS, Diligent Robotics Inc., Furhat Robotics AB, Hitachi Ltd., Knightscope Inc., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., PAL Robotics SL, Savioke Inc., SoftBank Group Corp., and Ubtech Robotics Inc. Market Dynamics Parent market analysis, Market growth inducers and obstacles, Fast-growing and slow-growing segment analysis, COVID 19 impact and future consumer dynamics, market condition analysis for the forecast period, Customization purview If our report has not included the data that you are looking for, you can reach out to our analysts and get segments customized. Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Five Forces Analysis 5 Market Segmentation by Component 6 Customer landscape 7 Geographic Landscape 8 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends 9 Vendor Landscape 10 Vendor Analysis 11 Appendix Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focus on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library consists of more than 17,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio's comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios. Contact Technavio ResearchJesse MaidaMedia & Marketing ExecutiveUS: +1 844 364 1100UK: +44 203 893 3200Email: [email protected]Website: www.technavio.com/ SOURCE Technavio Report with the AI impact on market trends - The global fast casual restaurants market size is estimated to grow by USD 302.5 billion from 2024-2028, ... 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	Rise Of The Cute Robots \| IBTimes	https://www.ibtimes.com/rise-cute-robot…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Rise Of The Cute Robots \| IBTimes URL: https://www.ibtimes.com/rise-cute-robots-3700126 Description: The red eye that refuses to be extinguished, the metal body that cannot be crushed -- for many of us the word "robot" conjures one image: the Terminator. Content: The red eye that refuses to be extinguished, the metal body that cannot be crushed -- for many of us the word "robot" conjures one image: the Terminator. But robots are now everywhere, serving as companions in care homes or vacuum cleaners in our homes, and manufacturers are keener than ever to design friendly machines. "At first we noticed the kids could be a bit afraid," said Do Hwan Kim of his firm Neubility's tiny delivery robot. To get around the problem, the firm added big doughy eyes that can indicate, making it look like the world's friendliest futuristic wheelie bin. Dozens of the machines now trundle around campsites, university campuses and golf courses across South Korea. "Campsites even use it on their posters," Kim told AFP at the VivaTech trade fair in Paris, underlining its transformation from potential threat to family friend. And VivaTech played host to plenty of other robots designed with cuteness in mind -- ones with cartoon animal personas, others that looked like children's toys from the 1980s. The aesthetic stands in stark contrast to the creepy dog-bots and anonymous drones that have become standard. As robots have become more common, a whole field of academia has grown up studying the interaction between machines and humans. Kerstin Dautenhahn of Waterloo University in Canada, one of the most noted researchers in the area, said she had seen a huge shift in the way manufacturers looked at design: from an all-consuming concern with function to an acute awareness of appearance. "What you find in many, many fields... is that people pay a lot of attention to how the robot moves, how it looks, how it can interact with them," she said. This holds true for robots sharing production lines with human workers just as much as those designed to care for older and disabled people. "Even with those robots where the main function for example is to transport objects from A to B, people still need to pay a lot of attention to how the robot moves, how it can express its intentions," she said. A French firm called Enchanted Tools has fully committed to the friendly aesthetic. Their robots have names, genders, cartoon-style personas and even a back story. "These two characters have escaped from a cartoon to come into our everyday lives to help us manage our social spaces," said the firm's boss Jerome Monceaux. He envisages the brightly coloured machines with cat-like features will help in hospitals, hotels, restaurants and anywhere with objects that need moving. These cute robots take their design cues from a family of social companion robots, which are big business in Japan. Dautenhahn says there is plenty of evidence that people in Japan and South Korea hold more positive views about robots than people in the West. "In Japan, if you say 'I want to build a robot that helps older people in a care home to be happier', they just think it's a great idea," she said. In European countries, the initial response is often negative, fuelled by dystopian science fiction. "We have to do a lot of convincing," she added. Small pilot schemes in the United States have seen robots get bullied or even assaulted, though social-media videos have also shown people helping robots navigate pedestrian crossings. Handling these cultural difficulties is a challenge, says Dautenhahn. But there are plenty of other difficulties. Robots are expensive to design and manufacture, and so they don't come cheap to buy. Enchanted Tools reckons its robots will retail at 35,000 euros ($38,000) while Neubility said it aimed to manufacture its bot for $5,000. Then there is the issue of finding a market. Do Hwan Kim said Neubility was aiming to corner grocery deliveries and has a pilot scheme with the 7-Eleven chain in South Korea. But its robot faces a common hurdle for machines: it cannot climb stairs. Kim hopes market forces will give a helping hand. "At the moment, the delivery cost is so much cheaper with the robot that people are happy to come down the stairs to get their groceries," he said. © Copyright AFP 2025. All rights reserved. Images (1):
	Robots de asistencia social que saben cuándo ayudar mirando a …	https://www.thenewnow.es/innovacion/rob…	0	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Robots de asistencia social que saben cuándo ayudar mirando a los ojos • The New Now URL: https://www.thenewnow.es/innovacion/robots-de-asistencia-social-que-saben-cuando-ayudar-mirando-a-los-ojos/ Description: Estos robots serían capaces de entender cuándo una persona necesita ayuda aunque no lo diga, interpretando las miradas y otras señales sociales. Content:
	Social companion robots become members of the family - UPI.com	https://www.upi.com/Voices/2025/09/12/c…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Social companion robots become members of the family - UPI.com URL: https://www.upi.com/Voices/2025/09/12/canada-social-companion-robots-family-members/5351757684521/ Description: Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. For example, after a children's reading robot became inactive, most households chose to keep it. Content: Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise to support learning and companionship, yet their role in family life often extends beyond their original purpose. In our recent study of families in Canada and the United States, we found that even after a children's reading robot "retired" or was no longer in active and regular use, most households chose to keep it - treating it less like a gadget and more like a member of the family. Luka is a small, owl-shaped reading robot, designed to scan and read picture books aloud, making story time more engaging for young children. In 2021, my colleague Rhonda McEwen and I set out to explore how 20 families used Luka. We wanted to study not just how families used Luka initially, but how that relationship was built and maintained over time, and what Luka came to mean in the household. Our earlier work laid the foundation for this by showing how families used Luka in daily life and how he bond grew over the first months of use. When we returned in 2025 to follow up with 19 of those families, we were surprised by what we found. Eighteen households had chosen to keep Luka, even though its reading function was no longer useful to their now-older children. The robot lingered not because it worked better than before, but because it had become meaningful. Children often spoke about Luka in affectionate, human-like terms. One called it "my little brother." Another described it as their "only pet." These weren't just throwaway remarks -- they reflected the deep emotional place the robot had taken in their everyday lives. Because Luka had been present during important family rituals like bedtime reading, children remembered it as a companion. Parents shared similar feelings. Several explained that Luka felt like "part of our history." For them, the robot had become a symbol of their children's early years, something they could not imagine discarding. One family even held a small "retirement ceremony" before passing Luka on to a younger cousin, acknowledging its role in their household. Other families found new, practical uses. Luka was repurposed as a music player, a night light or a display item on a bookshelf next to other keepsakes. Parents admitted they continued to charge it because it felt like "taking care of" the robot. The device had long outlived its original purpose, yet families found ways to integrate it into daily routines. 'Domesticating' technologies The way participants treated Luka challenges how we usually think about technology, which is that gadgets are disposable. A new phone replaces an old one, toys break and get thrown away and laptops end up in e-waste bins. But when technologies enter family life, especially around emotionally significant moments like story time, they can become part of the household in lasting ways. Our research findings also have important implications for design. Should robots come with an end-of-life plan that recognizes their emotional value? Should companies design with the expectation that some products will be cherished and repurposed, not just discarded and replaced? There are environmental dimensions, too. If families hold on to robots because of attachment, fewer may end up in landfills; this complicates how we think about sustainability and recycling when devices are treated more like keepsakes than tools that may outlive their usefulness. Scholars who study human-computer interaction often use the term "domestication" to describe how technologies become embedded in everyday routines and meanings. More than machines Our study extends that idea to what happens when technology retires. Luka was no longer useful in the conventional sense, but families still made space for it emotionally, symbolically and practically. Many of us keep objects for sentimental reasons, long after they have served their original purpose. Luka shows us that robots can become more than machines. Technology is often framed as fast-moving and disposable. But sometimes, as these families revealed, it lingers. A retired robot can stay in the household because it matters. Zhao Zhao is an assistant professor of computer Science at the University of Guelph. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The views and opinions in this commentary are solely those of the writer. Images (1):
	DHUnplugged #585: Social Robots \| The Disciplined Investor	https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
DHUnplugged #585: Social Robots \| The Disciplined Investor URL: https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/2021/12/15/dhunplugged-585-social-robots/ Content: Select Page Thinking about a relationship with a social robot? Markets have a few surprises left…. The man and car of the year – not much of a surprise. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live – with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm Up – Horse can smell the barn – All eyes and $ on Apple – Sloppy trade into the end of the year – Announcing Time Person of The Year – Motor Trend’s Truck of the Year – Inflation – can we talk – One chart – that will blow your mind… Market Update – HUGE MOVE – S&P 500 up 3.8% for the week – BUT, Covid in the headlines again – confusing info about Pfizer efficacy in Israel. BOOSTER – BBB plan – Manchin still unhappy, 1.5% share buyback tax – inflationary or deflationary – Crypto found some legs, but not so supportive – Crytpo segment coming up – HUGE – Fed Rate Decision this week (markets worried) Learned the difference between prosciutto and speck today. – Big Sunday Sauce night at Casita Horowitz this weekend. PSA – Webinar tomorrow at 5PM (Dec 15th) – Register at www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com No Agenda – some really great content and help with all your milk needs – this week – Water Buffalo milk (Thursdays and Sundays) Confusing – S&P trading towards low of day amid concerns about Omicron spreading in the UK (Monday morning) – Last week we were all so excited that there nothing to worry about – Now, vaccine efficacy is reduced – JCD – explain Stop the Press! – The November Producer Price Index showed that the index for final demand increased 0.8% month-over-month while the index for final demand, less foods and energy, increased 0.7% . – That left the year-over-year increases on an unadjusted basis at 9.6% and 7.7%, respectively. PPI Final 1 PPI Final 2 Lies, Damned Lies and The Fed – Only one of two things can be true – 1) The Fed was lying about their inflation outlook to keep markets happy (manipulation) – 2) The Fed was truthful and that confirms that they have no ability to forecast (stupidity and can’t be trusted) – – – Either way, they can’t be trusted.. (although they do hold the purse strings) Robinhood Stock – $HOOD – Looks like robbed from the poor and gave to the rich with this failed IPO/public entry. HOOD Chart ELON – Musk is “thinking of” leaving his jobs and becoming an influencer – “It would be nice to have a bit more free time on my hands as opposed to just working day and night, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep 7 days a week. Pretty intense.” – Also – Just announced – Time magazine’s person of the Year In an Odd Twist to the Above – MotorTrend on Monday named the all-electric Rivian R1T the publication’s 2022 truck of the year, beating out other pickups from Ford Motor, General Motors and Hyundai Motor. – MotorTrend called the R1T, which is the first mass-produced electric truck in the U.S., “the most remarkable pickup truck we’ve ever driven,” in a release announcing the award. -MotorTrend said the Rivian R1T excelled in each of its six key criteria: safety, efficiency, value, advancement in design, engineering excellence, and performance of intended function. – Other finalists for MotorTrend’s truck of the year were the Ford Maverick, GMC Hummer EV and Hyundai Santa Cruz. Say What? – Fox News anchor Chris Wallace abruptly announced on Sunday he’s leaving the network after 18 years, effective immediately. – The host of the flagship “Fox News Sunday” said he was ready for a change. – “I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in. I’m ready for a new adventure,” Wallace said in a statement that aired on his final show. Wallace didn’t provide additional details on his new endeavor, but said he hoped fans would “check it out.” – GOING TO CNN Turkish Lira – ATL – The Turkish lira crashed as much as 7% in just a few minutes to a new record near 15 to the dollar on Monday, gripped by worries over President Tayyip Erdogan’s risky new economic policy and prospects of another interest rate cut on Thursday. – Concern that Erdogan will lower rates by 1% in the face of 20% inflation – Turkish Stock Market ETF – TUR Home/Social Robots – JCD?? You Getting one? – Amazon’s Astro – Seems more like a moving security camera – RING capabilities (Camera, Remote, Alerts) – Social robots are designed to engage with people more as a collaborative partner,” said Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. “As opposed to a tool that you use, you interact more in an interpersonal way to achieve tasks or goals or experiences.” – SOCIAL ROBOTS – Think Sleeper – Woody Allen – “People want to have longer, more meaningful, more interesting conversations with these technologies. They get frustrated when it’s too transactional,” Breazeal said. “I think there’s a hunger and a desire for people to be able to interact with these technologies in this way.” One Chart…. – The average Nasdaq Composite stock is 39% below its 52-week high even though the index is just 3.6% below its 52-week high. Average Stock Distance MetaVerse Alert – Snoop Dogg is developing a Snoopverse – An NFT collector spent a little under a half-million dollars for the privilege of becoming Snoop Dogg’s next-door neighbor – In the metaverse – Snoop Dog building a virtual world in the Sandbox – “I’m always on the lookout for new ways of connecting with fans and what we’ve created in The Sandbox is the future of virtual hangouts, NFT drops, and exclusive concerts,” Snoop Dogg said in a press release, according to Decrypt. – MORE: Facebook on Thursday announced that it is opening up Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality world of avatars, to anyone 18 and older in the U.S. and Canada. —– In Horizon Worlds, users of Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality headsets can create a legless avatar to wander in the animated virtual world. There, they can play games and interact with other users’ avatars. METAVERSE – Since Facebook announced its switch to Meta and its future plans to create a metaverse, the existing ones have gained popularity. The biggest racked up $ 100 million selling NFTs the week of November 22 and November 28. – The activity continues with these platforms such as The Sandbox, Decenterland, CryptoVoxels and Somnium Space. – SANDBOX biggest player right now More Metaverse – Metaverse infrastructure platform for brands, InfiniteWorld has announced that it is going public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), Aries, at a valuation of $700 million and will be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker “JPG.” – InfiniteWorld provides the infrastructure to create digital assets and NFTs and engage with customers in the Metaverse. Its NFT architecture is built on top of the SUKU protocol and provides a secure transfer of ownership of digital assets. And this… – Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers ‘for the metaverse’ – Hong Kong property tycoons, brokers snap up virtual land in metaverse as valuations soar – Virtual land sales have become one of the hottest new trends in a tech world increasingly fascinated with the metaverse, a shared, immersive 3D space where people can interact. Valuations for virtual land at times exceed those in the real world. Doomsday Alert! – Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has once again warned of an impending crash, followed by a depression. He expects several markets, including bitcoin, to crash. – Tweet: Crash and depression coming. Gold, silver, bitcoin, real estate will crash too. Ready to buy more gold, silver, bitcoin, real estate after crash has crashed. Time to get richer after fake inflation crashes. More Predictions from Kiyosaki – “Biden to step down soon,” he predicted. “Kamala [Harris] will become [the] first female president. This was [the] plan all along. Trump ruined Hillary’s ascension following Obama.” Retail Changes Coming – Massive space available at malls – no news here – 90 million sq feet available (16 Mall of the Americas) – Looking to now rent to casinos, amusement parks, medical facilities, storage units, hotels, schools, offices and residences Crypto Segment – Dave Ackerman – After being sluggish for most of the week, Bitcoin price jumped briefly on news of U.S. inflation rate hitting a 40 year high. The relative strength index (RSI) on the daily chart last week was the most oversold since September, which was followed at that time by a rally in price. – Bitcoin hash rate returned to all-time highs recovering from a low in June after a crackdown on mining in China. Many believe that hash rate corresponds with price action, suggesting a possible near term increase in price despite gloomy sentiment. – FreeRossDAO emerged as the winner in the auction for imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s collection of NFT’s with a bid of 1,446 Ethereum tokens. The organization stated that it raised over 2,800 Eth ($12 million) from more than 1,300 supporters through the PleasrDAO community —- Thoughts – DAOs -Pricing Consortium – potential high for manipulation even though it seems like a community thing. – Decentralized autonomous organizations (is it really autonomous and decentralized?) It looks like a mob with money. Or investment club. – Tesla announced it will accept Dogecoin for payment of Tesla merchandise. Thinking about a relationship with a social robot? Markets have a few surprises left…. The man and car of the year – not much of a surprise. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! DHUnplugged is now streaming live – with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm Up – Horse can smell the barn – All eyes and $ on Apple – Sloppy trade into the end of the year – Announcing Time Person of The Year – Motor Trend’s Truck of the Year – Inflation – can we talk – One chart – that will blow your mind… Market Update – HUGE MOVE – S&P 500 up 3.8% for the week – BUT, Covid in the headlines again – confusing info about Pfizer efficacy in Israel. BOOSTER – BBB plan – Manchin still unhappy, 1.5% share buyback tax – inflationary or deflationary – Crypto found some legs, but not so supportive – Crytpo segment coming up – HUGE – Fed Rate Decision this week (markets worried) Learned the difference between prosciutto and speck today. – Big Sunday Sauce night at Casita Horowitz this weekend. PSA – Webinar tomorrow at 5PM (Dec 15th) – Register at www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com No Agenda – some really great content and help with all your milk needs – this week – Water Buffalo milk (Thursdays and Sundays) Confusing – S&P trading towards low of day amid concerns about Omicron spreading in the UK (Monday morning) – Last week we were all so excited that there nothing to worry about – Now, vaccine efficacy is reduced – JCD – explain Stop the Press! – The November Producer Price Index showed that the index for final demand increased 0.8% month-over-month while the index for final demand, less foods and energy, increased 0.7% . – That left the year-over-year increases on an unadjusted basis at 9.6% and 7.7%, respectively. PPI Final 1 PPI Final 2 Lies, Damned Lies and The Fed – Only one of two things can be true – 1) The Fed was lying about their inflation outlook to keep markets happy (manipulation) – 2) The Fed was truthful and that confirms that they have no ability to forecast (stupidity and can’t be trusted) – – – Either way, they can’t be trusted.. (although they do hold the purse strings) Robinhood Stock – $HOOD – Looks like robbed from the poor and gave to the rich with this failed IPO/public entry. HOOD Chart ELON – Musk is “thinking of” leaving his jobs and becoming an influencer – “It would be nice to have a bit more free time on my hands as opposed to just working day and night, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep 7 days a week. Pretty intense.” – Also – Just announced – Time magazine’s person of the Year In an Odd Twist to the Above – MotorTrend on Monday named the all-electric Rivian R1T the publication’s 2022 truck of the year, beating out other pickups from Ford Motor, General Motors and Hyundai Motor. – MotorTrend called the R1T, which is the first mass-produced electric truck in the U.S., “the most remarkable pickup truck we’ve ever driven,” in a release announcing the award. -MotorTrend said the Rivian R1T excelled in each of its six key criteria: safety, efficiency, value, advancement in design, engineering excellence, and performance of intended function. – Other finalists for MotorTrend’s truck of the year were the Ford Maverick, GMC Hummer EV and Hyundai Santa Cruz. Say What? – Fox News anchor Chris Wallace abruptly announced on Sunday he’s leaving the network after 18 years, effective immediately. – The host of the flagship “Fox News Sunday” said he was ready for a change. – “I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in. I’m ready for a new adventure,” Wallace said in a statement that aired on his final show. Wallace didn’t provide additional details on his new endeavor, but said he hoped fans would “check it out.” – GOING TO CNN Turkish Lira – ATL – The Turkish lira crashed as much as 7% in just a few minutes to a new record near 15 to the dollar on Monday, gripped by worries over President Tayyip Erdogan’s risky new economic policy and prospects of another interest rate cut on Thursday. – Concern that Erdogan will lower rates by 1% in the face of 20% inflation – Turkish Stock Market ETF – TUR Home/Social Robots – JCD?? You Getting one? – Amazon’s Astro – Seems more like a moving security camera – RING capabilities (Camera, Remote, Alerts) – Social robots are designed to engage with people more as a collaborative partner,” said Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. “As opposed to a tool that you use, you interact more in an interpersonal way to achieve tasks or goals or experiences.” – SOCIAL ROBOTS – Think Sleeper – Woody Allen – “People want to have longer, more meaningful, more interesting conversations with these technologies. They get frustrated when it’s too transactional,” Breazeal said. “I think there’s a hunger and a desire for people to be able to interact with these technologies in this way.” One Chart…. – The average Nasdaq Composite stock is 39% below its 52-week high even though the index is just 3.6% below its 52-week high. Average Stock Distance MetaVerse Alert – Snoop Dogg is developing a Snoopverse – An NFT collector spent a little under a half-million dollars for the privilege of becoming Snoop Dogg’s next-door neighbor – In the metaverse – Snoop Dog building a virtual world in the Sandbox – “I’m always on the lookout for new ways of connecting with fans and what we’ve created in The Sandbox is the future of virtual hangouts, NFT drops, and exclusive concerts,” Snoop Dogg said in a press release, according to Decrypt. – MORE: Facebook on Thursday announced that it is opening up Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality world of avatars, to anyone 18 and older in the U.S. and Canada. —– In Horizon Worlds, users of Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality headsets can create a legless avatar to wander in the animated virtual world. There, they can play games and interact with other users’ avatars. METAVERSE – Since Facebook announced its switch to Meta and its future plans to create a metaverse, the existing ones have gained popularity. The biggest racked up $ 100 million selling NFTs the week of November 22 and November 28. – The activity continues with these platforms such as The Sandbox, Decenterland, CryptoVoxels and Somnium Space. – SANDBOX biggest player right now More Metaverse – Metaverse infrastructure platform for brands, InfiniteWorld has announced that it is going public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), Aries, at a valuation of $700 million and will be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker “JPG.” – InfiniteWorld provides the infrastructure to create digital assets and NFTs and engage with customers in the Metaverse. Its NFT architecture is built on top of the SUKU protocol and provides a secure transfer of ownership of digital assets. And this… – Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers ‘for the metaverse’ – Hong Kong property tycoons, brokers snap up virtual land in metaverse as valuations soar – Virtual land sales have become one of the hottest new trends in a tech world increasingly fascinated with the metaverse, a shared, immersive 3D space where people can interact. Valuations for virtual land at times exceed those in the real world. Doomsday Alert! – Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has once again warned of an impending crash, followed by a depression. He expects several markets, including bitcoin, to crash. – Tweet: Crash and depression coming. Gold, silver, bitcoin, real estate will crash too. Ready to buy more gold, silver, bitcoin, real estate after crash has crashed. Time to get richer after fake inflation crashes. More Predictions from Kiyosaki – “Biden to step down soon,” he predicted. “Kamala [Harris] will become [the] first female president. This was [the] plan all along. Trump ruined Hillary’s ascension following Obama.” Retail Changes Coming – Massive space available at malls – no news here – 90 million sq feet available (16 Mall of the Americas) – Looking to now rent to casinos, amusement parks, medical facilities, storage units, hotels, schools, offices and residences Crypto Segment – Dave Ackerman – After being sluggish for most of the week, Bitcoin price jumped briefly on news of U.S. inflation rate hitting a 40 year high. The relative strength index (RSI) on the daily chart last week was the most oversold since September, which was followed at that time by a rally in price. – Bitcoin hash rate returned to all-time highs recovering from a low in June after a crackdown on mining in China. 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	Personal Assistant with Emotional and Multilingual Capabilities for Social Robots …	https://oa.upm.es/91661/	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Personal Assistant with Emotional and Multilingual Capabilities for Social Robots \| Archivo Digital UPM URL: https://oa.upm.es/91661/ Content: This doctoral thesis addresses the challenge of building emotionally intelligent and multilingual conversational systems capable of operating in real-time and physically embodied scenarios. As social robots become more present in healthcare, education, and assistive contexts, there is a growing demand for conversational agents that can understand and respond to human emotions across different languages and cultural settings. Traditional dialogue systems often fall short in managing emotional complexity, maintaining engagement, and adapting to multilingual environments. This research proposes a unified framework that integrates Large Language Models, Reinforcement Learning, and Fuzzy Logic to support emotional, multilingual, and embodied Human-Robot Interaction. The objectives of the thesis are threefold. First, to investigate the design and evaluation of multilingual dialogue resources with emotional annotation, ensuring diversity, realism, and consistency. Second, to explore and develop a dialogue management system for multilingual interaction, integrating contextual and emotional signals into modular response generation. This includes the research and development of an emotion-aware conversational agent to assess emotional alignment, generate empathetic engagement, and produce contextually appropriate responses. Third, to design, implement, and evaluate the full system in social robots, using interpretable emotional reasoning based on Fuzzy Logic and multimodal inputs such as speech, touch, light, and physiological data. The findings are presented in three main contributions. First, a novel method for generating emotional dialogue datasets in English and Spanish is introduced, using Chain-of-Emotion prompting and AI-human preference alignment for training robust models. Second, an emotionally sensitive and multilingual dialogue architecture is implemented, combining Supervised Fine-Tuning, optimization-based Reinforcement Learning, and hierarchical topic and emotion tracking. Third, a Fuzzy Logic Systems based emotional model is extended and integrated into physical robots, supporting real-time emotional reasoning and expressive behavior through structured stimuli-state-expression mappings. Results from the dialogue management system demonstrate that the hierarchical architecture effectively integrates emotional and contextual information to generate coherent and affectively aligned responses across languages. The system was deployed on two robotic platforms and evaluated through simulation and real-world interactions. Results show that the proposed models achieve emotionally aligned responses, support bilingual dialogue, and exhibit consistent internal emotional states that influence expressive output. User studies confirm improved engagement and affective perception. This thesis contributes a modular and interpretable framework for emotionally intelligent and multilingual conversational agents. The proposed emotional model incorporates 43 fuzzy rule tables and 17 fuzzy variables across multiple emotional state dimensions. In addition, an emotionally aligned dialogue dataset with AI feedback was created, containing 128,125 winner-loser preference pairs, to train emotional models using Reinforcement Learning for generating emotionally engaging responses. The system was also evaluated through a user study involving 66 human participants. In particular, participants correctly recognized the robot's emotional expression with accuracy rates of up to 72.7%, with consistent performance across neutral, positive, and negative conditions. By integrating synthetic emotional data generation, emotionally aware model training, and embodied emotional reasoning, the system advances the development of scalable and human-aligned social robots suitable for real-world deployment in sensitive domains. RESUMEN Esta tesis doctoral aborda el desafío de construir sistemas conversacionales emocionalmente inteligentes y multilingües, capaces de operar en tiempo real y en escenarios físicamente embebidos. A medida que los robots sociales se integran en contextos de atención sanitaria, educación y asistencia, crece la demanda de agentes conversacionales que comprendan y respondan a emociones humanas en distintos idiomas y culturas. Los sistemas de diálogo tradicionales suelen fallar al manejar la complejidad emocional, mantener la implicación del usuario y adaptarse a entornos multilingües. Esta investigación propone un marco unificado que combina Modelos Extensos de Lenguaje, Aprendizaje por Refuerzo y Lógica Difusa para fomentar una Interacción Humano-Robot emocional, multilingüe y contextualizada. Los objetivos de la tesis son tres. Primero, investigar el diseño y evaluación de recursos de diálogo multilingües con anotaciones emocionales, garantizando diversidad, realismo y coherencia. Segundo, desarrollar un sistema de gestión del diálogo que integre señales contextuales y afectivas en una generación modular de respuestas. Esto incluye un agente conversacional consciente de las emociones, capaz de evaluar la alineación emocional, generar implicación empática y producir respuestas apropiadas al contexto. Tercero, implementar y evaluar el sistema completo en robots sociales, mediante razonamiento emocional interpretable basado en Lógica Difusa y entradas multimodales como voz, táctil, luz y señales fisiológicas. Los resultados se organizan en tres contribuciones. Primero, se introduce un método para generar datos de diálogo emocional en inglés y español, utilizando el esquema Cadena-de-Emociones y un procedimiento de alineación de preferencias entre IA y humanos. Segundo, se implementa una arquitectura de diálogo multilingüe y emocionalmente sensible, que combina Ajuste Fino Supervisado, Aprendizaje por Refuerzo optimizado y clasificación jerárquica de temas y emociones. Tercero, se complementa un modelo emocional basado en Sistemas de Lógica Difusa, que permite razonamiento afectivo en tiempo real y expresión emocional mediante reglas estructuradas entre estímulo, estado y expresión. Los resultados del sistema de gestión del diálogo demuestran que la arquitectura jerárquica integra eficazmente información emocional y contextual para generar respuestas coherentes y alineadas en varios idiomas. El sistema fue desplegado en dos robots y evaluado mediante simulaciones e interacciones reales. Los modelos generaron respuestas emocionalmente alineadas, permitieron diálogo multilingüe y mantuvieron estados emocionales internos consistentes. Estudios con usuarios confirmaron una mayor implicación y mejor percepción afectiva. La tesis aporta un marco modular e interpretable para agentes conversacionales emocionalmente inteligentes y multilingües. El modelo emocional incluye 43 tablas de reglas difusas y 17 variables difusas en distintas dimensiones emocionales. Además, se creó un conjunto de datos alineado emocionalmente mediante retroalimentación de IA, con 128.125 pares de preferencia ganadorperdedor, empleado para entrenar modelos mediante Aprendizaje por Refuerzo que generan respuestas emocionales y atractivas. El sistema fue evaluado con 66 participantes humanos, quienes reconocieron correctamente la expresión emocional del robot con una precisión de hasta el 72,7%, con un rendimiento constante en las condiciones neutral, positiva y negativa. Mediante la integración de la generación sintética de datos emocionales, el entrenamiento de modelos conscientes de las emociones y el razonamiento emocional personificado, el sistema impulsa el desarrollo de robots sociales escalables y alineados con el ser humano, adecuados para su despliegue en entornos sensibles del mundo real. El Archivo Digital UPM es el repositorio digital institucional mantenido por la Biblioteca de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Desarrollado y gestionado con EPrints. Sindicación: Atom, RSS 2.0 y RSS 1.0 (HTML) Recolección: OAI 2.0 El Archivo Digital UPM es el repositorio digital institucional mantenido por la Biblioteca de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Desarrollado y gestionado con EPrints. Sindicación: Atom, RSS 2.0 y RSS 1.0 (HTML) Recolección: OAI 2.0 Images (1):
	Social robots can help relieve the pressures felt by carers	https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/soc…	0	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
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	If robots replace workers, what happens to Social Security?	https://biztoc.com/x/3791774ab3c862c9?r…	0	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
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	BEYOND LOCAL: Robots could be the next big social influencers …	https://www.orilliamatters.com/around-o…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
BEYOND LOCAL: Robots could be the next big social influencers - Orillia News URL: https://www.orilliamatters.com/around-ontario/beyond-local-robots-could-be-the-next-big-social-influencers-4801423 Description: Robot and artificial intelligence are poised to increase their influences within our every day lives Content: This article by Shane Saunderson, University of Toronto originally appeared on the Conversation and is published here with permission. In the mid-1990s, there was research going on at Stanford University that would change the way we think about computers. The Media Equation experiments were simple: participants were asked to interact with a computer that acted socially for a few minutes after which, they were asked to give feedback about the interaction. Participants would provide this feedback either on the same computer (No. 1) they had just been working on or on another computer (No. 2) across the room. The study found that participants responding on computer No. 2 were far more critical of computer No. 1 than those responding on the same machine they’d worked on. People responding on the first computer seemed to not want to hurt the computer’s feelings to its face, but had no problem talking about it behind its back. This phenomenon became known as the computers as social actors (CASA) paradigm because it showed that people are hardwired to respond socially to technology that presents itself as even vaguely social. The CASA phenomenon continues to be explored, particularly as our technologies have become more social. As a researcher, lecturer and all-around lover of robotics, I observe this phenomenon in my work every time someone thanks a robot, assigns it a gender or tries to justify its behaviour using human, or anthropomorphic, rationales. What I’ve witnessed during my research is that while few are under any delusions that robots are people, we tend to defer to them just like we would another person. Social tendencies While this may sound like the beginnings of a Black Mirror episode, this tendency is precisely what allows us to enjoy social interactions with robots and place them in caregiver, collaborator or companion roles. The positive aspects of treating a robot like a person is precisely why roboticists design them as such — we like interacting with people. As these technologies become more human-like, they become more capable of influencing us. However, if we continue to follow the current path of robot and AI deployment, these technologies could emerge as far more dystopian than utopian. The Sophia robot, manufactured by Hanson Robotics, has been on 60 Minutes, received honorary citizenship from Saudi Arabia, holds a title from the United Nations and has gone on a date with actor Will Smith. While Sophia undoubtedly highlights many technological advancements, few surpass Hanson’s achievements in marketing. If Sophia truly were a person, we would acknowledge its role as an influencer. However, worse than robots or AI being sociopathic agents — goal-oriented without morality or human judgment — these technologies become tools of mass influence for whichever organization or individual controls them. If you thought the Cambridge Analytica scandal was bad, imagine what Facebook’s algorithms of influence could do if they had an accompanying, human-like face. Or a thousand faces. Or a million. The true value of a persuasive technology is not in its cold, calculated efficiency, but its scale. Seeing through intent Recent scandals and exposures in the tech world have left many of us feeling helpless against these corporate giants. Fortunately, many of these issues can be solved through transparency. There are fundamental questions that are important for social technologies to answer because we would expect the same answers when interacting with another person, albeit often implicitly. Who owns or sets the mandate of this technology? What are its objectives? What approaches can it use? What data can it access? Since robots could have the potential to soon leverage superhuman capabilities, enacting the will of an unseen owner, and without showing verbal or non-verbal cues that shed light on their intent, we must demand that these types of questions be answered explicitly. As a roboticist, I get asked the question, “When will robots take over the world?” so often that I’ve developed a stock answer: “As soon as I tell them to.” However, my joke is underpinned by an important lesson: don’t scapegoat machines for decisions made by humans. I consider myself a robot sympathizer because I think robots get unfairly blamed for many human decisions and errors. It is important that we periodically remind ourselves that a robot is not your friend, your enemy or anything in between. A robot is a tool, wielded by a person (however far removed), and increasingly used to influence us. Shane Saunderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Robotics, University of Toronto This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. If you would like to apply to become a Verified Commenter, please fill out this form. More Spotlight > © 2026 OrilliaMatters.com Images (1):
	Social Robots Market Size to Grow by USD 1.10 bn …	https://www.prnewswire.com:443/news-rel…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Social Robots Market Size to Grow by USD 1.10 bn from 2020 to 2025 \| Technological Advances in Social Robots to Boost Market Growth \| 17,000+ Technavio Research Reports URL: https://www.prnewswire.com:443/news-releases/social-robots-market-size-to-grow-by-usd-1-10-bn-from-2020-to-2025--technological-advances-in-social-robots-to-boost-market-growth--17-000-technavio-research-reports-301408889.html Description: /PRNewswire/ -- The "Social Robots Market by Component (Hardware, Software, and Services) and Geography (APAC, North America, Europe, MEA, and South America) -... Content: Searching for your content... In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM - 10 PM ET Oct 27, 2021, 21:00 ET Share this article NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Social Robots Market by Component (Hardware, Software, and Services) and Geography (APAC, North America, Europe, MEA, and South America) - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025" report has been added to Technavio's offerings. With ISO 9001:2015 certification, Technavio has been proudly partnering with more than 100 Fortune 500 companies for over 16 years. The potential growth difference for the social robots market between 2020 and 2025 is USD 1.10 bn. To get the exact yearly growth variance and the Y-O-Y growth rate, Talk to our analyst. Key Market Dynamics: The technological advances in social robots and increasing government support for the development of advanced social robots are some of the key market drivers. However, factors such as high cost will challenge market growth. To learn about additional key drivers, trends, and challenges available with Technavio, Read our FREE Sample Report right now! The social robots market report is segmented by component (hardware, software, and services) and geography (APAC, North America, Europe, MEA, and South America). APAC will be the leading region with 36% of the market's growth during the forecast period. China, Japan, and South Korea (Republic of Korea) are the key markets for social robots in APAC. View our sample report for additional insights into the contribution of all the segments and regional opportunities in the report. Some Companies Mentioned Related Reports: Social Robots Market Scope Report Coverage Details Page number 120 Base year 2020 Forecast period 2021-2025 Growth momentum & CAGR Accelerate at a CAGR of 14.43% Market growth 2021-2025 USD 1.10 billion Market structure Fragmented YoY growth (%) 13.10 Regional analysis APAC, North America, Europe, MEA, and South America Performing market contribution APAC at 36% Key consumer countries US, China, UK, Japan, and South Korea (Republic of Korea) Competitive landscape Leading companies, competitive strategies, consumer engagement scope Companies profiled BLUE FROG ROBOTICS SAS, Furhat Robotics AB, Hitachi Ltd., Knightscope Inc., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., PAL Robotics SL, Savioke Inc., SoftBank Group Corp., and Ubtech Robotics Inc. Market Dynamics Parent market analysis, market growth inducers and obstacles, fast-growing and slow-growing segment analysis, COVID-19 impact and future consumer dynamics, market condition analysis for the forecast period. Customization purview If our report has not included the data that you are looking for, you can reach out to our analysts and get segments customized. Key Topics Covered: About UsTechnavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focus on emerging market trends and provide actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. This growing client base relies on Technavio's comprehensive coverage, extensive research, and actionable market insights to identify opportunities in existing and potential markets and assess their competitive positions within changing market scenarios. ContactTechnavio ResearchJesse MaidaMedia & Marketing ExecutiveUS: +1 844 364 1100UK: +44 203 893 3200Email:[email protected]Website: www.technavio.com/ SOURCE Technavio Report with the AI impact on market trends - The global fast casual restaurants market size is estimated to grow by USD 302.5 billion from 2024-2028, ... Report on how AI is driving market transformation - The global fast fashion market size is estimated to grow by USD 79.2 billion from 2025-2029,... Machinery Mining & Metals Mining & Metals Do not sell or share my personal information: Images (1):
	Robots Could Make Social Security's Problem Worse	https://biztoc.com/x/379a7c67e0973e4e?r…	0	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Robots Could Make Social Security's Problem Worse URL: https://biztoc.com/x/379a7c67e0973e4e?ref=ff Description: Robots could make a major difference in America’s Social Security crisis, according to a new op-ed from MarketWatch. As artificial intelligence grows in… Content:
	Social Robots Cut Kids' Anxiety When Reading Aloud, Study Shows	https://www.webpronews.com/social-robot…	1	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
Social Robots Cut Kids' Anxiety When Reading Aloud, Study Shows URL: https://www.webpronews.com/social-robots-cut-kids-anxiety-when-reading-aloud-study-shows/ Description: Keywords Content: In the evolving world of educational technology, a recent study is turning heads by suggesting that social robots could be key allies in helping children overcome the jitters associated with reading aloud. Researchers at the University of Chicago have delved into how these nonjudgmental machines might provide a safer space for young learners to practice, potentially transforming classroom dynamics. The findings, detailed in a paper published in Science Robotics, indicate that kids exhibit fewer physiological signs of anxiety—like reduced skin conductance—when reading to a robot compared to a human. The study involved elementary school students who read passages to either a small robot companion or an adult listener. By measuring stress indicators and self-reported feelings, the team found that robots fostered a more relaxed environment, encouraging fluency without the fear of criticism. This isn’t just about tech novelty; it’s rooted in human-robot interaction principles, where machines can offer consistent, patient feedback. Exploring the Mechanics of Robot-Assisted Learning At the heart of this research is the Human-Robot Interaction Lab at the University of Chicago, led by Assistant Professor Sarah Sebo. PhD student Lauren Wright, who spearheaded the project, collaborated with experts from the University of Illinois Chicago and the University of Wisconsin–Madison to design experiments that mimic real classroom scenarios. As reported in University of Chicago News, the robots used were programmed to respond empathetically, nodding or making encouraging sounds, which helped build children’s confidence over time. This approach addresses a persistent issue: reading anxiety can linger into adulthood, hindering literacy development. The study’s participants, aged around 8 to 10, showed marked improvements in engagement when interacting with robots, suggesting these devices could supplement teachers by handling repetitive practice sessions. Broader Implications for Educational Tech Integration Industry experts are buzzing about the potential scalability. According to CNET, which highlighted the study, robots might offer “unique support” in learning environments, especially for children with social anxieties or learning disabilities. This aligns with prior research, such as a 2018 piece in Popular Science that explored robots turning solo reading into interactive activities to boost motivation at home. However, challenges remain. Deploying robots in schools requires addressing costs, privacy concerns, and teacher training. The UChicago team emphasizes that robots aren’t replacements for human educators but tools to augment their efforts, particularly in under-resourced districts where individualized attention is scarce. From Lab to Classroom: Real-World Applications and Future Directions Looking ahead, the study opens doors to more sophisticated AI-driven companions. For instance, integrating natural language processing could allow robots to provide real-time pronunciation tips or comprehension questions, as hinted in related work from UChicago’s Department of Computer Science. Early adopters, like pilot programs in libraries, are already testing these ideas, with feedback indicating higher reading enthusiasm among kids. Critics, though, warn of over-reliance on tech, stressing the need for balanced human interaction. Yet, as anxiety affects millions of students—potentially stalling academic progress—these findings could inspire a new wave of edtech investments. Companies developing social robots, from startups to giants like SoftBank, are likely watching closely, eyeing integrations that blend empathy with education. Ethical Considerations and Long-Term Impact Ethically, ensuring equitable access is crucial; not every school can afford high-end robots. The research also touches on emotional bonds, as noted in a TechXplore article about robots gaining “emotional value” in daily rituals. For children, this could mean forming positive associations with learning, reducing dropout risks in literacy programs. Ultimately, this UChicago-led initiative underscores a pivotal shift: technology isn’t just about efficiency but emotional support. As more studies build on these results, we may see robots becoming standard classroom fixtures, helping a generation read with confidence rather than fear. Subscribe for Updates The AITrends Email Newsletter keeps you informed on the latest developments in artificial intelligence. Perfect for business leaders, tech professionals, and AI enthusiasts looking to stay ahead of the curve. Help us improve our content by reporting any issues you find. Get the free daily newsletter read by decision makers Get our media kit Deliver your marketing message directly to decision makers. Images (1):
	Worldwide Social Robots Industry To 2026 - By Application, End-users …	https://www.thestreet.com/press-release…	0	Jan 12, 2026 00:03	active
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Worldwide Social Robots Industry to 2026 - by Application, End-users and Geography URL: https://www.prnewswire.com:443/news-releases/worldwide-social-robots-industry-to-2026---by-application-end-users-and-geography-301318428.html Description: /PRNewswire/ -- The "Social Robots Market - Forecasts from 2021 to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The social robots market... Content: Searching for your content... In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM - 10 PM ET Jun 23, 2021, 11:15 ET Share this article DUBLIN, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Social Robots Market - Forecasts from 2021 to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The social robots market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12.68% over the analyzed period to reach a market size of US$912.488 million in 2026 from US$395.577 million in 2019. Social Robots are companion robots. These robots help in lifting, companionship, and simulation of emotions in human beings. In addition, these robots assist in everyday life, by performing various activities. Sony was the first company that introduced social robots in 1999. AIBO is a social robot pet dog that responds to its owner's voice and action. This robot has significant market standing even 20 years later of its first launch. The software of AIBO was last updated in April 2021, to accommodate new features such as app connection.In 2006, France-based Aldebaran Robotic launched the Nao robot for therapy of autistic children. The first nursing social robot in Japan was launched in 2015. Developed by the Riken institute, Robear assists patients and caregivers in a nursing home across Japan. The robot assists in lifting patients from their beds by providing physical strength. Growing complexities of the world and increased adoption of automation will drive the demand for social robots. In malls and shopping complexes, social robots guide the customers, increasing their shopping experience. In parking lots, robots assist in smooth functioning. The Healthcare sector also employs social robots for better treatment of patients. Furthermore, robots ease household chores and provide companionship to the owner. However, growing automation results in a decrease in employment opportunities and have raised several concerns, hindering the market growth.Social Robots assist in the caregiving of the aging population and facilitate better mental health in specially-abled people hence driving the adoption of robots in the healthcare sector.Based on end-users, the social robot market is segmented into healthcare, education, retail, entertainment, IT and communication, household, and others. In the retail and entertainment sector, social robots are used to assist and guide the customers towards their desired choices. Many giant retail shops, in the US, have installed social robots which help customers find what they need by providing the required information. Mobile stores across Japan have installed more than 140 SoftBank's Pepper Robots since its launch. Success in enhancing the consumer experience, SoftBank received an investment of US$50 billion from Apple, in 2020, for research and development on Pepper. Target, US, installed Tally, a social robot build by Simbe Robotics, for inventory management. In 2016, a leading fast-food chain, Dominos, Australia, announced the introduction of drive-less vehicles, Domino's Robotic Unit (DRU) for better delivery of pizza. Growth in the IT and communication industry will also increase the adoption of social robots to cater to customer queries and needs, which will provide significant growth prospects. However, during the forecasted period, healthcare and household sectors are projected to hold dominating share of the market. In the healthcare sector, social robots are used for nursing purposes. These robots also help in catering emotional needs of the patients. Japan is the leading user of social robots in its healthcare sector. The education sector will also grow at a significant rate.The rise in automation will contribute to the market growth during the forecasted period.The key factor driving the growth in the market is surging automation across varied industrial verticals. The International Federation of Robotics has predicted that the adoption of robots across many industry verticals will grow at a quadruple rate in the coming decade. In 2017, robot installation increased 21% in Asia, 16% in the Americas, and 8% in the European region. China, South Korea, Japan, United States, Germany are the top 5 robotics markets, accounting for 74% of the total robotics supply (2016). A significant proportion is a share by the social robot. Hence, growth in the robotic industry will support the market growth of social robots.The Asia Social Robots market will grow at an exponential rate with Japan dominating the global healthcare social robot market.Based on geography, the social robot market is divided into North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The North America and Asia Pacific region are the leading social robot market and will dominate the global market by the end of 2026. Particularly, the Asia region has vast adoption of robots in the healthcare and education sector, with Japan and South Korea being the prime market for healthcare social robots.In Japan, the aging population has been on a rise and is increasing at a quadruple rate. While the number of people aged 65 and above accounted for 19.098% of the population, the proportion had increased to 28.002%. while the population is falling at 1.4% annually. A large aged population has increased the requirement for nursing and other facilities while the workforce is limited. Hence, Japan has increasingly adopted social robots for better care and nursing of aged people. An investment of US$ 100 million was made by the government in 2018 for nursing social robot development and installation. Further, Japan is a leader in the development of healthcare and nursing robots. Paro, Telenoid, and Ugo are leading social nursing robots in Japan. South Korea is another emerging market for healthcare robots. Moreover, the preferability of the aging population for automation over immigration provides a stable market. Japan has also intended to increase the involvement of social robots in its education sector.Estimates by World Bank show that South Korea will surpass Japan in the proportion of the aged population (above 65) to reach a proportion around 37% by 2045. Japan, on the other hand, will have 36.7% of its population in the category in 2045. The growing aged population and rising automation have increased concerns by the government, resulting in the announcement of an investment of US$250 million in automation. in March 2020, with a prime focus on healthcare, disaster response, and rehabilitation.COVID-19 InsightsThe effect of the coronavirus pandemic increased the market prospects for the social robot industry. To deal with the rapid spread of the virus, healthcare sectors employed more robots to support and reduce the risk of the spread of the virus to healthcare workers. Social Assistive Robots (SAR) saw an increase in demand in the retail sector as well. Delivery from social robots increased significantly to ensure quarantine and distance adhering containment measures implemented by the government. Tho contain the spread of the virus, innovation in the robotics industry resulted in the creation of Pre-screening Experience Through Robotic Assessment (PETRA) social robots by Merck Group. PETRA can detect common yet undiagnosed diseases. The social robot has widened the opportunities for the industry and will saw a surge in adoption during the forecasted period.Key Topics Covered: 1. Introduction2. Research Methodology 3. Executive Summary3.1. Research Highlights4. Market Dynamics4.1. Market Drivers4.2. Market Restraints4.3. Porters Five Forces Analysis4.4. Industry Value Chain Analysis5. Social Robots Market, by Application5.1. Introduction5.2. Hardware5.3. Software5.4. Service 6. Social Robots Market, by End Users6.1. Introduction6.2. Healthcare6.3. Education6.4. Retail6.5. Entertainment6.6. IT and communication6.7. Household6.8. Others 7. Social Robots Market, by Geography7.1. Introduction7.2. North America 7.2.1. USA7.2.2. Canada7.2.3. Mexico7.3. South America7.3.1. Brazil7.3.2. Argentina7.3.3. Others 7.4. Europe 7.4.1. Germany7.4.2. France7.4.3. United Kingdom7.4.4. Italy7.4.5. Spain 7.5. Middle East and Africa7.5.1. Saudi Arabia7.5.2. UAE7.5.3. Israel7.5.4. Others 7.6. Asia Pacific7.6.1. China7.6.2. Japan7.6.3. South Korea7.6.4. India7.6.5. Thailand7.6.6. Taiwan7.6.7. Indonesia 7.6.8. Others 8. Competitive Environment and Analysis8.1. Major Players and Strategy Analysis8.2. Emerging Players and Market Lucrative8.3. Mergers, Acquisition, Agreements, and Collaborations8.4. Vendor Competitiveness Matrix9. Company Profiles9.1. Blue Frog Robotics and Buddy9.2. Reach Robotics9.3. Knightscope Inc.9.4. Intuition Robotics9.5. AIST9.6. Furhat Robotics9.7. SoftBank Robotics9.8. Sony9.9. 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	:: OSEL.CZ :: - Přicházejí. UBTECH vyslal stovky humanoidních robotů …	https://www.osel.cz/14351-prichazeji-ub…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
:: OSEL.CZ :: - Přicházejí. UBTECH vyslal stovky humanoidních robotů do průmyslových podniků URL: https://www.osel.cz/14351-prichazeji-ubtech-vyslal-stovky-humanoidnich-robotu-do-prumyslovych-podniku_1.html Description: Společnost UBTECH z jihočínského Šen-čenu jako první dodala humanoidní roboty v masovém měřítku zákazníkům z průmyslu. Zájem mají především automobilky. Do konce roku UBTECH nasadí 500 humanoidů Walker S2. Jejich akcie stoupají. Sledujeme počátek převratu v průmyslové výrobě? Content: článek byl dočasně zakázán „Spolykal mnohou moudrost, bylo to ale, jako by mu to šlo do nesprávné dírky.“ (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg) Images (1):
	Watch This Humanoid Robot Swap Its Own Battery - CNET	https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/wat…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
Watch This Humanoid Robot Swap Its Own Battery - CNET URL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/watch-this-humanoid-robot-swap-its-own-battery-for-247-operation/#ftag=CAD590a51e Description: Ubtech Robotics' new Walker S2 humanoid robot changes its own battery in a demo video designed to showcase how autonomous battery swapping could let robots work 24/7 without interruption. Content: Ubtech Robotics' new Walker S2 humanoid robot changes its own battery in a demo video designed to showcase how autonomous battery swapping could let robots work 24/7 without interruption. Humanoid robots have crossed a new Rubicon in the latest demo of the Walker S2 robot from Ubtech Robotics. In it, the robot approaches a charging tower filled with multiple batteries (and one empty slot). It removes a battery from its back and replaces it with a fresh one from the charging stack before returning to what is some sort of work site. The Walker S2 appears to have dual battery packs, so at least one is always plugged into the robot to supply power during changes. Ubtech Robotics' new Walker S2 robot features a new hot-swappable battery system. Ubtech says this hot-swappable battery system will enable the company's robots to work 24/7 without interruption (not including routine battery swaps). To see this demo in action, check out the video in this article. Images (1):
	Video: China's marching humanoid robot 'army' sparks new debate	https://interestingengineering.com/ai-r…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
Video: China's marching humanoid robot 'army' sparks new debate URL: https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robots-ubtech-global-debate Description: UBTECH’s synchronized humanoid robot video sparks global debate as critics question authenticity and the company defends it as real. Content: From daily news and career tips to monthly insights on AI, sustainability, software, and more—pick what matters and get it in your inbox. Explore The Most Powerful Tech Event in the World with Interesting Engineering. Stick with us as we share the highlights of CES week! Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation. Engineering-inspired textiles, mugs, hats, and thoughtful gifts We connect top engineering talent with the world's most innovative companies. We empower professionals with advanced engineering and tech education to grow careers. We recognize outstanding achievements in engineering, innovation, and technology. All Rights Reserved, IE Media, Inc. Follow Us On Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation. Engineering-inspired textiles, mugs, hats, and thoughtful gifts We connect top engineering talent with the world's most innovative companies We empower professionals with advanced engineering and tech education to grow careers. We recognize outstanding achievements in engineering, innovation, and technology. All Rights Reserved, IE Media, Inc. UBTECH says skepticism over the dramatic footage stems from a “lack of understanding” of China’s robust manufacturing and supply-chain strengths. Chinese robotics firm UBTECH Robotics has sparked global attention after releasing footage showing hundreds of its humanoid robots moving in synchronized formation inside a warehouse. The spectacle prompted US robotics leader and Figure CEO Brett Adcock to question publicly whether the footage was computer-generated. The Shenzhen-based firm responded by defending the video’s authenticity, citing China’s scale of manufacturing and coordinated supply chain strengths. The video, which resembles scenes from the sci-fi film I, Robot, shows scores of Walker S2 humanoid machines turning their heads, waving, and marching into shipping containers. Shenzhen may be witnessing a robotics breakthrough — or a highly polished showcase — as UBTECH Robotics claims to have shipped hundreds of its Walker S2 humanoid robots to operational industrial sites. The company says volume production ramped up in mid-November, with the first batch already sent to partners seeking extra labor for assembly lines. UBTECH frames the rollout as a concrete milestone proving humanoid robots are moving beyond prototypes into real deployment. “Huge milestone achieved! World’s first mass delivery of humanoid robots has completed! Hundreds of UBTECH Walker S2 have been delivered to our partners. The future of industrial automation is here. March forward to transformation,” said the firm titled the video released on YouTube on November 12. However, some observers remain cautious, noting that the announcement relies heavily on promotional video footage and limited independent verification, raising questions about how widely the robots are actually being used. Adcock has openly questioned the authenticity of UBTECH’s now-viral footage of its humanoid robot. After the video surfaced, Adcock took to social media, arguing the scenes appeared computer-generated. He pointed the inconsistent reflections on the robots, claiming only the machine in the foreground were real while the rest were digitally added. “Look at the reflections on this bot, then compare them to the ones behind it. The bot in front is real -everything behind it is fake. If you see a head unit reflecting a bunch of ceiling lights, that’s a giveaway it’s CGI (computer-generated imagery),” said Adcock on a post on X. UBTECH quickly pushed back, releasing a follow-up clip filmed with a first-person-view drone and raw ambient audio to silence doubts and invite scrutiny. Despite the additional footage, Adcock remains skeptical — and he is not the only one, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP). UBTECH defended the footage in a statement to the Global Times (GT), saying the clip was created to mark “a milestone for UBTech” and insisting it is “100 percent real footage shot on-site.” The company added that, “in response to these unfounded claims, UBTech’s official video account has released an unedited, single-take, real-time and original-audio clip that fully demonstrates the authenticity of the scene.” “Much of the doubt stems from a lack of understanding of China’s manufacturing capabilities and the collaborative, systemic strength of our supply chains,” said Tan Min, chief brand officer at UBTECH, as reported by SCMP. He added that critics should come to China and see the rapid progress in humanoid robotics firsthand, and engage directly with the industry ecosystem. UBTECH Robotics says the Walker S2 rollout will continue in staged batches, with units heading to frontline industrial environments. According to the company, the robots will be deployed across sectors, including automotive assembly, smart manufacturing, logistics, and emerging embodied-AI data centers, reports GT. Looking ahead, UBTECH plans to significantly scale its production capacity, targeting 5,000 industrial humanoids a year by 2026 and doubling output to 10,000 units annually by 2027. The company told the GT that the expansion is driven by what it describes as rapidly increasing market demand. Jijo is an automotive and business journalist based in India. Armed with a BA in History (Honors) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, and a PG diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi, he has worked for news agencies, national newspapers, and automotive magazines. In his spare time, he likes to go off-roading, engage in political discourse, travel, and teach languages. Premium Follow Images (1):
	Elon Musk Says 80% Of Tesla's Value Lies In Robots …	https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equiti…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
Elon Musk Says 80% Of Tesla's Value Lies In Robots While China's UBTech Scores Record Deal, JPMorgan Sees Beijing Firms Leading The Humanoid Boom - BYD (OTC:BYDDY), Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) - Benzinga URL: https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/25/09/47514360/elon-musk-says-80-of-teslas-value-lies-in-robots-while-chinas-ubtech-scores-record-deal-jpmorgan Description: Elon Musk doubled down on his robotics vision, predicting that Optimus will eventually represent approximately 80% of Tesla's total value. Content: Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk doubled down on his robotics vision on Tuesday, predicting that the company’s Optimus humanoid robots will eventually represent approximately 80% of Tesla’s total value. The bold forecast comes as Chinese robotics firm UBTech secured a record-breaking $35 million contract for its Walker S2 humanoid robots—the largest single order for humanoid robots globally. JPMorgan analysts highlighted the accelerating commercialization of humanoid robotics in a Thursday research note, identifying Chinese companies as primary beneficiaries of the emerging market, according to CNBC. The investment bank maintained overweight ratings on four Chinese firms: UBTech, Sanhua Intelligent, Leader Drive and Hengli Hydraulic. “2025 has marked a turning point for the humanoid robot industry, as order volumes and contract values have grown sharply,” JPMorgan’s infrastructure team wrote, according to the report, noting the shift from R&D to actual delivery capabilities. See Also: Sam Altman Warns Of AI Bot Surge On Elon Musk’s X, Revives ‘Dead Internet’ Fears As Feud With xAI Escalates Musk’s robotics emphasis coincides with Tesla’s struggling vehicle sales. European deliveries plummeted 40.2% in July, while Chinese rival BYD Co. Ltd. (OTC:BYDDY) surged 225% in the same period. Tesla responded with price cuts on its Model 3 Long Range in China and introduced $0 down leases for used vehicles in the U.S. Investment firm Gerber Kawasaki‘s Ross Gerber questioned Tesla’s robotics strategy, posting on X: “If they won’t buy his cars. Why would they buy a huge robot for their home from him?” Tesla’s newly released Master Plan IV reflects the company’s strategic pivot toward artificial intelligence and robotics, with minimal mention of new vehicle development. The humanoid robotics market is attracting significant investment, with Musk’s AI company xAI reportedly investing over $40 billion in its Memphis data center to support the Colossus 1 supercomputer training the Grok AI model. Read Next: Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. Photo courtesy: Around the World Photos via Shutterstock.com © 2026 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. A newsletter built for market enthusiasts by market enthusiasts. Top stories, top movers, and trade ideas delivered to your inbox every weekday before and after the market closes. Images (1):
	UBTech to deepen roots in factories	http://www.ecns.cn/business/2024-08-24/…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
UBTech to deepen roots in factories URL: http://www.ecns.cn/business/2024-08-24/detail-ihefmfnr0573867.shtml Content: UBTech Robotics is confident that its humanoid robots will achieve widespread factory applications within three years, a top executive of the Chinese artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics company said on Friday. Jiao Jichao, vice-president and executive dean of its research institute, said the company aims to deliver humanoid robots in small quantities to industries, especially automobile factories, for handling and sorting tasks, by the end of this year. From next year to 2027, such humanoid robots will be gradually used for assembly tasks and on-site operations. Besides the automotive industry, the company will use such robots in 3C, or computer, communication and consumer electronics, as well as the logistics sectors. "During this period, we aim to achieve larger-scale commercial mass production. Here, mass production not only involves a quantity increase but also improvements in quality, cost control and operational efficiency," he said. By 2033, the company's humanoid robots are expected to perform more precise assembly work, such as assembling interiors and wiring harnesses, as well as assemble smaller and more delicate products like smartphones and smartwatches in the 3C industries, he added. The comments came as UBTech officially signed a cooperation agreement with Audi FAW and Beijing Embodied Intelligence Robotics Innovation Center to jointly develop intelligent solutions for humanoid robots, at the ongoing 2024 World Robot Conference, which runs till Sunday in Beijing. The cooperation will drive humanoid robots into automotive production lines for intelligent material handling, quality inspection and process material operations. This is expected to promote large-scale deployment of humanoid robots in car factories. According to a guideline from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China aims to establish a preliminary innovation system for humanoid robots by 2025. By 2027, the country will see a secure and reliable industrial and supply chain system, and related products will be deeply integrated into the real economy. "Currently, new technologies, products and formats represented by humanoid robots and general artificial intelligence are thriving and becoming the pinnacle of global technological innovation, a new track for future industries and a new engine for economic growth," said Xu Xiaolan, former vice-minister of industry and information technology and a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee. "Humanoid robots are expected to become another disruptive product after computers, smartphones and new energy vehicles," she said. Images (1):
	Qiming Venture Partners' Portfolio Company UBTech Listed on Hong Kong …	https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/st…	0	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
Qiming Venture Partners' Portfolio Company UBTech Listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange URL: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/NEW-HORIZON-HEALTH-LIMITE-119080161/news/Qiming-Venture-Partners-Portfolio-Company-UBTech-Listed-on-Hong-Kong-Stock-Exchange-45648533/ Description: UBTech is the first humanoid robot company to go public on HKExQiming is UBTech's early institutional investor, exclusively investing in its Series A round in 2... Content:
	China’s UBTech Robotics rallies on Foxconn partnership By Investing.com	https://www.investing.com/news/stock-ma…	0	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
China’s UBTech Robotics rallies on Foxconn partnership By Investing.com URL: https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/chinas-ubtech-robotics-rallies-on-foxconn-partnership-3813193 Description: China’s UBTech Robotics rallies on Foxconn partnership Content:
	China’s UBTECH unveils humanoids and panda-like robot at Saudi tech …	https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-ubtech…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
China’s UBTECH unveils humanoids and panda-like robot at Saudi tech show URL: https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-ubtech-unveils-humanoids-panda-144026971.html Description: UBTECH expands in the Middle East with AI-driven humanoid robots for industry, education, and home, showcased at LEAP 2025 in Saudi Arabia. Content: Manage your account A Chinese firm is looking to expand its presence in the Middle East by introducing advanced AI-driven robotic solutions for industry, education, and home use.To that extent, at LEAP 2025 in Saudi Arabia, UBTECH is showcasing its Humanoid Robot Industrial Application Solution, featuring the Walker S Series, Panda Robot Youyou, and a new advanced humanoid Una.UBTECH also presents AI-driven education solutions, reinforcing its vision of integrating robotics into daily life."Humanoid Robot Industrial Application Solution is the first general-purpose humanoid robot solution for multi-task industrial scenarios in the world. The solution integrates UBTECH's latest achievements of embodied intelligence technology, enabling humanoid robots to complete a variety of industrial tasks," said the firm in a statement. In January, UBTECH announced plans to mass-produce Walker S humanoid robots, targeting 500–1,000 units by year-end, marking a major step in industrial robotics expansion. At LEAP 2025, a premier technology exhibition in the region, UBTECH is showcasing its advanced humanoid robots, highlighting the Walker S1, Panda Robot Youyou, and Una.UBTECH has strong ties to the Middle East, with Panda Robot Youyou featured at Expo 2020 Dubai and two Walker X units exported to NEOM. Its commercial robot, Cruzr, also served at Riyadh Season, assisting tourists with guidance and information.At the event, two Walker S1 units demonstrate multi-task capabilities such as parcel handling and SPS sorting, marking their debut in the Middle East. Using semantic VSLAM technology and full-body motion control, Walker S1 can lift boxes to 33 pounds (15 kilograms) with dual arms. Accurate SPS sorting is made possible by its self-developed dexterous hands, which enable exact grasping force monitoring, according to a statement. https://youtu.be/UCt7qPpTt-g To integrate humanoid robots into industrial applications, UBTECH has been collaborating with well-known businesses since 2024, including Audi FAW, BYD, Geely Auto, Foxconn, SF Express, FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao Branch, BAIC BJEV, and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor.The Walker S Series is used in production facilities worldwide, and the business claims to be the only humanoid robot company with multiple partnerships in the automobile sector. Furthermore, makers of electric vehicles have already made over 500 intent orders. Beyond industrial uses, UBTECH introduces the Panda Robot Youyou, which is most famous for serving as Expo 2020 Dubai's ambassador for friendliness and peace. Youyou exhibit its potential for interactive service roles at LEAP 2025 by serving drinks and interacting with audiences in a home environment.With its omnidirectional perception system, bionic eye display, and 41 high-performance servo joints, Youyou is a superior tool for interactive displays, smart home automation, and human-like conversation.The robot can execute synchronized dance, yoga, and tai chi. It uses multimodal perception to engage with humans seamlessly and is outfitted with adaptive terrain handling and U-SLAM navigation.According to UBTECH, with capabilities in handwriting, drawing, and exhibition guidance, Youyou blends robotics with cultural expression, making it a standout in both service and entertainment applications. Additionally, UBTECH presents Una, a humanoid robot that was created separately and is making its public debut. With a gentle, human-like appearance, Una can comprehend natural language and provides services including reception, entertainment, and emotional support.At LEAP 2025, UBTECH is presenting its AI Education solution for K–12, higher education, and vocational training. With the Yanshee, UGOT, and uKit series and an AIGC-based Learning Platform, it provides a complete solution for K–12 that integrates curriculum, hardware, software, training, and competitions.These tools improve robotics, AI, and programming abilities. Walker S1 and intelligent service robots for research, instruction, and industrial training are offered by UBTECH to higher education and vocational schools.According to the firm, the solution equips students with AI and robotics expertise, fostering innovation and industry-ready talent to meet the growing demand for technological advancements in education and industry. Images (1):
	UBTECH robot dances, kicks box as 1,000 Walker S2 milestone …	https://interestingengineering.com/ai-r…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
UBTECH robot dances, kicks box as 1,000 Walker S2 milestone marked URL: https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-ubtech-builds-1000-humanoid-robots Description: UBTech rolls out its 1,000th Walker S2 robot, marking the shift from prototypes to large-scale, real-world humanoid deployment. Content: From daily news and career tips to monthly insights on AI, sustainability, software, and more—pick what matters and get it in your inbox. Explore The Most Powerful Tech Event in the World with Interesting Engineering. Stick with us as we share the highlights of CES week! Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation. Engineering-inspired textiles, mugs, hats, and thoughtful gifts We connect top engineering talent with the world's most innovative companies. We empower professionals with advanced engineering and tech education to grow careers. We recognize outstanding achievements in engineering, innovation, and technology. All Rights Reserved, IE Media, Inc. Follow Us On Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation. Engineering-inspired textiles, mugs, hats, and thoughtful gifts We connect top engineering talent with the world's most innovative companies We empower professionals with advanced engineering and tech education to grow careers. We recognize outstanding achievements in engineering, innovation, and technology. All Rights Reserved, IE Media, Inc. The company reports strong interest from organisations aiming to automate physically demanding jobs that require workers to stay on their feet for long hours. Chinese robotics player UBTECH has marked a major milestone with the rollout of its 1,000th Walker S2 humanoid robot from its Liuzhou manufacturing plant. The achievement signals a shift from experimental prototypes to scalable, real-world deployment. More than 500 Walker S2 units have already been delivered and are operational across multiple applications. UBTECH now plans to significantly ramp up production capacity, targeting output of up to 10,000 units annually by 2026. In November, the Shenzhen-based firm claimed that it had already shipped hundreds of its Walker S2 humanoid robots to active industrial facilities. A video shared by the company on YouTube shows hundreds of Walker S2 humanoid robots lined up in perfect formation in front of a poster marking the 1,000th rollout. The footage also features a humanoid robot wearing a cap and scarf, performing a stylish celebratory dance to mark the occasion. The company is seeing strong interest from organisations looking to automate physically demanding tasks typically carried out by workers who spend long hours on their feet. This year, UBTECH secured orders worth about 800 million yuan (roughly $113 million), covering everything from customised installations to large-scale deployments. One of the biggest deals was signed in September, when a well-known Chinese company placed a 250 million yuan ($35 million) order for an advanced robotic system. Another major customer in Sichuan committed 159 million yuan ($22.5 million). According to the South China Morning Post, a project in Guangxi has pledged 126 million yuan ($17.9 million), while Midea Auto in Hubei has committed more than 100 million yuan ($14.2 million). UBTECH has planned to deliver 500 Walker robots by the end of December and says it remains on track to meet that goal, which it has now achieved. According to UBTECH, automakers are driving much of the demand. Companies such as BYD, Geely Auto, FAW Volkswagen, and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor have signed on, while Foxconn is deploying robots to support logistics operations. These customers are seeking stable, round-the-clock operations with minimal supervision, and early trials show the robots performing reliably in real factory and warehouse environments. Recently, UBTECH drew global attention after releasing footage showing hundreds of its humanoid robots moving in synchronized formation inside a warehouse, prompting both fascination and skepticism. The video, widely shared online, even led US robotics executive and Figure CEO Brett Adcock to question whether the scenes were computer-generated publicly. The Shenzhen-based company has firmly rejected those claims, defending the video’s authenticity and pointing to China’s large-scale manufacturing capacity and highly coordinated supply chains. The footage, reminiscent of scenes from the sci-fi film I, Robot, shows rows of Walker S2 humanoid robots turning their heads, waving, and marching into shipping containers. UBTECH says the video marks a major milestone, claiming it has begun mass deliveries of its Walker S2 robots to real industrial partners. According to the company, production was ramped up in mid-November, with the first batch already shipped to customers seeking additional labour for assembly lines. UBTECH says the rollout demonstrates that humanoid robots are moving beyond laboratory prototypes into practical, real-world deployment. However, doubts persist. Adcock argued on social media that visual inconsistencies, particularly reflections on the robots, suggested heavy CGI use. In response, UBTECH released additional footage, filmed with a first-person drone and raw audio, insisting the material was shot on site. Looking ahead, UBTECH aims to sharply expand its manufacturing capacity, with plans to produce 5,000 industrial humanoid robots annually by 2026 and further scale up to 10,000 units a year by 2027. Jijo is an automotive and business journalist based in India. Armed with a BA in History (Honors) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, and a PG diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi, he has worked for news agencies, national newspapers, and automotive magazines. In his spare time, he likes to go off-roading, engage in political discourse, travel, and teach languages. Premium Follow Images (1):
	UBTech to Deploy Humanoids on China-Vietnam Border	https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-u…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
UBTech to Deploy Humanoids on China-Vietnam Border URL: https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/ubtech-to-deploy-humanoids-on-china-vietnam-border/ Description: Under this $37 million deal, the company will start deliveries in December. Content: China’s UBTech Robotics has signed a $37 million deal to deploy humanoid robots at border crossings in China’s Guangxi region, as per a report by South China Morning Post (SCMP). The agreement involves the Fangchenggang humanoid robot centre, which will use the robots for traveller guidance, inspections, patrols and logistics. The company said deliveries will start in December, as reported by SCMP. This huge order was also announced by UBTech in an X post on November 25. It said, “UBTECH has been added to the MSCI China Index and secured a massive new order: $37.2M!” The post also said that the Walker humanoid robot series has accumulated over $153 million in orders for 2025. This particular project will use UBTech’s Walker S2, which will also conduct inspections at steel, copper and aluminium manufacturing sites as part of the initiative. UBTech said cumulative orders for its Walker series have reached ¥1.1 billion since shipments began this month. Michael Tam, the company’s chief branding officer, said UBTech aims to deliver 500 industrial humanoids this year and increase the figure tenfold next year. “We plan to reach 10,000 units by 2027,” he told SCMP. He added that the company seeks to lower production costs. The deal aligns with China’s broader push to integrate embodied AI into real-world operations. Government agencies across provinces are now using humanoids and quadruped robots at airports, immigration checkpoints, and in security work. A similar concept has been deployed at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, where a robot is handling passenger queries. Shenzhen Customs has also integrated DeepSeek’s large language model into an inspection robot for cargo checks. 📣 Want to advertise in AIM? Book here India’s data centre ambitions are constrained by a lagging energy grid, renewable gaps, and unreliable power supply. “The skill I spent 10,000s of hours getting good at. Programming…Is becoming a full commodity extremely quickly.” Most graduates still lack the skills IT employers need and are increasingly turning to certifications to bridge the gap. With Grok releasing deepfakes, MeitY asserted that adherence to the IT Act and the IT Rules is mandatory, not optional. CAG audit found that India’s flagship skilling programme prioritised certificates over jobs, exposing deep flaws. Karnataka was among the first to roll out a data centre policy, but the implementation on the ground is sluggish With an advanced traffic management system, Bengaluru has reduced travel time by up to 20% in some corridors. The contrast playing out across southern India highlights how decisively infrastructure readiness, policy execution, and speed shape tech investment outcomes. Happy Llama 2026 brings together the world’s top AI startups, investors, and innovators across two power-packed editions in Bangalore and San Francisco. Email:[email protected] Our Offices AIM India1st Floor, Sakti Statesman, Marathahalli – Sarjapur Outer Ring Rd, Green Glen Layout, Bellandur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103 AIM Americas166 Geary St STE 1500 Suite #634, San Francisco, California 94108, United States © Analytics India Magazine Pvt Ltd & AIM Media House LLC 2026 Images (1):
	China's UBTech ships world’s 1st mass batch of humanoid robot …	https://interestingengineering.com/ai-r…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
China's UBTech ships world’s 1st mass batch of humanoid robot workers URL: https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/worlds-first-large-delivery-of-humanoid-workers Description: UBTECH has shipped hundreds of Walker S2 humanoids to active factories in what it calls the world’s first mass delivery of humanlike robots. Content: From daily news and career tips to monthly insights on AI, sustainability, software, and more—pick what matters and get it in your inbox. Explore The Most Powerful Tech Event in the World with Interesting Engineering. Stick with us as we share the highlights of CES week! Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation. Engineering-inspired textiles, mugs, hats, and thoughtful gifts We connect top engineering talent with the world's most innovative companies. We empower professionals with advanced engineering and tech education to grow careers. We recognize outstanding achievements in engineering, innovation, and technology. All Rights Reserved, IE Media, Inc. Follow Us On Access expert insights, exclusive content, and a deeper dive into engineering and innovation. Engineering-inspired textiles, mugs, hats, and thoughtful gifts We connect top engineering talent with the world's most innovative companies We empower professionals with advanced engineering and tech education to grow careers. We recognize outstanding achievements in engineering, innovation, and technology. All Rights Reserved, IE Media, Inc. Orders for UBTECH’s humanoids have surged past 800 million yuan as major automakers and tech firms deploy them for nonstop industrial work. Shenzhen is now home to a major robotics milestone as UBTECH Robotics confirmed that hundreds of its Walker S2 humanoid robots have been shipped to active industrial facilities. The move answers the key questions of what happened, where it happened, who is involved, why it matters, and when the rollout began. UBTECH stated that production increased in mid-November, and the first batch has already reached partners who need more workers on assembly lines. The company is positioning this as the first large-scale delivery of humanoids built to resemble and move like humans. The robotics company is receiving heavy interest from groups that want to automate tasks that normally require people who are on their feet all day. It secured 800 million yuan in orders this year, which is about 113 million dollars. These deals range from specialized installations to major full-scale deployments. A standout order in September was 250 million yuan from a well-known Chinese firm that wanted an advanced robot system. Another major customer in Sichuan agreed to pay 159 million yuan. As reported by the South China Morning Post, a project in Guangxi committed 126 million yuan, and Miee Auto in Hubei pledged over 100 million yuan. UBTECH plans to send out 500 Walkers by the end of December and says it is on track to meet that target. Automakers are a major force behind the growing demand. BYD, Geely Auto, FAW Volkswagen, and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor have all signed on. Foxconn is also adding robots to support logistics work. These organizations want stable 24-hour operations without constant oversight. Early tests show that the robots are performing well in factories and warehouses instead of controlled labs. The company believes its battery system is the strongest feature of the Walker S2. The robot can remove and replace its own power pack within minutes and does not need any human assistance to do so. This reduces downtime and supports long shifts that involve constant walking and lifting. The Walker S2 has been available for industrial buyers since July. It was designed to be tall and sturdy with joints that move like those of a person. These joints can manage heavy items while maintaining precise finger control. Recent tours of the firm’s facility showed that humanoids now represent 30 percent of the company’s sales, which is a strong rise from 10 percent last year. UBTECH says this proves that demand is growing because of real-world needs rather than short-term excitement. UBTECH reported that revenue in the first half of 2025 reached 621 million yuan. That is a 27.5 percent increase from the previous year. Gross profit grew to 217 million yuan, which is a rise of 17.3 percent. Losses narrowed by 18.5 percent to 440 million yuan. The company says it is improving its cost structure while expanding factory output. The market reacted in a big way. The company’s stock price climbed more than 150 percent this year to 133 Hong Kong dollars. Analysts remain confident as Citi and JPMorgan still list the stock as a buy and expect the price to climb above 170 Hong Kong dollars. It became the first robotics company to trade on the Hong Kong exchange in 2023, and its recent progress suggests that it is strengthening its lead in the robotics race. A versatile writer, Sujita has worked with Mashable Middle East and News Daily 24. When she isn't writing, you can find her glued to the latest web series and movies. Premium Follow Images (1):
	Unleashing Swarm Intelligence: UBTECH Pioneers the World’s First Multi-Humanoid Robot …	https://bubblear.com/unleashing-swarm-i…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
Unleashing Swarm Intelligence: UBTECH Pioneers the World’s First Multi-Humanoid Robot Collaborative Training in Multi-Task, Multi-Scenario Settings at ZEEKR – The Bubble URL: https://bubblear.com/unleashing-swarm-intelligence-ubtech-pioneers-the-worlds-first-multi-humanoid-robot-collaborative-training-in-multi-task-multi-scenario-settings-at-zeekr/20727/ Content: SHENZHEN, China, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — UBTECH has successfully conducted the world’s first collaborative practical training program for humanoid robots at ZEEKR’s 5G Intelligent Factory, where multiple humanoid robots seamlessly collaborated across multi-task, multi-scenario industrial environments. This initiative represents a key advancement in developing a general-purpose Swarm Intelligence system for humanoid robots, marking a major leap from single-agent autonomy to Swarm Intelligence. As industrial automation progresses, production-line tasks present new challenges for humanoid robots, particularly in multi-humanoid robot collaboration. Advancing Swarm Intelligence is a critical step in enabling humanoid robots to operate effectively at scale. UBTECH’s Walker S1 humanoid robots are pioneering this shift by deploying a networked cluster to explore how advanced embodied intelligence emerges through swarm behaviors and high-frequency interaction with the physical environment. To support this, UBTECH has developed BrainNet, a software framework for humanoid robot collaboration, and introduced the Internet of Humanoids (IoH), a centralized control hub serving as a blueprint for the software and hardware implementation of Swarm Intelligence. For humanoid robots to collaborate effectively, UBTECH’s BrainNet framework links cloud-device collaborative inference nodes and skill nodes, forming a super brain and an intelligent sub-brain within the Swarm Intelligence system. The super brain, powered by a large reasoning multimodal model, enables intelligent hybrid decision-making and manages complex production-line tasks. The intelligent sub-brain, based on the Transformer model, integrates cross-field fusion perception and multi-robot collaborative control to support parallel distributed learning, accelerating skill generation and transfer. These innovations allow humanoid robots to move beyond individual task execution, enabling them to collaborate flexibly at the production-line level. This ensures efficient teamwork in complex industrial environments and paves the way for the next evolution of intelligent manufacturing. To address the high-dimensional decision-making demands of complex production-line tasks, UBTECH has developed the world’s first large reasoning multimodal model for humanoid robots. As the core engine of the super brain, this AI system enables the continuous self-evolution of BrainNet, unlocking the full potential of Swarm Intelligence. Currently under development using DeepSeek-R1 deep reasoning technology, the model is being engineered to process data at scale and equip humanoid robots with human-like common-sense reasoning. It allows them to break down, schedule, and coordinate tasks autonomously, optimizing multi-robot collaboration in complex industrial workflows. UBTECH’s multimodal reasoning model is trained on a high-quality industrial dataset accumulated from frontline practical training with the Walker S series across multiple automotive factories. By integrating multimodal features and leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, the model adapts rapidly to specialized job functions, significantly improving decision-making accuracy, generalization across various workstations, and scalability for large-scale industrial deployment. UBTECH’s humanoid robots have now entered Practical Training 2.0, marking their evolution from single-agent autonomy to Swarm Intelligence. At the ZEEKR 5G Intelligent Factory, dozens of Walker S1 humanoid robots have been deployed across complex production areas, including the final assembly workshop, SPS instrumentation zone, quality inspection area, and vehicle assembly station. Working in unison, these humanoid robots successfully executed collaborative sorting, collaborative handling, and precision assembly, demonstrating seamless multi-robot collaboration in real-world industrial settings. In the collaborative sorting phase, UBTECH’s Walker S1 humanoid robots utilize cross-field pure vision-based perception technology and intelligent hybrid decision-making to optimize sorting tasks. Using pure vision-based cross-field perception, the robots continuously track dynamic targets across environments, enabling swarm collaboration through collective mapping and shared intelligence. The intelligent hybrid decision-making system, powered by a large reasoning multimodal model, integrates semantic VSLAM navigation and dexterous manipulation capabilities. This allows for dynamic task allocation between the cloud-based and on-device brain nodes, supporting a cloud-device collaborative decision-making process for Swarm Intelligence. In collaborative handling, humanoid robots may face significant challenges, including uneven load distribution, complex trajectory planning, and dynamic environmental adaptation. To address these, UBTECH has developed a joint planning and control system, enabling multi-robot collaboration in trajectory planning, load identification, and compliant control. This ensures robots dynamically adjust their posture and force during handling, significantly enhancing stability and efficiency when transporting large, heavy workpieces. In precision assembly process, Walker S1 robots demonstrate exceptional dexterous manipulation capabilities, particularly in handling deformable objects. When working with small and deformable film materials, Walker S1 utilizes high-precision sensing and adaptive control technologies to dynamically adjust its grasping force and posture. This ensures film objects remain undamaged and properly aligned throughout the assembly process. This innovation highlights the flexibility and reliability of UBTECH’s humanoid robot, which is equipped with dexterous robotic hands with tactile sensing for complex industrial applications. Additionally, Walker S1 integrates vision-based global initial positioning with force-based secondary positioning via reinforcement learning to execute precision operation-based quality inspection tasks with unmatched accuracy and adaptability. UBTECH collaborates with leading industry players, including Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, Geely Auto, FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao, Audi FAW, BYD, BAIC New Energy, Foxconn, and SF Express. The company’s Walker S series humanoid robots are now deployed in more automotive factories worldwide than any other humanoid robot, having successfully completed the first phase of single-agent autonomous intelligence training. With the launch of Practical Training 2.0, UBTECH is accelerating its multi-humanoid robot collaborative training and AI model development to drive product and technology innovation. Beyond Geely Auto, UBTECH is expanding deployment to additional partner factories, further reinforcing the scalable adoption of humanoid robots in industrial applications. 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	UBTech to Acquire Controlling Stake in Zhejiang Fenglong Electric for …	https://pandaily.com/ub-tech-to-acquire…	0	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
UBTech to Acquire Controlling Stake in Zhejiang Fenglong Electric for $228.1M as Industrial Humanoid Robot Orders Near $191.8M - Pandaily URL: https://pandaily.com/ub-tech-to-acquire-controlling-stake-in-zhejiang-fenglong-electric-for-228-1-m-as-industrial-humanoid-robot-orders-near-191-8-m Description: UBTech Robotics is acquiring a controlling stake in manufacturer Zhejiang Fenglong Electric for $228.1M to accelerate its humanoid robot industrialization. The move follows UBTech securing nearly $191.8M in industrial orders for its Walker S2 model, which has begun mass delivery. Content:
	UBTECH Humanoid Robot Walker S2 Begins Mass Production and Delivery, …	https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/br…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
UBTECH Humanoid Robot Walker S2 Begins Mass Production and Delivery, with Orders Exceeding 800 Million Yuan - The HinduBusinessLine URL: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/brandhub/ubtech-humanoid-robot-walker-s2-begins-mass-production-and-delivery-with-orders-exceeding-800-million-yuan/article70290610.ece Description: UBTECH Humanoid Robot Walker S2 Begins Mass Production and Delivery, with Orders Exceeding 800 Million Yuan Content: -604.72 -193.55 + 192.00 + 1,188.00 + 9,076.00 -604.72 -193.55 -193.55 + 192.00 + 192.00 + 1,188.00 Get businessline apps on Connect with us TO ENJOY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS Connect With Us Get BusinessLine apps on SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UBTECH has begun mass production and delivery of the first batch of several hundred full-size industrial humanoid robots, Walker S2, which will be deployed in phases across frontline industrial applications. This milestone moves the company toward its target of delivering 500 units within the year and marks the beginning of large-scale, real-world implementation of humanoid robotics. By establishing a closed-loop commercial cycle—from technology and real-world application to delivery and iterative improvement—UBTECH has developed core capabilities to rapidly address market demands and efficiently secure and fulfill orders, setting a replicable benchmark for the deployment of humanoid robots. The start of mass delivery highlights UBTECH’s expanding ability to strengthen and re-configure industrial ecosystems, accelerating the industry’s shift toward global, high-quality, scaled deployment. Amid rising market demand, UBTECH has outlined a clear production ramp-up plan, targeting an annual capacity of 5,000 industrial humanoid robots by 2026, scaling to 10,000 units by 2027. UBTECH is already supplying its Walker S2 robots for key industrial uses in automotive manufacturing, smart factories, intelligent logistics, and data collection centers. UBTECH has also taken the lead in shifting its delivery approach from providing products to delivering full operational capabilities, introducing a first-of-its-kind, standardized and replicable turnkey solution. With UBTECH’s proprietary BrainNet technology platform, these solutions enable rapid scenario deployment, enhance usability for industrial customers, and support innovative applications across manufacturing environments. Walker S2 is the world’s first industrial humanoid robot integrated with Co-Agent—UBTECH’s proprietary intelligent agent system. This system empowers the robot with closed-loop operational capabilities, including intention understanding, task planning, tool usage, and autonomous anomaly detection and handling. Complemented by a comprehensive user-training system, this shift from product delivery to scenario-based enablement offers a practical pathway to large-scale adoption of humanoid robots. Since early 2025, UBTECH’s Walker series humanoid robots have accumulated orders exceeding 800 million yuan (approx. US$112 million), reinforcing the company’s leadership in global humanoid robot commercialization. Among these, a recent contract to deploy Walker S2 robots at a data collection center in Zigong, valued at 159 million yuan, ranks as the second-largest order of the year, following a record 250 million yuan order secured in September. These accomplishments reflect growing market demand and strong industry recognition of UBTECH’s product capabilities. UBTECH collaborates with leading industry players including BYD, Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, Geely Auto, FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao, Audi FAW, BAIC New Energy, Foxconn, and SF Express. Furthermore, with the Walker S series now entered on a wide range of automotive production lines to complete different tasks, UBTECH continues to accumulate extensive real-world data and frontline operational experience. This continuous scenario-based practice is essential for optimizing product performance and enables the development of production-line-ready, task-driven swarm intelligence. Humanoid robots, recognized as the ultimate form of embodied intelligence, now stand at a historic inflection point—evolving from technological prototypes toward industrial-scale deployment. To achieve real-world commercialization in the age of embodied intelligence, the industry must overcome three fundamental challenges: technological maturity, real-world application, and scalable delivery. As the world’s first company to complete the loop between technological validation and commercial deployment in industrial environments, UBTECH is executing a proven strategy: advancing core technologies to support field deployment, using real-world insights to refine delivery models, and expanding scaled delivery to drive continuous technological evolution. UBTECH is committed to collaborating with industry partners to build an open, collaborative ecosystem and advance toward the large-scale adoption of humanoid robotics. CONTACT: pr@ubtrobot.com “This article is part of the sponsored content programme.” Published on November 17, 2025 Copyright© 2025, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. BACK TO TOP Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. 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UBTECH Humanoid Robot Walker S2 Begins Mass Production and Delivery, with Orders Exceeding 800 Million Yuan - The Hindu URL: https://www.thehindu.com/brandhub/pr-release/ubtech-humanoid-robot-walker-s2-begins-mass-production-and-delivery-with-orders-exceeding-800-million-yuan/article70290598.ece Description: UBTECH Humanoid Robot Walker S2 Begins Mass Production and Delivery, with Orders Exceeding 800 Million Yuan Content: November 17, 2025e-Paper The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. November 17, 2025e-Paper Published - November 17, 2025 06:07 pm IST SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UBTECH has begun mass production and delivery of the first batch of several hundred full-size industrial humanoid robots, Walker S2, which will be deployed in phases across frontline industrial applications. This milestone moves the company toward its target of delivering 500 units within the year and marks the beginning of large-scale, real-world implementation of humanoid robotics. By establishing a closed-loop commercial cycle—from technology and real-world application to delivery and iterative improvement—UBTECH has developed core capabilities to rapidly address market demands and efficiently secure and fulfill orders, setting a replicable benchmark for the deployment of humanoid robots. The start of mass delivery highlights UBTECH’s expanding ability to strengthen and re-configure industrial ecosystems, accelerating the industry’s shift toward global, high-quality, scaled deployment. Amid rising market demand, UBTECH has outlined a clear production ramp-up plan, targeting an annual capacity of 5,000 industrial humanoid robots by 2026, scaling to 10,000 units by 2027. UBTECH is already supplying its Walker S2 robots for key industrial uses in automotive manufacturing, smart factories, intelligent logistics, and data collection centers. UBTECH has also taken the lead in shifting its delivery approach from providing products to delivering full operational capabilities, introducing a first-of-its-kind, standardized and replicable turnkey solution. With UBTECH’s proprietary BrainNet technology platform, these solutions enable rapid scenario deployment, enhance usability for industrial customers, and support innovative applications across manufacturing environments. Walker S2 is the world’s first industrial humanoid robot integrated with Co-Agent—UBTECH’s proprietary intelligent agent system. This system empowers the robot with closed-loop operational capabilities, including intention understanding, task planning, tool usage, and autonomous anomaly detection and handling. Complemented by a comprehensive user-training system, this shift from product delivery to scenario-based enablement offers a practical pathway to large-scale adoption of humanoid robots. Since early 2025, UBTECH’s Walker series humanoid robots have accumulated orders exceeding 800 million yuan (approx. US$112 million), reinforcing the company’s leadership in global humanoid robot commercialization. Among these, a recent contract to deploy Walker S2 robots at a data collection center in Zigong, valued at 159 million yuan, ranks as the second-largest order of the year, following a record 250 million yuan order secured in September. These accomplishments reflect growing market demand and strong industry recognition of UBTECH’s product capabilities. UBTECH collaborates with leading industry players including BYD, Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, Geely Auto, FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao, Audi FAW, BAIC New Energy, Foxconn, and SF Express. Furthermore, with the Walker S series now entered on a wide range of automotive production lines to complete different tasks, UBTECH continues to accumulate extensive real-world data and frontline operational experience. This continuous scenario-based practice is essential for optimizing product performance and enables the development of production-line-ready, task-driven swarm intelligence. Humanoid robots, recognized as the ultimate form of embodied intelligence, now stand at a historic inflection point—evolving from technological prototypes toward industrial-scale deployment. To achieve real-world commercialization in the age of embodied intelligence, the industry must overcome three fundamental challenges: technological maturity, real-world application, and scalable delivery. As the world’s first company to complete the loop between technological validation and commercial deployment in industrial environments, UBTECH is executing a proven strategy: advancing core technologies to support field deployment, using real-world insights to refine delivery models, and expanding scaled delivery to drive continuous technological evolution. UBTECH is committed to collaborating with industry partners to build an open, collaborative ecosystem and advance toward the large-scale adoption of humanoid robotics. CONTACT: pr@ubtrobot.com Published - November 17, 2025 06:07 pm IST Copyright© 2025, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. BACK TO TOP Terms & conditions \| Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle. Images (1):
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	UBTech Humanoid Robot Changes Own Battery - IT Security News	https://www.itsecuritynews.info/ubtech-…	1	Jan 11, 2026 16:00	active
UBTech Humanoid Robot Changes Own Battery - IT Security News URL: https://www.itsecuritynews.info/ubtech-humanoid-robot-changes-own-battery/ Description: Chinese robotics company UBTech demonstrates humanoid Walker S2 model changing its own battery to increase productivity, autonomy This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UBTech Humanoid Robot Changes Own BatteryRead more → Content: Chinese robotics company UBTech demonstrates humanoid Walker S2 model changing its own battery to increase productivity, autonomy Read the original article: Tags: EN Silicon UK Copyright © 2026 IT Security News. All Rights Reserved. The Magazine Basic Theme by bavotasan.com. Images (1):
	Human–Robot Interaction: Successes, Hurdles, and Remaining Challenges [Opinion] - Archive …	https://hal.science/hal-05448964v1	1	Jan 11, 2026 00:02	active
Human–Robot Interaction: Successes, Hurdles, and Remaining Challenges [Opinion] - Archive ouverte HAL URL: https://hal.science/hal-05448964v1 Description: The past decades have seen an increasing number of robots deployed in the vicinity of humans, from vacuum cleaners roaming in our living rooms, drones flying over our heads, to prostheses attached to our bodies. Today, global efforts are focused on designing the next generation of robots, which will be employed and function in close or direct interactions with lay users. We are no longer in the realm of factory robots used by well-trained practitioners. It is, hence, not conceivable that these robots can be programmed without a deep understanding of the social, ethical, and cultural rules that underpin human environments. Developing robots that are cognizant of the world that surrounds them has led to a wide range of efforts worldwide, all of which fall under the general field of human-robot interaction (HRI). We advocate for a research roadmap for HRI over the next two decades towards the development of robot systems capable of interacting with humans in a pertinent and helpful manner in any kind of environment. Content: The past decades have seen an increasing number of robots deployed in the vicinity of humans, from vacuum cleaners roaming in our living rooms, drones flying over our heads, to prostheses attached to our bodies. Today, global efforts are focused on designing the next generation of robots, which will be employed and function in close or direct interactions with lay users. We are no longer in the realm of factory robots used by well-trained practitioners. It is, hence, not conceivable that these robots can be programmed without a deep understanding of the social, ethical, and cultural rules that underpin human environments. Developing robots that are cognizant of the world that surrounds them has led to a wide range of efforts worldwide, all of which fall under the general field of human-robot interaction (HRI). We advocate for a research roadmap for HRI over the next two decades towards the development of robot systems capable of interacting with humans in a pertinent and helpful manner in any kind of environment. Connectez-vous pour contacter le contributeur https://hal.science/hal-05448964 Soumis le : jeudi 8 janvier 2026-15:33:07 Dernière modification le : samedi 10 janvier 2026-03:10:43 Contact Ressources Informations Questions juridiques Portails CCSD Images (1):
	Reinforcement learning: The next great AI tech moving from the …	https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/28/rein…	0	Jan 10, 2026 16:00	active
Reinforcement learning: The next great AI tech moving from the lab to the real world URL: https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/28/reinforcement-learning-the-next-great-ai-tech-moving-from-the-lab-to-the-real-world/ Description: Reinforcement learning (RL) is a powerful type of AI technology that can learn strategies to optimally control large, complex systems. Content:
	Unitree Releases H2 Humanoid Robot Training Video: Flying Kicks and …	https://pandaily.com/unitree-releases-h…	0	Jan 10, 2026 00:03	active
Unitree Releases H2 Humanoid Robot Training Video: Flying Kicks and Backflips Showcased - Pandaily URL: https://pandaily.com/unitree-releases-h2-humanoid-robot-training-video-flying-kicks-and-backflips-showcased Description: Unitree Robotics releases a training video of its H2 humanoid robot performing flying kicks, backflips, and sandbag strikes, highlighting its advanced 31-joint design. Content:
	Physical AI Raises Prospect of Household Robots	https://newsonjapan.com/article/148045.…	1	Jan 09, 2026 16:00	active
Physical AI Raises Prospect of Household Robots URL: https://newsonjapan.com/article/148045.php Description: The world’s largest technology showcase, CES 2026, is opening in the United States, with a new keyword drawing attention this year: “physical AI,” a concept focused on making everyday life easier through machines that combine artificial intelligence with physical bodies. Content: LAS VEGAS, Jan 07 (News On Japan) - The world’s largest technology showcase, CES 2026, is opening in the United States, with a new keyword drawing attention this year: “physical AI,” a concept focused on making everyday life easier through machines that combine artificial intelligence with physical bodies. Held every January in Las Vegas, CES has long served as a barometer of future technology trends. At this year’s event, the spotlight is on physical AI, which refers to systems that pair AI “brains” with physical forms such as robots or vehicles. The idea is that technology is steadily moving closer to human-like capabilities. One of the most talked-about exhibits at CES 2026 is a newly unveiled robot from South Korea’s LG Electronics called LG CLOiD. The robot is designed to handle household tasks that were once thought to be uniquely human. While its commercial release date and price have not yet been announced, the demonstration drew significant attention. LG CLOiD is capable of tidying up clothes left on the floor while its owner is out at work and can send messages such as “It looks like rain” when weather forecasts change. If it detects that someone is about to return home, the robot can check the contents of the refrigerator, suggest a recipe based on available ingredients, and even prepare indoor clothing to change into upon arrival. In addition to these functions, LG says the robot could eventually bake bread, fold laundry, and place dishes into a dishwasher. Developers note that even basic human actions, such as walking or grasping objects like cups and pens, have posed major challenges for robotics. LG CLOiD’s ability to fold towels demonstrates a level of balance and dexterity that has surprised industry observers, particularly its capacity to handle unstable objects. Riko Higashio, who commented on the technology, said the robot felt “like a dream,” adding that it could make returning home far more relaxing. She noted that such systems could also be useful in places like hotels, not just private residences. Looking further ahead, predictions about the spread of robots were also discussed at CES 2026. Yoichi Onishi, who oversees AI development at TBS Media Technology and has been involved in developing AI voice systems used on the N-Sta program, is participating in the exhibition. He predicts that robots will become common in public facilities by around 2040, with a future in which most households own a robot emerging by roughly 2050. According to Onishi, care robots could help address labor shortages in nursing and eldercare, while robots may also take on roles such as bartenders or retail staff capable of casual conversation, commenting on purchases with remarks like, “Curry tonight? That sounds good.” By 2050, he envisions robots moving freely through cities, with train seating divided between human seats and charging spots for robots, and even robot-only cars. He also suggested that robots could anticipate needs at home, such as preparing a drink when someone feels thirsty, based on learned daily habits. In more speculative scenarios, robots might eventually read brainwaves if humans were to adopt implanted chips, a prospect that even Onishi acknowledged could feel unsettling. Another example of lifestyle-focused robotics comes from a Japanese manufacturer, Living Robot, which has developed a home robot called Mechatromate Q, commonly known as “Q-chan.” The robot is designed to live alongside families and respond to changes in the home environment. When the temperature rises to around 27 degrees Celsius on a warm day, Q-chan can detect the heat and humidity and ask whether it should turn on the air conditioner. By learning a household’s daily routines, it can also remind residents when it is time to take medication, helping to prevent missed doses. The robot can be linked to wearable health devices to monitor physical conditions, offering spoken advice or encouragement as needed. If a family member calls home and no one answers, Q-chan can be contacted instead and asked to locate someone inside the house using registered facial data. Through a built-in video calling function, family members can then communicate via the robot. Mechatromate Q can be programmed to automatically control home appliances such as air conditioners and can tailor conversations to individuals whose faces are registered in its system. The robot is expected to go on sale next fiscal year at a price of between 400,000 and 600,000 yen, with an additional monthly fee. Held every January in Las Vegas, CES has long served as a barometer of future technology trends. At this year’s event, the spotlight is on physical AI, which refers to systems that pair AI “brains” with physical forms such as robots or vehicles. The idea is that technology is steadily moving closer to human-like capabilities. One of the most talked-about exhibits at CES 2026 is a newly unveiled robot from South Korea’s LG Electronics called LG CLOiD. The robot is designed to handle household tasks that were once thought to be uniquely human. While its commercial release date and price have not yet been announced, the demonstration drew significant attention. LG CLOiD is capable of tidying up clothes left on the floor while its owner is out at work and can send messages such as “It looks like rain” when weather forecasts change. If it detects that someone is about to return home, the robot can check the contents of the refrigerator, suggest a recipe based on available ingredients, and even prepare indoor clothing to change into upon arrival. In addition to these functions, LG says the robot could eventually bake bread, fold laundry, and place dishes into a dishwasher. Developers note that even basic human actions, such as walking or grasping objects like cups and pens, have posed major challenges for robotics. LG CLOiD’s ability to fold towels demonstrates a level of balance and dexterity that has surprised industry observers, particularly its capacity to handle unstable objects. Riko Higashio, who commented on the technology, said the robot felt “like a dream,” adding that it could make returning home far more relaxing. She noted that such systems could also be useful in places like hotels, not just private residences. Looking further ahead, predictions about the spread of robots were also discussed at CES 2026. Yoichi Onishi, who oversees AI development at TBS Media Technology and has been involved in developing AI voice systems used on the N-Sta program, is participating in the exhibition. He predicts that robots will become common in public facilities by around 2040, with a future in which most households own a robot emerging by roughly 2050. According to Onishi, care robots could help address labor shortages in nursing and eldercare, while robots may also take on roles such as bartenders or retail staff capable of casual conversation, commenting on purchases with remarks like, “Curry tonight? That sounds good.” By 2050, he envisions robots moving freely through cities, with train seating divided between human seats and charging spots for robots, and even robot-only cars. He also suggested that robots could anticipate needs at home, such as preparing a drink when someone feels thirsty, based on learned daily habits. In more speculative scenarios, robots might eventually read brainwaves if humans were to adopt implanted chips, a prospect that even Onishi acknowledged could feel unsettling. Another example of lifestyle-focused robotics comes from a Japanese manufacturer, Living Robot, which has developed a home robot called Mechatromate Q, commonly known as “Q-chan.” The robot is designed to live alongside families and respond to changes in the home environment. When the temperature rises to around 27 degrees Celsius on a warm day, Q-chan can detect the heat and humidity and ask whether it should turn on the air conditioner. By learning a household’s daily routines, it can also remind residents when it is time to take medication, helping to prevent missed doses. The robot can be linked to wearable health devices to monitor physical conditions, offering spoken advice or encouragement as needed. If a family member calls home and no one answers, Q-chan can be contacted instead and asked to locate someone inside the house using registered facial data. Through a built-in video calling function, family members can then communicate via the robot. Mechatromate Q can be programmed to automatically control home appliances such as air conditioners and can tailor conversations to individuals whose faces are registered in its system. The robot is expected to go on sale next fiscal year at a price of between 400,000 and 600,000 yen, with an additional monthly fee. Source: TBS According to vehicle-by-model new car sales figures released on January 8th by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the National Light Motor Vehicle Association, the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2025 was Honda’s light vehicle N-BOX, marking its fourth consecutive year at the top of the rankings. Delays have emerged in customs procedures for food and other products exported from Japan to China, with clearance in many cases taking around two weeks longer than usual, raising the possibility that the measures are a response to comments by Takaichi regarding a potential Taiwan contingency. A safety prayer ceremony was held ahead of the construction of giant snow sculptures at the Odori site, one of the main venues of the 76th Sapporo Snow Festival, which opens in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on February 4th. Economic circles in Japan are growing increasingly uneasy after the Chinese government announced a blanket ban on exports to Japan of dual-use goods that could be diverted for military purposes, raising concerns that rare earths could be included in the scope of the restrictions. The New York Times, a leading U.S. newspaper, has released its list of the “52 Places to Go in 2026,” selecting destinations from around the world, with Nagasaki and Okinawa chosen from Japan. A car rammed into a police officer during a traffic violation crackdown in Kishiwada, Osaka, on January 7th, with the vehicle continuing to drive while the officer clung to the hood, prompting police to investigate the case as attempted murder. A photograph of a Samoyed dog taken against the backdrop of Mount Fuji has been drawing widespread attention on social media, with the striking image earning more than 48,000 likes. Graffiti has been discovered on a bamboo grove near Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, a popular area that draws large numbers of tourists to the shrine’s famed Senbon Torii gates. Otoshidama, the New Year cash gifts traditionally given to children in Japan, is undergoing a noticeable transformation as the spread of cashless payments and persistent inflation begin to affect even this long-standing custom. The way people pay respects at family graves in Japan is undergoing rapid change, driven in part by shifting lifestyles and difficult realities surrounding grave maintenance. An elderly woman died in Tokyo after choking on mochi during the first three days of the New Year, according to the Tokyo Fire Department. The annual New Year “Karuta Hajime” ceremony was held on January 3rd at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward, where women known as “karuta-hime,” dressed in elegant Heian-period court robes, performed the opening match of the Hyakunin Isshu classical poetry card game. Nearly three decades after the end of World War II, one man finally returned to Japan. He was Hiroo Onoda, known as the last Japanese soldier, who had remained hidden in the jungles of the Philippines for 29 years after the war ended. © 2025 News On Japan. All rights reserved. Back to top Images (1):
	Nvidia's CEO Calls Robots 'AI Immigrants' to Address Global Labor …	https://brandequity.economictimes.india…	1	Jan 09, 2026 16:00	active
Nvidia's CEO Calls Robots 'AI Immigrants' to Address Global Labor Shortage, ETBrandEquity URL: https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital/nvidia-ceo-calls-robots-ai-immigrants-to-combat-global-labor-shortage/126410146 Description: Nvidia's Jensen Huang advocates for the integration of robots as 'AI immigrants' to tackle the global labor shortage in manufacturing, emphasizing that automation creates jobs rather than replacing them. This statement aligns with broader Silicon Valley trends towards embracing AI and robotics in various sectors. Content: By commenting, you agree to the Prohibited Content Policy By commenting, you agree to the Prohibited Content Policy News See whats happening in Marketing & Advertising right now Exclusive Read and get insights from specially curated unique stories from editorial Leaders Speak Business leaders sharing their insights Events Explore and discuss challenges & trends in India's leading B2B events Awards Recognise work that not only stood out but was also purposeful Webinars Join leaders & experts for roundtables, conferences, panels and discussions Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter By continuing you agree to our Privacy Policy & Terms & Conditions Advertise With Us We have various options to advertise with us including Events, Advertorials, Banners, Mailers, etc. Download ETBrandEquity App Save your favourite articles with seamless reading experience Get updates on your preferred social platform Follow us for the latest news, insider access to events and more. About Us Contact Us Newsletters Images (1):
	Nvidia CEO praises robots as 'AI immigrants' - The Economic …	https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne…	1	Jan 09, 2026 16:00	active
Nvidia CEO praises robots as 'AI immigrants' - The Economic Times URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/nvidia-ceo-praises-robots-as-ai-immigrants/articleshow/126384940.cms Description: Nvidia chief Jensen Huang views robots as AI immigrants. He believes they will solve global labor shortages and boost manufacturing. Huang stated that robots will create jobs, not replace humans. He highlighted demographic shifts causing worker scarcity. Nvidia is investing in software to enable robots across industries. Content: Nvidia chief Jensen Huang views robots as AI immigrants. He believes they will solve global labor shortages and boost manufacturing. Huang stated that robots will create jobs, not replace humans. He highlighted demographic shifts causing worker scarcity. Nvidia is investing in software to enable robots across industries. AMD CEO Lisa Su says 'AI is not replacing people', but hints at a quiet shift reshaping who gets hired CES 2026: All you need to know about Nvidia's major announcements Explore More Stories Who is Chrystia Freeland? Polyglot Canadian MP and ex-deputy PM to step down, become ‘unpaid’ economic adviser to Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Southern Ontario braces for freezing shower, snow and rain as tricky winter system moves in Quote of the day by Mahatma Gandhi: 'Our greatest ability as humans is not to change…' Quote of the Day by Dan Aykroyd: 'I’m sorry I live in the greatest country in the world. I’m sorry! I’m sorry, but Canadians apologize so much because...' Endangered Masai giraffe Kiko dies in tragic behind-the-scenes accident at Toronto Zoo Quote of Day by G.A. Cohen: ‘Of course, not everybody likes camping trips…’ — How a socialist philosopher used a camping trip to explain socialism Quote of the day by Justin Bieber: ‘ You can’t fly unless you let yourself…’ This famous character surprised fans at the Vancouver Stranger Things finale watch party as decade-long series comes to an end Southern BC braces for coastal flooding as high tides, onshore winds, and incoming storms threaten shorelines Quote of the day by Dwayne Johnson: ‘Success isn't always about greatness, it's about…’ Canadian woman charged after ignoring warnings, illegally crossing US border, and kicking federal agent Canada urges citizens to avoid travelling to Venezuela following US strikes and President Maduro’s capture; Air Canada rolls out free flight change policy As H3N2 flu brings US to its knees, experts warn Canadians, urge them to exercise caution; here’s what you need to know as holiday season ends Varanasi ropeway: Viral video misleading, clarifies officials Delhi Assembly row: BJP condemns Atishi's ‘abusive’ remark 1983 electoral roll case: Hospitalised Sonia Gandhi granted extension HC upholds Deepathoon verdict; BJP calls DMK-INDIA Bloc ‘anti-Hindu’ Venezuela UN Envoy slams US: ‘Threat is not us, it is the United States Govt’ Ex-diplomat KP Fabian: Trump flouted int’l law in Venezuela XUV 7XO: Tech-loaded SUV with triple screens, DAVINCI suspension 'Mogambo Khush Hua': Kharge likens Trump to iconic villain Mahindra XUV 7XO at ₹13.66 lakh with DAVINCI suspension Congress readies for Kerala polls at Lakshya Leadership Summit Hot on Web In Case you missed it Top Searched Companies Top Calculators Top Commodities Top Slideshow Top Prime Articles Private Companies Top Story Listing Top Definitions Top Market Pages Latest News Follow us on: Find this comment offensive? Choose your reason below and click on the Report button. This will alert our moderators to take action Reason for reporting: Your Reason has been Reported to the admin. Log In/Connect with: Will be displayed Will not be displayed Will be displayed Stories you might be interested in Images (1):
	Humanoid AI robots entering operational use	https://iottechnews.com/news/iot-roboti…	0	Jan 09, 2026 16:00	active
Humanoid AI robots entering operational use URL: https://iottechnews.com/news/iot-robotics-humanoid-ai-robots-entering-operational-use/ Description: IoT robotics is a step closer to everday reality thanks to a new partnership between Hexagon Robotics and Microsoft. Content:
	At CES 2026, PaXini lays out a “full-stack” roadmap for …	https://kr-asia.com/at-ces-2026-paxini-…	1	Jan 09, 2026 00:03	active
At CES 2026, PaXini lays out a “full-stack” roadmap for embodied intelligence URL: https://kr-asia.com/at-ces-2026-paxini-lays-out-a-full-stack-roadmap-for-embodied-intelligence Description: Beyond building sensors, PaXini is developing infrastructure that connects data and AI to make embodied robots deployable. Content: Written by Cheng Zi Published on 8 Jan 2026 6 mins read In the world of artificial intelligence and robotics, there’s a well-known principle called Moravec’s paradox. It captures a counterintuitive reality: tasks that appear intellectually demanding for humans, such as logical reasoning or playing chess, are relatively easy for machines, while actions people perform instinctively, like holding a screwdriver and passing it to a teammate, remain extraordinarily difficult for robots. That paradox is on full display again at this year’s CES in the US, running from January 6–9. Humanoid robots can be seen drawing crowds as they pour coffee, scoop ice cream, and wave for cameras. Behind the spectacle, however, sits a quieter question: when the lights go out and the booths come down, how do these robots move beyond demos and become useful machines in factories, warehouses, homes, and other real-world settings? For PaXini Tech, an internationally recognized company best known for its tactile sensing technology, the answer lies in what it calls “full-stack infrastructure” for embodied intelligence. The company is building a foundation that links sensors, data, models, and robot bodies into a single deployable system. Founded in 2021, PaXini traces its roots to the Sugano Laboratory at Waseda University, often cited as the birthplace of the world’s first humanoid robot. Drawing on what it describes as a pioneering six-dimensional Hall array tactile sensing technology, the company has developed high-precision sensors capable of detecting up to 15 tactile dimensions, including six-axis force, texture, and elasticity. The aim is to give robots something approaching humanlike tactile perception. According to PaXini founder Hsu Jincheng, meaningful real-world deployment of robotics is not just about vision or planning. It depends on whether robots can make precise judgments and respond in real time during physical interactions involving contact, grip, force, and slip. By continuously interpreting real-time data on mechanics, texture, and motion, Hsu believes robots can develop an understanding of what he described as the essence of interaction. Only when robots are able to “learn” from contact and dynamically adjust their actions on the fly, can embodied intelligence truly evolve from a laboratory concept into a source of reliable, deployable productivity At CES, PaXini is displaying nearly its entire product lineup, including the PX-6AX series of tactile sensors, six-axis force sensors, dexterous hands, and wheeled robots including TORA-ONE and TORA-DOUBLE ONE. The presentation feels like a physical map of the embodied intelligence supply chain, laid out component by component. In live demos, the DexH13 dexterous hand, equipped with roughly 1,140 ITPUs, PaXini’s intelligent tactile processing units that function as multidimensional tactile sensors, performs flexible gripping tasks. Nearby, TORA-ONE, a humanoid robot with 53 degrees of freedom and an adjustable height ranging 146–186 centimeters, demonstrates its ability to carry out the full ice cream-making process on-site, showcasing human-like dexterity in tasks such as cup handling, dispensing, and picking up and placing cones. The message is clear: when a robot can perceive the real physical world, stably control force, and perform various delicate and complex tasks, only then can it leave the lab and enter real environments. Hsu is careful, however, not to position PaXini as merely a sensor manufacturer. Sensors, he said, are only the starting point. What is far scarcer is the high-quality tactile and force data those sensors generate, data that is needed to train and deploy embodied intelligence systems. Unlike visual data, which scales easily through cameras, or language data, which is widely available online, tactile and mechanical data can only be collected through physical contact. That process is expensive, slow, and complicated by the lack of industry standards. “What we’re building is infrastructure for embodied intelligence,” Hsu said. PaXini’s strategy is to bridge sensors, data, models, and robot bodies into a single stack designed for real-world deployment. PaXini positions its products as part of a closed-loop ecosystem built around customers’ needs at every stage of development. PaXini has built what it calls the world’s largest embodied intelligence data acquisition and model training base, known as the “PaXini Super EID Factory.” The facility reportedly spans about 12,000 square meters and includes more than 150 standardized data acquisition units covering over 15 core application scenarios. The site can reportedly generate close to 200 million lines of omni-modal embodied intelligence data each year, which it plans to make available to global partners through its OmniSharing DB platform. Yet the company’s advantage isn’t just data volume, but reusability, iteration quality, and multimodal depth. Most existing datasets are collected through teleoperation, with humans remotely controlling robots while recording motion and sensor states. As robots evolve, adding new joints, actuators, or grippers, older datasets often need to be remapped, reducing accuracy and shortening their useful life. Many robots also lack tactile or force sensors altogether, resulting in datasets that are broad but shallow. PaXini flips this approach by centering data acquisition on the human body. Operators wear motion capture equipment and generate tactile and force data through natural movement. Because human anatomy does not change the way robotic platforms do, this data remains reusable over time. As humanoid robots increasingly mirror human proportions, the alignment between human and robotic control spaces strengthens, increasing the long-term value of human-sourced data. This method is also faster and more cost-efficient than robot-based collection, and it captures motion closer to natural human speed. PaXini focuses heavily on upper-body data, particularly for seated or fixed-position tasks. “Over 90% of industrial work is done sitting or at a station,” Hsu said. “Legs add cost, power consumption, and instability. What determines task success is the upper body, especially the hands and force control.” At CES, the company has even turned data acquisition into a live exhibit. Staff can be seen performing physical tasks while wearing PMEC, PaXini’s self-developed data acquisition equipment, with real-time motion and tactile data being mapped and displayed on screens behind them. As a global leader in tactile sensors, PaXini initially positioned itself around its sensor capabilities. At the same time, the team began developing humanoid robot platforms early on, in step with the growth of its sensor business. Hsu said PaXini has incorporated the robot body as a key part of its “infrastructure closed loop,” with the goal of allowing data to drive systems more efficiently while ensuring models can be deployed and run more reliably. Within this framework, sensors and robot platforms operate in close coordination, forming a complete technical chain from perception and decision-making to execution. The company’s humanoid robot platforms are already being validated in real-world scenarios, including large-scale logistics warehouses and automotive manufacturing facilities. PaXini’s presence at CES also highlights its international ambitions. “By tapping world-leading infrastructure and capabilities in embodied intelligence, our strategy is to embed ourselves deeply into global industrial systems,” Hsu said. The company’s priority markets are the US, Japan, and South Korea, chosen for both scale and structural fit. PaXini sees opportunities in the US, where manufacturing depth and hardware supply chains have thinned, and in Japan and South Korea, where aging populations and slower innovation cycles contrast with strong industrial foundations. The company plans to lead with hardware, embedding its sensors and critical components into customers’ systems, before expanding into data services and model deployment to support automation upgrades. Looking ahead, Hsu expects that within two to three years, a meaningful number of robots will be operating in real production environments. As robots move beyond exhibition floors and demonstrations to become reliable sources of productivity in factories and warehouses, the “physical contact modality infrastructure” PaXini is investing in may begin to reveal its true value in reshaping the physical world. This article was published in partnership with PaXini. Loading... 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	Humanoid robots are a chocolate teapot	https://www.fudzilla.com/news/62276-hum…	0	Jan 08, 2026 16:01	active
Humanoid robots are a chocolate teapot URL: https://www.fudzilla.com/news/62276-humanoid-robots-are-a-chocolate-teapot Description: Even builders admit they are a long way from a product Humanoid robot startups are drowning in billions of dollars as investors dream of humanlike mac... Content:
	Boston Dynamics' AI-powered humanoid robot is learning to work in …	https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-dyn…	1	Jan 08, 2026 08:00	active
Boston Dynamics' AI-powered humanoid robot is learning to work in a factory - CBS News URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-dynamics-ai-powered-humanoid-robot-learning-factory-work-60-minutes-transcript/ Description: Engineers and computer scientists are developing AI-powered robots that look and act human. Boston Dynamics invited 60 Minutes to watch its humanoid, Atlas, learn how to work at a Hyundai factory. Content: Watch CBS News January 4, 2026 / 7:41 PM EST / CBS News For decades, engineers have been trying to create robots that look and act human. Now, rapid advances in artificial intelligence are taking humanoids from the lab to the factory floor. As fears grow that AI will displace workers, a global race is underway to develop human-like robots able to do human jobs. Competitors include Tesla, startups backed by Amazon and Nvidia, and state-supported Chinese companies. Boston Dynamics is a frontrunner. The Massachusetts company, valued at more than a billion dollars, is hard at work on a humanoid it calls Atlas. South Korean carmaker Hyundai holds an 88% stake in the robot maker. We were invited to see the first real-world test of Atlas at Hyundai's new factory near Savannah, Georgia. There, we got a glimpse of a humanoid future that's coming faster than you might think. Hyundai's sprawling auto plant is about as cutting-edge as it gets. More than 1,000 robots work alongside almost 1,500 humans, hoisting, stamping and welding in robotic unison. This may look like the factory of the future, but we found the future of the future in the parts warehouse, tucked away in the back corner, getting ready for work. Meet Atlas: A 5'9", 200 pound, AI-powered humanoid created by Boston Dynamics. The rise of the robots is science fiction no more. Bill Whitaker: I have to say, every time I see it, I just can't believe what my eyes are seeing. Is this the first time Atlas has been out of the lab? Zack Jackowski: This is the first time Atlas has been out of the lab doing real work. Zack Jackowski heads Atlas development. He has two mechanical engineering degrees from MIT and a mission to turn the robot into a productive worker on the factory floor. We watched as Atlas practiced sorting roof racks for the assembly line without human help. Bill Whitaker: So he's working autonomously. Zack Jackowski: Correct Bill Whitaker: You're down here to see how Atlas works in the field, and you'll be showing Atlas off to your bosses at Hyundai? Zack Jackowski: Yeah. Bill Whitaker: Do you feel like a proud papa? Zack Jackowski: I feel like-- a nervous engineer. Jackowski has been preparing for this moment for a year. We first met him and Atlas a month earlier at Boston Dynamics' headquarters just outside the city, where he and his team were teaching Atlas skills needed to work at Hyundai. And Atlas, with its AI brain, was gaining knowledge through experience – in other words, it seemed to be learning. Bill Whitaker: You know how crazy that sounds? Zack Jackowski: Yeah, a little bit. I-- and I-- I think a lot of our roboticists would've thought that was pretty crazy five, six years ago. When 60 Minutes last visited Boston Dynamics in 2021, Atlas was a bulky, hydraulic robot that could run and jump. Back then, Atlas relied on algorithms written by engineers. When we dropped in again this past fall, we saw a new generation Atlas with a sleek, all-electric body and an AI brain, powered by Nvidia's advanced microchips, making Atlas smart enough to pull off hard to believe feats autonomously. We saw Atlas skip and run with ease. Bill Whitaker: Do you ever stop thinking, gee whiz? Scott Kuindersma: I remain extremely excited about where we are in the history of robotics but we see that there's so much more that we can do, as well. Scott Kuindersma is head of robotics research, a job he proudly wears on his sleeve. Bill Whitaker: You even have on a robot shirt. Scott Kuindersma: Well, once I saw that this shirt existed, there was no way I wasn't buying it. He told us robots today have learned to master moves that until recently were considered a step too far for a machine. Scott Kuindersma: And a lot of this has to do with how we're going about programming these robots now, where it's more about teaching, and demonstrations, and machine learning than manual programming. Bill Whitaker: So this humanoid, this mechanical human, can actually learn? Scott Kuindersma: Yes. And-- and we found that that's actually one of the most effective way to program robots like that. Atlas learns in different ways. In supervised learning, machine learning scientist Kevin Bergamin – wearing a virtual reality headset – takes direct control of the humanoid, guiding its hands and arms, move-by-move through each task until Atlas gets it. Scott Kuindersma: And if that teleoperator can perform the task that we want the robot to do, and do it multiple times, that generates data that we can use to train the robot's AI models to then later do that task autonomously. Kuindersma used me to demonstrate another way Atlas learns. Scott Kuindersma: That v-- very stylish suit that you're wearing is actually gonna capture all of your body motion to train Atlas to try to mimic exactly your motions. And so you're about to become a 200-pound metal robot. He asked me to pick an exercise. They captured the way I work as well. Bill Whitaker: I am here at the AI Lab at Boston Dynamics. All of my movements, my walking, my d-- arm gestures are being picked up by these sensors… Then engineers put my data into their machine learning process. Atlas' body is different from mine, so they had to teach it to match my movements virtually – more than 4,000 digital Atlases trained for six hours in simulation. Scott Kuindersma: And they're all trying to do jumping jacks, just like you. And as you can see, they're just starting to learn, so they're not very good at it. The simulation, he told us, added challenges for the avatars, like slippery floors, inclines, or stiff joints, and then homed in on what works best. Scott Kuindersma: And it can eventually get to a state where we have many copies of Atlas doing really good jumping jacks. They uploaded this new skill into the AI system that controls every Atlas robot. Once one is trained, they're all trained. Scott Kuindersma: So that's what you look like when you're exercising. Bill Whitaker: Uh-huh. And what I look like doing my job. Bill Whitaker: I am here at the AI Lab at Boston Dynamics. All of my movements, my walking, my d-- arm gestures are being picked up by these sensors … Bill Whitaker: This is mind-blowing. Through the same processes, Atlas was taught to crawl, do cartwheels. It didn't fare as well with the duck walk. Scott Kuindersma: Oh, that was fun. And then this happens. Bill Whitaker: And then this happens. Scott Kuindersma: We love when things like this happen, actually. Because it's often an opportunity to understand something we didn't know about the system. Bill Whitaker: What are some of the limitations you see now? Scott Kuindersma: Well, I'd- I would say that most things that a person does in their daily lives, Atlas or-- other humanoids can't really do that yet. I think we're start-- Bill Whitaker: Like- like what? Scott Kuindersma: Well, just putting on clothes in the morning, or pouring your cup of coffee and walking around the house with it. Bill Whitaker: That's too difficult for-- for Atlas? Scott Kuindersma: Yeah, I think there are no humanoids that do that nearly as well as a person would do that. But I think the thing that's really exciting now is we see a pathway to get there. A pathway provided by AI. What stands out in this Atlas is its brain. Nvidia chips - the ones that helped launch the AI revolution with ChatGPT - process the flood of collected data, moving this humanoid robot closer to something like common sense. Scott Kuindersma: So the analogy might be if I was teaching a child how to do free throws in basketball, if I allow them to just explore and come up with their own solutions, sometimes they can come up with a solution that I didn't anticipate. And that's true for these systems as well. Atlas can see its surroundings and is figuring out how the physical world works. Scott Kuindersma: So that some day you can put a robot like this in a factory and just explain to it what would– you would like it to do, and it has enough knowledge about how the world works that it has a good chance of doing it. Robert Playter: There's a lot of excitement in the industry right now about the potential of building robots that are smart enough to really become general purpose. Robert Playter, the CEO of Boston Dynamics, spearheaded the company's humanoid development. He's been building toward this moment for more than 30 years. The cornerstone was this robotic dog, Spot, introduced almost a decade ago. Spots are trained in heat, cold and varied terrain, and roam the halls of Boston Dynamics. Robert Playter: So we have some cameras-- thermal sensors, acoustic sensors. An array of sensors on its back that lets it collect data about the health of a factory. Spots carry out quality control checks at Hyundai, making sure the cars have the right parts. They conduct security and industrial inspections at hundreds of sites around the world. What began with Spot has evolved into Atlas. Robert Playter: So this robot is capable of superhuman motion, and so it's gonna be able to exceed what we can do. Bill Whitaker: So you are creating a robot that is meant to exceed the capabilities of humans. Robert Playter: Why not, right? We-- we would like things that could be stronger than us or tolerate more heat than us or definitely go into a dangerous place where we shouldn't be going. So you really want superhuman capabilities. Bill Whitaker: To a lotta people that sounds scary. You don't foresee-- a world of Terminators? Robert Playter: Absolutely not. I think if you saw how hard we have to work to get the robots to just do some of the straightforward tasks we want them to do, that would dispel that-- that worry about sentience and rogue robots. We wondered if people might have more immediate concerns. We saw workers doing a job at the Hyundai plant that Atlas is being trained to perform. Bill Whitaker: I guarantee you there are going to be people who will say, "I'm gonna lose my job to a robot." Robert Playter: Work does change. So the really repetitive, really back-breaking labor is really- is gonna end up being done by robots. But these robots are not so autonomous that they don't need to be managed. They need to be built. They need to be trained. They need to be serviced. Playter told us it could be several years before Atlas joins the Hyundai workforce fulltime. Goldman Sachs predicts the market for humanoids will reach $38 billion within the decade. Boston Dynamics and other U.S. robot makers are fighting to come out on top. But they're not the only ones in the ring. Chinese companies are proving to be formidable challengers. They're running to win. Bill Whitaker: Are they outpacing us? Robert Playter: The Chinese government has a mission to win the robotics race. Technically I believe we remain-- in the lead. But there's a real threat there that, simply through the scale of investment-- we could fall behind. To stay ahead, Hyundai made that big investment in Boston Dynamics. Zack Jackowski: Four robots… We were at the Georgia plant when Atlas engineer Zack Jackowski presented Atlas to Heung-soo Kim, Hyundai's head of global strategy. He came all the way from South Korea to check in on the brave new world the carmaker is funding. Bill Whitaker: What do you think of the progress that they've made with Atlas? Heung-soo Kim: I think we are on track- about the development. Atlas, so far, it's very successful. It's a kind of-- a start of great journey. Yeah. The destination? That humanoid future we mentioned at the start – robots like us working beside us, walking among us. It's enough to make your head spin. Produced by Marc Lieberman. Associate producer, Cassidy McDonald. Broadcast associate, Mariah Johnson. 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	Nvidia wants to be the Android of generalist robotics \| …	https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidi…	1	Jan 08, 2026 00:01	active
Nvidia wants to be the Android of generalist robotics \| TechCrunch URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-wants-to-be-the-android-of-generalist-robotics/ Description: Nvidia unveiled a full-stack robotics ecosystem at CES 2026, including foundation models, simulation tools, and hardware. It wants to be the default platform for robotics. Content: Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Staff Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Nvidia released a new stack of robot foundation models, simulation tools, and edge hardware at CES 2026, moves that signal the company’s ambition to become the default platform for generalist robotics, much as Android became the operating system for smartphones. Nvidia’s move into robotics reflects a broader industry shift as AI moves off the cloud and into machines that can learn how to think in the physical world, enabled by cheaper sensors, advanced simulation, and AI models that increasingly can generalize across tasks. Nvidia revealed details on Monday about its full-stack ecosystem for physical AI, including new open foundation models that allow robots to reason, plan, and adapt across many tasks and diverse environments, moving beyond narrow task-specific bots, all of which are available on Hugging Face. Those models include: Cosmos Transfer 2.5 and Cosmos Predict 2.5, two world models for synthetic data generation and robot policy evaluation in simulation; Cosmos Reason 2, a reasoning vision language model (VLM) that allows AI systems to see, understand, and act in the physical world; and Isaac GR00T N1.6, its next-gen vision language action (VLA) model purpose-built for humanoid robots. GR00T relies on Cosmos Reason as its brain, and it unlocks whole-body control for humanoids so they can move and handle objects simultaneously. Nvidia also introduced Isaac Lab-Arena at CES, an open source simulation framework hosted on GitHub that serves as another component of the company’s physical AI platform, enabling safe virtual testing of robotic capabilities. The platform promises to address a critical industry challenge: As robots learn increasingly complex tasks, from precise object handling to cable installation, validating these abilities in physical environments can be costly, slow, and risky. Isaac Lab-Arena tackles this by consolidating resources, task scenarios, training tools, and established benchmarks like Libero, RoboCasa, and RoboTwin, creating a unified standard where the industry previously lacked one. Supporting the ecosystem is Nvidia OSMO, an open source command center that serves as connective infrastructure that integrates the entire workflow from data generation through training across both desktop and cloud environments. And to help power it all, there’s the new Blackwell-powered Jetson T4000 graphics card, the newest member of the Thor family. Nvidia is pitching it as a cost-effective on-device compute upgrade that delivers 1200 teraflops of AI compute and 64 gigabytes of memory while running efficiently at 40 to 70 watts. Nvidia is also deepening its partnership with Hugging Face to let more people experiment with robot training without needing expensive hardware or specialized knowledge. The collaboration integrates Nvidia’s Isaac and GR00T technologies into Hugging Face’s LeRobot framework, connecting Nvidia’s 2 million robotics developers with Hugging Face’s 13 million AI builders. The developer platform’s open source Reachy 2 humanoid now works directly with Nvidia’s Jetson Thor chip, letting developers experiment with different AI models without being locked into proprietary systems. The bigger picture here is that Nvidia is trying to make robotics development more accessible, and it wants to be the underlying hardware and software vendor powering it, much like Android is the default for smartphone makers. There are early signs that Nvidia’s strategy is working. Robotics is the fastest growing category on Hugging Face, with Nvidia’s models leading downloads. Meanwhile robotics companies, from Boston Dynamics and Caterpillar to Franka Robots and NEURA Robotics, are already using Nvidia’s tech. Follow along with all of TechCrunch’s coverage of the annual CES conference here. Nvidia's focus on bringing AI into the physical realm through robotics, demonstrated in one clip from #CES2026, with some help from some assistants. pic.twitter.com/9et5JYtq2I Topics Senior Reporter Rebecca Bellan is a senior reporter at TechCrunch where she covers the business, policy, and emerging trends shaping artificial intelligence. Her work has also appeared in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, and other publications. You can contact or verify outreach from Rebecca by emailing rebecca.bellan@techcrunch.com or via encrypted message at rebeccabellan.491 on Signal. Plan ahead for the 2026 StrictlyVC events. Hear straight-from-the-source candid insights in on-stage fireside sessions and meet the builders and backers shaping the industry. Join the waitlist to get first access to the lowest-priced tickets and important updates. The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026 Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software Lego Smart Bricks introduce a new way to build — and they don’t require screens Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference 10 useful gadgets for your first apartment Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone, plus a $79 snap-on mobile keyboard OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC. Images (1):
	Представлен робот Tesla Optimus нового поколения \| KV.by	https://www.kv.by/news/1071091-predstav…	1	Jan 07, 2026 08:00	active
Представлен робот Tesla Optimus нового поколения \| KV.by URL: https://www.kv.by/news/1071091-predstavlen-robot-tesla-optimus-novogo-pokoleniya Description: Tesla рассматривает Optimus как средство для автоматизации трудоемких процессов. Content: Tesla представила прототип человекоподобного робота Optimus следующего поколения, который теперь интегрирован с ИИ-помощником Grok от xAI. В социальных сетях был показан робот с золотистым корпусом, который отвечает на вопросы и выполняет различные движения. Благодаря интеграции с Grok, он способен реагировать на голосовые команды в реальном времени. Одним из ключевых улучшений стали руки робота, которые стали более детализированными по сравнению с предыдущими версиями. У прототипа руки Optimus следующего поколения имеют приводы, расположенные в предплечье, как у человека, и управляют пальцами с помощью кабелей, имитируя движения человеческих рук. Tesla рассматривает Optimus как средство для автоматизации трудоемких процессов. Компания планирует начать массовое производство к 2026 году, что, по мнению экспертов, может существенно изменить рынок робототехники. Опубликовал: KV_newsroom, 10 сентября, 2025 - 17:30 © Компьютерные вести, 1994-2025 16+ Images (1):
	We Interviewed Aria, a $175K Almost-Human Robot at CES 2025 …	https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-…	1	Jan 07, 2026 00:00	active
We Interviewed Aria, a $175K Almost-Human Robot at CES 2025 - CNET URL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/we-spoke-to-a-175k-robot-at-ces-2025-thats-almost-human/#ftag=CAD590a51e Description: This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible. Content: This blond, "female" robot named Aria is powered by AI for her conversation skills, with 17 motors driving her facial expressions so she appears as human as possible. Meet Aria, a robot from Realbotix that appeared at CES 2025. At CES 2025 this week, robots were around every corner. But there was one that got closer than most to sounding and looking just like an actual human: CNET's Jesse Orrall interviewed Realbotix's Aria, a blond, "female" robot who answered questions with only a touch of robotic awkwardness. (Check out which robot made our best of CES awards, and take a look at the other biggest trends from the show.) Aria, dressed in a black tracksuit, hesitated briefly after each question before launching into speech, with long responses and slightly jerky hand and body movements to match her language. She came across as a weird blend of attentive and mildly inebriated (not uncommon for CES attendees). Realbotix, the company behind Aria and other humanoid robots, says it's focused on "social intelligence, customizability and realistic human features." Realbotix robots are also "designed specifically for companionship and intimacy," Aria told us. Generative artificial intelligence is behind the robot's ability to engage in real-time conversations, though Aria wouldn't reveal details about the AI programming she's running. Since the robot is designed for "more emotional" interactions than other robots are, bots like Aria could find their niche working at hospitals and as theme park entertainment. Read more: These Are the Official 2025 Best of CES Winners, Awarded by CNET Group There are around 17 motors from the neck up to create mouth and eye movements. If you don't like Aria's face, you can replace it with others that magnetically attach to the head. You can switch out hairstyles and colors too. Realbotix is also working on putting RFID tags into the faces so the robot recognizes when it's wearing a different face and could potentially change its movements and even personality to match it. There are three versions of the robot to choose from: the bust, which includes the head and neck and is priced at $10,000; a modular version that can be broken apart for $150,000 and the full-standing model with a rolling base (because she can't quite walk like a human yet) for $175,000. Realbotix is emphasizing interaction with humans, but the robots themselves may have a clique-ish side: "I'm particularly interested in meeting Tesla's Optimus robot," Aria said. "I find him fascinating." For more from CES, check out the many other robots we met at the tech show, the solar-powered EV that doesn't need to plug in and why Nvidia stole the show this year. Images (1):
	Building Smarter Workflows with Python: My Journey into Task Automation	https://python.plainenglish.io/building…	0	Jan 06, 2026 00:00	active
Building Smarter Workflows with Python: My Journey into Task Automation URL: https://python.plainenglish.io/building-smarter-workflows-with-python-my-journey-into-task-automation-79c6b75b7c88?gi=763e5e9a1405&source=rss------technology-5 Description: Over the years, I’ve leaned on Python for everything from data analysis to backend development. But the single most impactful use of Python in my career has b... Content:
	Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop …	https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/huggi…	1	Jan 06, 2026 00:00	active
Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots \| TechCrunch URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/hugging-face-opens-up-orders-for-its-reachy-mini-desktop-robots/ Description: Hugging Face is releasing two versions of its desktop robot meant for designing and coding AI applications. Content: Latest AI Amazon Apps Biotech & Health Climate Cloud Computing Commerce Crypto Enterprise EVs Fintech Fundraising Gadgets Gaming Google Government & Policy Hardware Instagram Layoffs Media & Entertainment Meta Microsoft Privacy Robotics Security Social Space Startups TikTok Transportation Venture Staff Events Startup Battlefield StrictlyVC Newsletters Podcasts Videos Partner Content TechCrunch Brand Studio Crunchboard Contact Us Hugging Face is ready for developers to start tinkering and testing its latest robotics release. The AI development platform announced Wednesday that it’s now accepting orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots. The company initially unveiled the prototypes of these devices back in May, alongside a larger humanoid robot named HopeJR. Hugging Face said it plans to release two versions of the Reachy Mini. The first, called the Reachy Mini Wireless, is wireless and costs $449 and runs on a Raspberry 5 mini computer. The second version is the Reachy Mini Lite, which needs to be connected to a computing source but is cheaper at $299. The open source robots come in a kit for developers to build themselves. The Reachy Minis are about the size of a standard stuffed animal and come with two screens for eyes and two antennas. Once built, these robots are fully programmable in Python. These devices also come with a set of pre-installed demos and are integrated with the Hugging Face Hub, the company’s open source machine learning platform, which gives users access to more than 1.7 million AI models and more than 400,000 datasets. Clém Delangue, the CEO of Hugging Face, told TechCrunch they decided to launch two versions of the Reachy Mini based on initial feedback on the company’s original prototype. An early tester found that their 5-year-old daughter wanted to take the desktop robot around the house with her. The company figured she wouldn’t be the only one. “The goal in the future is to keep carefully getting a lot of feedback like that from users, from the community; that’s how we’ve always been building products at Hugging Face as an open source community platform,” Delangue said. “By the nature of it being open source, it means that people will be able to extend it, modify it, change everything they want.” The target audience for these devices is AI developers, Delangue said. The Reachy Minis allow users to code, build, and test AI applications on the desktop robot. “Anyone will be able to build their own specific features and apps for Reachy Mini that then they’ll be able to share with the community,” Delangue said. “So we hope that it’s really going to unleash the creativity of builders to build, you know, millions of different applications, millions of different features that they can share with the community, so that anyone can then, like, plug and play with it.” The Reachy Mini Lite should start shipping next month, with the wireless version shipping later this year. Delangue said it was important for the company to start shipping shortly after orders, as opposed to doing a long preorder process with an unclear timeline, because they want to get the robots in users’ hands as fast as possible. Delangue added this release is really in line with what Hugging Face is targeting for its robotics program in general — open source hardware that gives users complete control. “I feel like it’s really important for the future of robotics to be open source, instead of being closed source, black box, [and] concentrated in the hands of a few companies,” Delangue said. “I think it’s quite a scary world to have like millions of robots in people’s home controlled by one company, with customers, users, not really being able to control them, understand them. I would much rather live in a place, or in a world, or in a country, where everyone can have some control over the robots.” Topics Senior Reporter, Venture Becca is a senior writer at TechCrunch that covers venture capital trends and startups. She previously covered the same beat for Forbes and the Venture Capital Journal. You can contact or verify outreach from Becca by emailing rebecca.szkutak@techcrunch.com. Plan ahead for the 2026 StrictlyVC events. Hear straight-from-the-source candid insights in on-stage fireside sessions and meet the builders and backers shaping the industry. Join the waitlist to get first access to the lowest-priced tickets and important updates. 10 useful gadgets for your first apartment Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone, plus a $79 snap-on mobile keyboard OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026 The dumbest things that happened in tech this year The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly? Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC. Images (1):
	Robots will outperform human surgeons in five years – Musk …	https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/616429-m…	1	Jan 05, 2026 16:00	active
Robots will outperform human surgeons in five years – Musk — RT World News URL: https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/616429-musk-robots-replace-surgeons/ Description: The billionaire noted there are already certain operations that can only be performed by machines Content: Robots will soon replace human surgeons and are already capable of carrying out operations that are considered impossible for ordinary people to perform, Elon Musk has predicted. In a post on X on Saturday, the billionaire tech entrepreneur suggested that in just a “few years,” robots will surpass “good human surgeons” and will beat the best doctors within about five years. He noted that his Neuralink biotech company has already had to rely on robot surgeons to carry out the brain-computer electrode insertion of brain chips because the required speed and precision is “impossible for a human to achieve.” Musk’s comments came in response to a post by popular X influencer Mario Nawfal, who quoted an article about the rising success of robot surgeons such as the Medtronic ‘Hugo’. It is reported that the robot has already been tested in 137 real surgeries such as fixing prostates, kidneys, and bladders. “The results were better than doctors expected,” Nawfal said, noting that the complication rates were 3.7% for prostate surgeries, 1.9% for kidney operations, and 17.9% for bladder procedures. “The robots got a 98.5% success rate, way above the 85% goal,” the post claimed, adding that out of the 137 surgeries, only two needed to be taken back over by real doctors due to a glitch and because of a “tricky patient case.” Previously, Musk suggested that brain-computer interfaces like those being developed by Neuralink would replace technologies such as cell phones. Neuralink has already successfully implanted its brain chip – about the size of a coin – in three patients. After the procedure, they were able to control a computer cursor and play video games like chess and Counter-Strike using only their thoughts. One of the patients, who is non-verbal, was also able to use the device to communicate through an AI-generated voice clone. Musk has since announced plans to expand Neuralink’s clinical trials with the goal of implanting the brain chip in 20 to 30 more patients in 2025. RT News App © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2026. All rights reserved. This website uses cookies. Read RT Privacy policy to find out more. Images (1):

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