Category: Robots and Robotics

A Chinese Robot Beat Usain Bolt’s 100-Meter Record. Should We Be Impressed?

The New York Times – On the Runway:
China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still an open question, experts said.
Chinese Robot Maker Unitree Soars 500 Percent in Trading Debut

The New York Times – Business:
Unitree is the second major Chinese technology company linked to the country’s artificial intelligence boom to surge following its initial public offering in the past month.
A French Start-Up, Inbolt, Makes Robots See, and Work, Better

The New York Times – Business:
Inbolt, a French start-up that sells robot vision systems, helped a Stellantis plant in Detroit become a top performer in the company.
America Wants to Make Its Own Humanoid Robots. That Won’t Be Easy.

The New York Times – Business:
China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete.
Robots That Walk and Talk Are Coming to Car Factories

The New York Times – Business:
But experts warn they may not deliver the gains in efficiency that proponents claim.
China’s Robots Know Kung Fu and Can Scale Walls. Can They Woo Investors?

The New York Times – Business:
Unitree Robotics wants to raise about $900 million in an I.P.O. that tests market interest in humanoid robots, a technology that wows but has yet to prove its viability.
China Threatens Retaliation as U.S. Moves to Block Robot Imports

The New York Times – Business:
The dispute highlights how robotics has become the latest battleground in the intensifying technological and industrial rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
NASA’s Moon Base Plan Adds Two Rovers for Its Astronauts

The New York Times – Business:
The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.
After Stumbles, Technology Meant for Self-Driving Cars Finds a Second Act

The New York Times – Business:
After a crush of promises in 2016 that autonomous cars would soon rule the road, companies whose tech underpinned them have shifted to other industries, like managing shipyards and city traffic.
Aging in Place: How Technology Might Help You Grow Old at Home

The New York Times – Business:
The budding field is turning dreams into reality for older adults who are eager to age in place, filling caregiving gaps and easing minds as America ages rapidly.
A World Where All Is Free? That’s Elon Musk’s Theory of ‘Sustainable Abundance.’

The New York Times – Business:
The Tesla and SpaceX chief has told his followers that they will live in a world where robots will take care of every need and people do not have to work, in what has become his latest slogan.
To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot

The New York Times – Business:
At 85, Jan Worrell lived alone on a remote corner of the Washington coast. Could ElliQ become her companion?