Meta-Reliance AI hub; SAP CEO on India's AI edgeMeta has tapped Reliance for India AI data centre. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
10 Jun, 2026, 08.17 PM IST
Alibaba, BYD, Baidu are helping China military - Pentagon makes shocking claimsUS-China relations: Pentagon's update on Monday comes months after it briefly released -- then withdrew -- an earlier version of the list w...
09 Jun, 2026, 04.03 AM IST
China tightens oversight of overseas investments amid tech rivalry with USChina has introduced new rules to tighten control over overseas investments. This directive aims to enhance national security reviews for c...
02 Jun, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
China develops fibre that is 10 times stronger than steel, but thinner than hair, can pull coach carrying 54 adultsChina has achieved industrial-scale production of a new ultra-high-strength T1200-grade carbon fiber, thinner than human hair but stronger ...
24 May, 2026, 01.59 PM 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
After AI, China unicorns are eyeing global domination in robotic humanoidsLinkerbot currently holds over 80 per cent of the global market share in high-degree-of-freedom (DoF) robotic hands.
04 May, 2026, 07.01 AM IST
A humanoid robot sprints past the human half-marathon world record in Beijing raceA humanoid robot from smartphone maker Honor shattered the human world record by winning a robot half-marathon in Beijing with a time of 50...
20 Apr, 2026, 09.52 AM 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
Is China preparing robot soldiers for war? Here's the truthA viral video showing robots with assault rifles has been debunked as AI-generated. Claims of Chinese military robot training are false. Ho...
19 Feb, 2026, 12.39 PM 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
Does China have a robot bubble?China's robotics industry is experiencing rapid growth, with numerous startups producing robots that mimic human movement. Despite public f...
18 Dec, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Viral video claims a Chinese ‘spy robot’ patrolling near India border: WatchA viral video shows a humanoid figure near the India-China border, sparking speculation of a Chinese "spy robot." While unconfirmed, the fo...
02 Dec, 2025, 04.23 PM IST
After DeepSeek's success in AI, now UBTech, Chinese robot maker, plans to mass-produce industrial humanoid robots by year-endDeepSeek's massive success in the field of AI has somehow played a bolstering factor for other companies invested in AI research based in C...
28 Jan, 2025, 01.42 AM IST
Elon Musk takes Tesla’s humanoid robot Optimus for a test walk. Netizens react, ask him to "Kill it with fire!"Tesla CEO Elon Musk has come under attack for making the humanoid robot walk. Some people jokingly compared robot's movements to President ...
31 Jan, 2024, 09.55 PM IST
BMW taps humanoid startup Figure to take on Tesla's robotThis marks the first commercial deal Figure has signed since it was founded in 2022. While the company didn't disclose how many robots BMW ...
18 Jan, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
Humanoid robots are here, but they're a little awkward. Do we really need them?Do we even need humanoids? Hurst makes a point of describing Agility's warehouse robot Digit as human-centric, not humanoid, a distinction ...
06 Nov, 2023, 12.06 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