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In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and…

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The hype around humanoid robots isn’t particularly new. Thank Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Optimus robot, as well as…

Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and handle other tasks inside its data centers, according…

The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the…

A leading US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots and robot dogs now plans to produce its own robots…

While tech leaders continue to debate the merits and pitfalls of open-weight AI models, developers aren’t slowing down. LTX on…

Elon Musk wants you to believe Tesla is no longer a car company, even if it’s still shaped like one.…

Google DeepMind says the latest version of its Gemini Robotics AI model can “control entire humanoid robots.” While the previous…

But the ban also broadly applies to foreign-made robots produced by countries nominally allied to the United States, including Japan,…