As South Korean Buddhism woos Gen Z, how hip is too hip?In fast-secularising South Korea, Buddhism is regaining popularity thanks to a "hip" trend wooing Gen Z with festivals, fashion, robots and...
07 Jul, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
Meet the $500,000 ChatGPT-powered humanoid robots acting as teachers, counsellors and translators in a San Diego schoolCalifornia's Altus Schools has deployed two life-sized, ChatGPT-powered humanoid robots, Ameca, to assist teachers and students. These robo...
30 Jun, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobsWith a smartphone strapped to her head, Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes in her kitchen in India to train AI-powered...
17 Jun, 2026, 06.51 AM IST
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robotsSouth Korean AI startup RLWRLD is creating a vast library of human expertise by capturing skilled workers' actions, like hotel staff foldin...
12 May, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
Uber cofounder Kalanick launches Atoms in specialised robotics pushKalanick is betting that task-specific machines are the key to improving industrial productivity. He is expanding and renaming City Stora...
14 Mar, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
Nvidia stock slips after CES 2026 as company introduces humanoid robots and self-driving AIAt CES 2026, Nvidia revealed new humanoid robots and self-driving AI technology. The company showed AI models to teach robots and help auto...
06 Jan, 2026, 06.02 AM IST
Humanoid robots take centre stage at Silicon Valley summit, but scepticism remainsHumanoid robots are drawing renewed attention as advances in artificial intelligence revive long-held ambitions, though many experts remain...
30 Dec, 2025, 09.18 AM IST
SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at $14 billion valuation, sources sayJapan's SoftBank Group and Nvidia are in talks to invest in Skild AI, in a more than $1 billion funding round that could value the maker of...
08 Dec, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Jensen Huang just endorsed Elon Musk - why he thinks Tesla is headed for a multitrillion-dollar futureNvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, has lauded Tesla's humanoid robot project, Optimus, suggesting it could drive a multi-trillion-dollar industry....
26 Jun, 2025, 08.15 PM IST
Invasion of the home humanoid robotsArtificial intelligence is already driving cars, writing essays and writing computer code. Now humanoids, machines built to look like human...
06 Apr, 2025, 04.42 PM IST
Nvidia unveils powerful Blackwell Chip: All you need to knowJensen Huang introduced the Blackwell chip for trillion-parameter AI models, with partnerships from tech giants like Google and Microsoft. ...
20 Mar, 2024, 10.57 AM IST
Humanoid robots can be a way to bridge AI to human experience: David HansonFrom large foundation models to new computing tools and authoring tools, these emerging technologies allow us to explore what it means to b...
11 Feb, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Google DeepMind introduces mobile ALOHA humanoid systemALOHA can cook, do laundry and much more through teleoperations, imitation learning.
05 Jan, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
Hello, Mika! Polish alc-bev firm Dictador hires AI CEO to lead its ops, robot says she has 'no weekends'Mika in a video said that she "can swiftly and accurately make data driven" with the help of advanced AI and ML algorithms.
08 Nov, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
Humanoid Sophia creator David Hanson Jr doesn't fear AI, wants to become its friendSophia is an artificial intelligence robot, who looks like Audrey Hepburn.
16 Jan, 2019, 08.39 AM IST
The droids you've been looking for: Fully chargedFounder Eugene Izhikevich was in Tokyo this week to unveil his latest creation: a 32-kilogram autonomous floor-cleaning machine the size of...
21 Nov, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
Eight of the best sci-fi robots everThis list compiles the top eight heroic, deadly, comedic, and philosophical robots that we have always admired.
07 Nov, 2014, 05.06 PM IST