Category: Robots and Robotics

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?
Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care

The electric vehicle maker’s shares are near record highs as Wall Street focuses on the company’s plans for robots and self-driving cars.
The Man Delivering FedEx Into the Age of Drones, Robots and A.I.

Raj Subramaniam took over three years ago from FedEx’s founder, who ran the company for nearly 50 years. Since then, technology, tariffs and other disruptions have “fundamentally shifted” patterns of global trade.
The New Billionaires of the A.I. Boom

Just like past tech booms, the latest frenzy has produced a group of billionaires — at least on paper — from smaller start-ups.
Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet.