Fanuc makes more industrial robots than anyone on the planet. Google makes more software platforms than anyone on the planet. On Wednesday, the two companies announced a partnership that merges those positions: Fanuc will integrate Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and Google’s Intrinsic robotics platform into its industrial robot systems, giving the 1.1 million Fanuc […]
Unitree Robotics has unveiled a 2.8-metre transformable mecha that a human pilot climbs inside and operates from an open cockpit in the torso. The GD01 walks on two legs, folds into a quadruped configuration in seconds, weighs roughly 500 kilograms with a passenger, and is priced from 3.9 million yuan, approximately 650,000 dollars. It […]
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In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his forces had, for the first time in the history of warfare, seized an enemy position using only unmanned systems. No infantry. No human soldiers entering the contested ground. Drones and ground robots identified the target, suppressed defensive fire, and captured the position without a single Ukrainian […]
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China has more than 150 humanoid robot companies. It shipped roughly 90 per cent of the world’s humanoid robots in 2025. Its two largest makers, Unitree and AgiBot, are preparing initial public offerings that would value them at a combined 13 billion dollars. Morgan Stanley doubled its delivery forecast for the Chinese market this year […]
The recycling industry has a labour problem that no amount of recruitment can solve. Staff turnover at waste sorting facilities runs at 40 per cent annually. The fatality rate is eight times the national average across all industries. Work-related injury and ill-health runs 45 per cent higher than other sectors. The work involves standing beside […]
