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The invisible hand slowing Tesla’s robot dreams

The latest production setback for Elon Musk’s Tesla Optimus humanoid robot has nothing to do with AI bottlenecks or battery ...
CES 2026 will showcase a surge of humanoid robots, led by LG CLOiD, a home assistant designed to handle household chores.
After Elon Musk provided his “long-term” vision for autonomous, humanoid robots at last week’s “We, Robot” event, we expressed some skepticism about the autonomy of the Optimus prototypes sent out for ...
MagicLab has unveiled its first-generation dexterous hand, the MagicHand S01, boasting 11 degrees of freedom (DoF) in a single hand. Equipped with force-position control and integrated current and ...
Two years ago, Tesla’s Optimus prototype was an underwhelming mess of exposed wires that could only operate in a carefully controlled stage presentation. Last night, Tesla’s “We, Robot” event featured ...
TL;DR: Apple is developing a robot with lifelike movements, resembling a desk lamp, capable of interacting with users through gestures and tasks like providing lighting for photography or projecting ...
Beijing’s near-term focus is less about consumer robots and more about getting bipedal machines to reliably perform ...
Should robots be able to cannibalize each other so they can accelerate their evolution, bringing them closer to resembling self-sufficient lifeforms capable of living independently of their human ...