Neowin News Feed for: Robotics

Computex 2026: Intel says it's solved one of the biggest physical AI and robotics issue

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:00:03 +0000

Intel claims it has figured out how to solve one of the most significant challenges in physical AI and robotics systems development. Read more...

Amazon acquires humanoid robot startup Fauna Robotics to bolster its automation tech

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:24:01 +0000

Amazon's latest acquisition signals a massive bet on the future of robotics. Discover why the "Sprout" humanoid bot is a major step toward making robots a household reality. Read more...

Amazon quietly acquires Swiss robotics firm Rivr to boost doorstep delivery tech

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:52:01 +0000

Amazon is stepping up its mechanical capabilities by bringing a specialized robotics startup into the fold to refine the last steps of your package's journey. Read more...

Elon Musk explains how AI and robotics can solve the massive US debt crisis for real

Hamid Ganji — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:48:02 +0000

Artificial intelligence could supposedly solve anything, including the United States' debt of over $38 trillion. Read more...

Elon Musk wants to build "Tesla terra fab" for AI as TSMC and Samsung just aren't enough

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:34:02 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that a Tesla terra fab would need to be built to produce enough chips for the company's AI and robotics push. Read more...

SoftBank makes $5.4 billion acquisition to accelerate its physical AI vision

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:28:01 +0000

SoftBank is trying to acquire ABB Robotics for $5.4 billion in a bid to accelerate its physical AI vision. Regulators still need to approve it. Read more...

NVIDIA unveils a massive £11 billion AI infrastructure rollout

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:18:01 +0000

NVIDIA is investing £11 billion in the UK to build AI factories. This historic deal aims to boost sovereign AI goals and accelerate innovation in everything from life sciences to robotics. Read more...

Report: Meta is planning a "major investment" into humanoid robotics

David Uzondu — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:34:01 +0000

Meta is the latest big tech company to reportedly betting on humanoid robots as the future, as the company gears up for a huge investment in the field Read more...

Samsung increases share in Rainbow Robotics in aim to boost humanoid robot development

David Uzondu — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:18:01 +0000

According to a press release, Samsung's share in Rainbow Robotics will be 35%, with plans to advance robotic technology and improve automation systems. Read more...

Qualcomm unveils new micro-power Wi-Fi chip and RB3 Gen 2 robotics platform

Omer Dursun — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:38:02 +0000

Qualcomm introduced a new micro-power Wi-Fi chip and robotics platform. The Wi-Fi chip offers better battery life, while the RB3 Gen 2 delivers powerful processing for industrial applications. Read more...

Apple is reportedly looking into making robots for the home as its next big product

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:54:01 +0000

A new report claims Apple has done some early research into a personal home robot that could follow people in their house. This comes only a few weeks after Apple quietly canceled its car project. Read more...

Amazon wants to know where its packaging goes after leaving customers

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:46:01 +0000

Amazon wants to keep track of where its packaging goes after leaving the customers. The company has teamed up with Glacier, which uses AI to detect different types of recyclable materials. Read more...

Watch these tiny soccer robots scoring goals and getting pushed by researchers

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 02 May 2023 08:28:01 +0000

A new DeepMind research describes how deep reinforcement learning can help robots train for soccer skills like scoring goals, anticipating ball movements, and getting up after falling on the ground. Read more...

San Francisco reverses its decision of using robots as a deadly force option

Fiza Ali — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:30:01 +0000

San Francisco has decided to reverse its decision of authorizing the police to use robots as a deadly force option against dangerous suspects after protesters gathered on the steps of city hall. Read more...

San Francisco police wants robots to be able to use lethal force against suspects

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:16:01 +0000

The San Francisco Police Department has submitted a proposal to allow them to use weapon-fitted robots to kill suspects that are deemed to be dangerous to the public and police officers Read more...

Amazon creates a $1bn fund to develop robot warehouse workers and minimize injuries

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 21:44:01 +0000

Amazon has created 'Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund', through which it will invest a billion dollars in startups that will offer robots to assist human workers in the eCommerce giant's warehouses. Read more...

Samsung ranks fifth in Interbrand's Best Global Brands 2021

Fiza Ali — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:32:01 +0000

Samsung has displayed twice the average brand value growth rate among the top 100 brands because of its robust financial performance and has once again entered the top five in Best Global Brands 2021. Read more...

Xiaomi announces CyberDog that is eerily reminiscent of the antagonist in Black Mirror

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:44:02 +0000

Xiaomi has announced a quadruped robot that it calls CyberDog. While it hasn't outlined its exact purpose, its pet-like nature and "unforetold possibilities" of interaction have been boasted. Read more...

SoftBank's Pepper the humanoid robot will be no more, says report

Sayan Sen — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:36:02 +0000

Pepper - SoftBank Robotics' humanoid robot - will no longer be produced according to a report. Launched back in 2014, Pepper has seen weak demand which is why the company has decided to move past it. Read more...

Boston Dynamic's Spot gets 5G upgrade in Ericsson trial

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:34:01 +0000

Ericsson has trialled Boston Dynamic's Spot equipped with 5G, making it operable at far greater distances than when a WiFi connection was required. In the trial, it did fence perimeter checks. Read more...

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News Staff — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:46:02 +0000

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China builds a robot designed to help doctors fight against COVID-19

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:50:01 +0000

Built by a team in China, the remotely controlled robot can do a variety of tasks including taking ultrasounds tests and mouth swabs and listening to the sounds made by a patient's organs. Read more...

BADGR uses deep learning to plan out and traverse obstacle-free paths

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:22:01 +0000

Researchers at UC Berkeley have created the Berkeley Autonomous Driving Ground Robot (BADGR) that uses live input to an artificial neural network to plan out obstacle-free paths to a goal. Read more...

Researchers build an octopus-inspired robot that can grip a wide array of objects

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:20:01 +0000

At the Wyss Institute at Harvard, researchers have made an octopus-inspired soft robot complete with suckers that can grip and manipulate objects like eggs, balls, and even live crabs. Read more...

IDC: Robotics and drone spending set to reach $128.7 billion in 2020

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 02:20:01 +0000

IDC has published a new report which looks at robotics and drone spending over the coming year. It expects spending to reach $128.7 billion this year, representing a 17.1% increase over 2019. Read more...

Nvidia and Hackster join hands to bring the AI at the Edge Challenge

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:20:01 +0000

At the AI at the Edge Challenge, participants will have the chance to win from $100k in prizes, including a paid trip to GTC 2020, by building a project using the Nvidia Jetson Nano Developer Kit. Read more...

Introduction to Robotics - Free eBook excerpt

News Staff — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:46:01 +0000

While there can seem to be a lot of negatives to robots taking over our jobs, robots will actually create more than they take -jobs that are specialized and safer to do. Learn more for free. Read more...

OpenAI's robotic hand has taught itself the art of solving the venerable Rubik's Cube

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:14:01 +0000

With a novel algorithm⁠—Automatic Domain Randomization—the team at OpenAI was able to train a robotic hand to solve the venerable Rubik's Cube in a variety of unexpected situations. Read more...

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot is now on sale for "less than the price of a car"

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:54:01 +0000

Boston Dynamics has announced that it is going to sell and lease its robot dog, Spot. The firm only has a limited number so it wants customers who have interesting usage applications for Spot. Read more...

Nvidia's new algorithm⁠—6-DoF GraspNet⁠—helps robots pick up arbitrary objects

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:06:01 +0000

The technique uses synthetic training data and allows robotic arms to choose the best possible grip to grasp an arbitrary object. The algorithm works in crowded situations as well. Read more...

Microsoft and Open Robotics release Robot Operating System for Windows 10 IoT Enterprise

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 07 May 2019 21:22:01 +0000

In a collaboration with Open Robotics, Microsoft has officially launched Robot Operating System (ROS) on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise. The open source robotics framework is now available on Windows 10. Read more...

Nvidia has opened a robotic research center in Seattle

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 09:52:01 +0000

Nvidia has opened a new robotics center in Seattle. The focus of the new laboratory is to research and robotics which can perform complex manipulation tasks safely alongside humans. Read more...

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News Staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:00:02 +0000

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University of Manchester switches on ‘Human brain' supercomputer

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:32:02 +0000

The University of Manchester has switched on its new SpiNNaker supercomputer. The machine is interesting because it emulates the workings of the human brain, albeit on a smaller scale. Read more...

Microsoft announces Robot Operating System for Windows 10

Usama Jawad — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 17:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced an experimental build of the Robot Operating System, ROS1, for Windows 10. It includes libraries and tools so that developers can build robots powered by Windows Azure and IoT. Read more...

Samsung opens up a new AI Center in New York City

Paul Hill — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 16:30:01 +0000

Samsung has opened the New York AI Center where it will spearhead research into robotics. The facility will be a testing ground for ideas that could potentially mature into commercial products. Read more...

Mayfield Robotics to wind up shop after canning its Kuri home robot

Boyd Chan — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:22:02 +0000

Less than a month after pausing production of its robot, Kuri, Mayfield Robotics has made the tough decision to cease operations before the end of the year after failing to secure financial backing. Read more...

Amazon reportedly planning to build robots for the home, codenamed 'Vesta'

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:04:01 +0000

Amazon could begin testing its Vesta domestic robot in employees' homes later this year, accompanying users to areas of the house where they might not be able to speak to an Alexa-powered Echo device. Read more...

85 robots, one of them a torch bearer, to help at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:50:01 +0000

There will be 11 different types of robots that will be helping with logistics, tourist information, cleaning, making art, and even fishing during the Winter Olympics events in South Korea in 2018. Read more...

Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to a robot conference speaker

John Keefer — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:18:01 +0000

Sophia has been around for a few years. The gem of Hanson Robotics, the robot spoke at a Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, prompting the country to grant it citizenship. Read more...