This Screaming ‘Square Four’ Engine Was Built Using AI And Scrap Metal

Artificial intelligence and heavy fabrication collide as one creator machines a functional Square Four engine from scrap ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Robots are everywhere in Hyundai’s Georgia plant, but they can’t do everything

For many steps in the process at Hyundai’s sprawling Georgia auto factory, vehicles take shape without a person in sight. But ...
Interesting Engineering

First time in US: Next-gen nuclear reactor generates electricity to power Nvidia chip

California-based Valar Atomics has successfully used its Ward 250 reactor to power an Nvidia chip, a first-of-its-kind ...
Forbes

Humanoid Robots: 18 Companies Racing To Build The Next Big Thing In AI

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Humanoid robots are rapidly transitioning from science fiction to practical applications, ...
Ars Technica

AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties

What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks? The agents can apparently figure ...
The New York Times

Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Build a Robot Without China

Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match. China’s lead in humanoid robots was evident at last month’s ...
eWeek

Germany’s Neura Robotics Hits $7B Valuation, Plans to Build 6,000 Humanoid Robots in 2026

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...
Boston Herald

MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ...
Digi Times

BYD joins race to build humanoid robots

BYD is quietly developing humanoid robots, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling that China's largest electric vehicle (EV) maker is preparing to extend its ambitions beyond ...
BGR

Nvidia Partnered With A Chinese Company To Build A 'Physical AI' Humanoid Robot

Nvidia has entered the humanoid robotics race. Through a partnership with Chinese startup Unitree, the U.S. chipmaker is developing a robotics system with an integrated reference design focused on ...
Los Angeles Times

Silicon Valley’s humanoid robots are learning how to do your job — in the kitchen

A growing workforce of robot controllers is teaching humanoids to move like people so they can work in factories and homes. The humanoid robots are being taught how to do basic tasks: pouring coffee, ...
CNBC

This Trump-linked startup plans to put humanoid robots in the military

Foundation Future Industries, a start-up founded in 2024, aims to leverage humanoid robots for military and industrial work, rather than household tasks and the service sector. The start-up has ...