A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

Researchers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed an agentic robotics system for

The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

The race for robotics data is transforming gig work, as Instawork turns its workforce into a key engine for training AI-powered machines.

A total of 37 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in March, the highest monthly count in close to four years, Crunchbase data shows. The robotics sector led unicorn creation last month, with six new billion-dollar startups.

AI robotics startup Mind Robotics has raised $500M in a funding round led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The new round values the company at $2B, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The goal for Mind Robotics' AI-powered robots is that they can ...