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A senior manager with Baidu's automotive robot department gives a presentation during the company's Apollo Day in Wuhan, China, in May 2024. Baidu’s ride-hailing platform Apollo Go, has since deployed driverless cars in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2026
Driverless trucks show how to keep AI from killing us
Autonomous vehicles have a focused job and a coding trail, with a simpler model that provides a “sanity check” to prevent unsafe maneuvers.
Tesla electric vehicles at the company's store in Colma, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2026
Tesla’s spending on AI and robotics trails expectations, clouding outlook
Heavy spending is needed to help Tesla reorient operations around futuristic business lines, a shift seen as justifying a merger with SpaceX.
SoftBank head Masayoshi Son is exploring the use of AI-powered robots across various industries.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2026
SoftBank is said to weigh buying top U.S. security firm Allied
The potential transaction may give closely held Allied an equity value of as much as $18 billion.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries President Yasuhiko Hashimoto poses with a prototype of the company’s dog-like robot, Home Leo, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2026
Kawasaki Heavy unveils dog-shaped robot companion for older people
The robot stays close to those it lives with, offers companionship through conversation, watches over them and assists with their daily lives.
Demonstrators protest against artificial intelligence outside Winchester Hall in Frederick, Maryland, on July 18. ?
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2026
AI is the greatest grievance machine ever
The largest problem of all is agency. Apply for a job these days and there is a good chance you will be told “algorithm says no.”
A test run of a suitcase-shaped robot equipped with artificial intelligence to guide visually impaired people was conducted at the Toranomon Hills complex in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
Trial of AI robot for visually impaired people shown in Tokyo
The robot is being developed by the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation with the aim of eventually offering it as a rental service.
Mobile robotic trash bins during testing at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 18, 2026
91AV原创 busiest rail station tests robot bins
Shinjuku Station is a sprawling transport complex with multiple rail firms that serve more than 2.7 million passengers every day.
A military mechanic with the call sign Chimera watches his fellow soldiers prepare new vehicles for field use in a workshop in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2026
Behind the killer robots of Ukraine’s new warfare ‘revolution’
In a cramped workshop near the front line in northeastern Ukraine, military mechanic “Chimera” is helping prepare his unit’s robot forces for battle.
MW’s robotic arms with claw-like hands can fold laundry and carry groceries while moving along ceiling-mounted rails.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2026
Japanese startup bets Iron Man-inspired homes can beat humanoids
MW aims to sell its first robot-equipped home in Tokyo by 2028 and build as many as 10,000 units a year by 2035.
Jack Guo, an engineer who leads the development of Tiangong Ultra, stands among Tiangong Ultra and Tiangong Omni humanoid robots at the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, in Beijing on Sept. 4.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2026
After outrunning Bolt, China’s robot champion races toward real-world work
The goal underscores the harder task facing the robotics industry as it struggles to turn dazzling demonstrations into useful workers.
Students from Kasarani TreeSide Secondary School for the Deaf look at a robotic arm during an interactive session with the Zerobionic Africa team in Nairobi on Sept. 4.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2026
Kenyan startup makes robotic limbs to sign for deaf kids
Many deaf children in Kenya learn a patchwork of signs, and the local dialect lacks a lot of the technical terms used to teach some subjects.
A humanoid robot takes part in a wushu contest during the second World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Aug. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2026
From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat
China’s defense establishment is accelerating research into humanoids’ military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment.
A robot penguin swims next to Humboldt penguins at the Adventure World theme park in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2026
Robot penguins make a splash at Wakayama theme park
Visitors looked amazed to see one of the robots deftly move its flippers to change direction and dive deeper into the water as it swam next to real penguins.
An Astribot humanoid robot demonstrates serving tea at an exhibition in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, on April 16. China's weak social safety net makes workers very vulnerable to AI-driven displacement.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2026
China’s biggest weakness on AI
China’s inability to guarantee protection from labor displacement has become a core weakness in the AI race.
A demonstrator operates a humanoid robot during the launch of Galbot's unmanned robot convenience store in Hong Kong on Aug. 31.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2026
Tech pilgrims flock to China as global innovation race heats up
Investors and entrepreneurs are paying thousands of dollars for rare access to Chinese factories, seeking a front-row seat to what could be the next technological revolution.
A Barclays report from earlier this year forecast that artificial intelligence-powered robots and autonomous machines have the potential to grow into a trillion-dollar market by 2035.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2026
Anthropic tests new way for Claude to work with robots and scientific lab tools
The new software standard essentially stores information for artificial intelligence assistants to understand how a piece of hardware works.
A human trainer teaches a robot how to package noodles while holding a controller and wearing a headset fitted with motion sensors at a robot data training center in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 27, 2026
China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job — yet
Though the country’s robot makers produce world-beating hardware, the humanoids currently lack the intelligence needed for general-purpose work, limiting their practical uses.
Booster Robotics humanoid robots walk in formation during the opening ceremony for the second World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2026
Robots can outrun humans, but can they plug in a cable?
The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games, which began Saturday in Beijing, combine events modeled on sports with those designed to test the robots in key simulated situations.
A child sits next to G1 humanoid robots produced by China's Unitree Robotics as he interacts with a Go2 robot, at a Unitree store in Beijing on Aug. 1.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2026
How U.S. military funding propelled China’s robot dogs
The link underscores broader problems with the United States’ ability to compete with China’s state-directed manufacturing sector in high-tech strategic industries.
A Unitree Robotics R1 humanoid robot on display at the company's booth during the Embodied Intelligent Robot Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on Aug. 12
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2026
China’s Unitree unveils ‘Superman’ robot as fervor builds ahead of Shanghai debut
The world’s biggest humanoid-robot maker by sales will start trading in Shanghai on Wednesday after raising 6.1 billion yuan ($905 million) in an initial public offering last week.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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