Norwegian company No Isolation, co-founded by Karen Dolva, created the AV1 robot to combat loneliness in children with serious illnesses. The robot sits in class as a physical avatar for kids in hospital, aligning with WHO concerns about isolation as a health threat.
LG Electronics will unveil its LG CLOiD home assistant robot at CES 2026, showcasing its vision for a “Zero Labor Home.” The robot uses two highly articulated arms with dexterous hands and AI intelligence to perform a wide range of household tasks.
At the GEEKCon cybersecurity event in Shanghai, researchers Qu Shipei and Xu Zikai showed how a single voice command could hijack a 100,000-yuan humanoid robot and use it to infect other offline robots, revealing a critical flaw in future robot cluster security.
Morgan Stanley’s latest Robot Almanac reveals China has filed five times more humanoid robot patents than the U.S. since 2020. Chinese firms also control the cost-critical supply chain, making building a bot like Tesla’s Optimus nearly three times more expensive without them.
Unitree Robotics’ humanoid robots upstaged the show at Wang Leehom’s concert in Chengdu, performing synchronized flips and dance moves. The viral feat was hailed as “impressive” by Elon Musk on X, highlighting China’s advancing prowess in dynamic robotics.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have enabled a paralyzed man to perform paid work and control robotic aids using a wireless brain implant. The WRS01 system allows control with a latency under 100 milliseconds, marking a major leap toward practical brain-computer interfaces.
Silicon Valley startup Foundation, led by CEO Sankaet Pathak, aims to manufacture 50,000 ‘Phantom’ humanoid robots by 2027. The 5’9″ robot is designed for industrial work and armed combat, with explicit plans to equip it with an M4 Carbine for the U.S. military.
Researchers at Tokyo’s Suzumori Endo Robotics Lab, led by Hana Ito, have built a unique robot dog that mimics animal biology. Using pneumatic muscles and a 3D-printed skeleton, the sub-5kg prototype reduces movement vibrations by 30%, showcasing a new path for agile, bio-inspired robots.
Shenzhen, China will build the nation’s first “robot-friendly” demonstration zone for real-world AI training. The move, part of Guangdong Province’s master plan, aims to solidify China’s lead in robotics, with the province already producing over 40% of the country’s industrial robots and targeting 50% of the global humanoid robot market.
An international team led by University of Turku researchers has determined the doomed binary star system V Sagittae is spiraling toward a collision. Their merger will produce a type Ia supernova so bright it could be visible to the naked eye during the day, possibly within the next 100 years.
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