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

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

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Tesla Production Hell 2: Robot Hardcore

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Tesla's Optimus robot

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