For robots, Tesla, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Nvidia have “foundational” technology, says Jonas. Siemens, Cognex, and ...

The history of consumer electronics is dotted with failures, like the vastly superior Betamax tape format, or 3D TVs, but one device that’s been especially difficult to convince consumers to buy has ...

Plus: AI startups are training their models on OpenAI's data This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology AI ...

It was an interesting year for robots at CES 2025. While we had hoped the AI boom would bring a new wave of useful robots to the show, it seems that many robotics companies are still figuring out ...

Plus: the EU is retaliating against the Trump administration's tariffs This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of ...

It's a question anyone might ask about a potential live-in partner. Should your household robot be cool? Or practical? For consumer electronics giant Sony, which on Tuesday unveiled the sleek and ...

Confidence in your abilities is usually a good thing – as long as you can recognise when it’s time to ask for help. As we build ever smarter software, we may want to apply the same thinking to ...

In partnership with industrial robot specialist Yaskawa Electric, SoftBank has developed what it calls an office-oriented physical AI robot that navigates its environment and carries out tasks based ...

If the past 50 years saw the rise of industrial robots, the next 50 will be about the age of personal robots. That’s the view of Steve Cousins (pictured above), chief executive of Willow Garage, the ...

President Obama wants to reinvigorate the U.S. economy with a little help from some robots. Lots of robots. Speaking at the launch of the National Robotics Initiative, he joked: “You might not know ...