Humanoid Robots Can Work—but Can They Live With Us? The Missing Social Intelligence Layer
Humanoid robots can lift, sort and clean—but living safely with humans requires context, privacy, consent and an entirely new social intelligence layer.
Tag: Robotics
Articles about Robotics.
Why the Scaler Queen Offshore Grid Needs Self-Healing Networks and Human-Overseen Robotics
The Scaler Queen Offshore Grid combines data centres, research habitats, energy, robotics and human life. Its network must be designed as survival infrastructure.
Meta Tests Robots for Data-Centre Maintenance
Meta is reportedly testing robots to plug cables, reset servers and move equipment inside data centres, bringing physical AI into the infrastructure powering digital AI.
LG and Nvidia Are Building a Humanoid Robot—Why Electronics Giants Want Physical AI
LG is moving its Nvidia collaboration from strategy into a bipedal humanoid robot. The project could reveal how consumer electronics expertise translates into physical AI.
Unitree Shares Plunged 45%—Is the Humanoid Robot Boom Becoming a Bubble?
Unitree’s dramatic market reversal is a warning that impressive robots and sustainable valuations are not the same thing.
A Humanoid Robot Just Ran 100 Metres in 8.86 Seconds—Faster Than Bolt’s Record
Tiangong Ultra has produced a sub-nine-second robotic sprint in Beijing. The headline is spectacular, but the engineering lesson is even more interesting.
A $6 Billion AI Startup Wants to Teach Robots How to Understand the Physical World
General Intuition is reportedly discussing funding at a $6 billion valuation, betting that gameplay data can teach AI how actions change a world.
Xpeng’s Robot Unit Just Raised Over $900 Million—Humanoid AI Is Becoming Big Business
Xpeng’s robotics arm secured more than $900 million in its first funding round, valuing the business above $6.3 billion and signalling that humanoid AI is becoming serious business.
AI Is Moving Beyond Chatbots: Why “World Models” Could Be the Next Robotics Breakthrough
World models aim to help AI predict how actions change an environment—a capability that could transform robots from scripted machines into adaptable helpers.
Robot Brains Could Have Their “ChatGPT Moment” by 2027, Robotics Chairman Predicts
A robotics leader predicts a breakthrough moment for general-purpose robot intelligence by 2027. What would that actually look like?