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China’s new massive humanoid robot can lift half a ton, according to NeodraDynamics, the Beijing startup that built the beast named Neo1 that stands 4 meters (13 feet) and weighs 1,200 kg (2,654 lbs).
Norinco Group, the Chinese defense manufacturing giant, is training humanoid robots to become next-generation riot control officers as Beijing tightens its grip on public dissent.
The US military has officially begun field testing humanoid robots as the race to replace soldiers with machines escalates globally.
Foundation Future Industries sent me a cease-and-desist after I reported on the company’s claims about Department of War funding and humanoid robot deployments in Ukraine.
Sixty-three years ago, The Twilight Zone imagined a future in which humanoid robots replace human boxers. Desperate for money, an …
Foundation Future Industries’ military claims just got a lot bigger, with the robotics startup boasting about tens of millions of dollars in Pentagon funding and saying that its humanoids have already seen combat.
The spotlight is on China’s robotics sector. It’s mostly directed at humanoids, but what if that’s just a distraction?
The humanoid robotics sector has its own urban legends that rarely get debunked. The companies building the robots have little incentive to pushback on them so I will.
Unitree’s robots lit up stages in the US and China this week on the finale of America’s Got Talent and the 28th WorldSkills in Shanghai.
EngineAI’s Terminator-inspired T800 is now fighting worldwide against both robots and humans.
We’re entering the era of humanoid robot mega factories.