She had nothing at 15. At 55, she's China's wealthiest woman sitting at the world's top table with Elon Musk and Tim Cook; here's the story of Zhou QunfeiChina’s richest woman, Zhou Qunfei, once worked factory shifts after leaving school at 15. Today, her billion-dollar tech company supplies ...
15 May, 2026, 10.48 PM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 58: The ICE veteran that quietly became an EV lightweighting storyMost auto ancillary investors think linear. Company makes Component X. EV disrupts Component X. Stock goes down. Every story does not fit t...
13 May, 2026, 08.07 PM IST
The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globallyChina is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence tools. Ordinary citizens and businesses are using AI for daily tasks and work. Chinese co...
06 May, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
From Asimov to Terminator: The rise of the working robotJapan Airlines is testing robots for baggage handling at Haneda airport. These robots could also clean aircraft cabins. This move addresses...
01 May, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Chinese humanoid robot shatters half marathon record, beats human mark by big margin, watch videoA humanoid robot developed by Honor has won a half marathon in Beijing, completing the 21km course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, significan...
19 Apr, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
China's humanoid robots take centre stage for Lunar New Year showtimeFour rising humanoid robot startups - Unitree Robotics, Galbot, Noetix and MagicLab - demonstrated their products at the gala, a televised ...
17 Feb, 2026, 10.09 AM IST
China's humanoid robots take centre stage for Lunar New Year showtimeChina's most-watched TV show, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, highlighted its leadership in humanoid robots. Several Chinese startups demons...
16 Feb, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
China’s Agibot A2 completes a 106 km solo walk, redefining what humanoids can doRobot completes 106-km fully autonomous trek. A2 navigates highways, streets, real environments. Commercial humanoid sets new endurance ben...
01 Dec, 2025, 05.12 PM IST
Humanoid robot AIDOL falls flat during debut in Moscow; company explains incidentA Russian company's humanoid robot, AIDOL, fell during its unveiling in Moscow. Organizers cited calibration and lighting issues for the mi...
14 Nov, 2025, 04.19 AM IST
China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than human counterpartsFour teams of humanoid robots faced off in fully autonomous 3-on-3 soccer matches powered entirely by artificial intelligence on Saturday n...
29 Jun, 2025, 10.19 AM IST
China's AI-powered humanoid robots aim to transform manufacturingThe importance of humanoid robots to Beijing, as it looks for solutions to pressing issues including trade frictions with the US, populatio...
13 May, 2025, 09.24 AM IST
DRDO scientists working on humanoid robot for military missions to reduce risk for troopsDRDO scientists in Pune are developing a humanoid robot for frontline military missions, aiming to reduce troop exposure in high-risk envir...
10 May, 2025, 11.37 AM IST
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathonSome firms tested their robots for weeks before the race. Beijing officials have described the event as more akin to a race car competition...
19 Apr, 2025, 07.58 AM 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
OpenAI: Humanoid robots to smart jewellery, AI startup hints new product linesOpenAI's trademark application also references robots, specifically “user-programmable humanoid robots” and “humanoid robots with communica...
04 Feb, 2025, 01.39 AM IST
Elon Musk expects 1 billion humanoid robots by 2040sTesla developed a prototype humanoid robot in August 2021, called Optimus. Its boss Elon Musk said at an event in October 2022, that he hop...
22 Jan, 2024, 09.25 PM IST
Now, humanoid robot that sees and maps in 3DComputer vision algorithms enable the latest robot developed by researchers from the University of Bristol, to build real-time 3D visual ma...
04 Jul, 2013, 04.36 PM IST