Drunken boxing and backflips: China put on a robot kung fu display that shows how fast its robotics industry is growing

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From drunken boxing to backflips, China's humanoid robots showed how quickly the industry is scaling.

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For brain surgery patients, a robot could be the key to faster recovery

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A photo collage featuring a close-up image of surgeon using a Da Vinci robot, brain scans, and a transforming treatment pattern.
A neurosurgeon removed a patient's brain tumor using robotic arms.

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Man uses $4,999 autonomous snow blower to clear his driveway during winter storm: 'I'm inside sipping a coffee'

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The Yarbo Snow Blower, a $4,999 autonomous bot.
Americans are digging themselves out of this weekend's massive snow storm. One tech YouTuber and reviewer found a 21st century solution: the autonomous Yarbo Snow Blower.

Yarbo

A top VC predicts a robotics breakthrough and white-collar revolts over AI

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A close-up of a man smiling for a portrait, standing in front of a wooded area.
Ethan Choi.

Khosla Ventures

The Hunt for Missing Malaysia Flight 370 Is Back On. Here’s Why It Might Actually Work

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A father of four raised $4.5 million to help fuel the US manufacturing 'renaissance' with AI. Read his pitch deck.

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Kenneth Cassel wearing a black T-shirt with his arms crossed, standing in front of an American flag.
RMFG founder Kenneth Cassel

RMFG

China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push

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Visitors check out two humanoids exhibited in the robots pavilion during the World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.
China's top universities are planning to add a new "embodied intelligence" major as Beijing races to train the next wave of robotics talent.

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Humans Can Detect Buried Objects Without Touching Them, Study Finds

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Hands In Sand

Tesla loses some AI staff to a new robotics startup

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Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot
Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot

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One of Tesla's Chinese rivals has a unique strategy for building its humanoid robot: make it huggable

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Xpeng Iron
Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng unveiled the latest version of the Iron robot earlier this month.

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