Robots
Humanoid, industrial and service robots – how AI is accelerating robotics and what actually makes it into practice.
- Security
Unitree G1: Bluetooth Flaw Lets Strangers Take Root Control
Security researcher Olivier Laflamme has disclosed two independent vulnerabilities in the humanoid robot Unitree G1 EDU. One attack chain can be triggered solely from Bluetooth range and ends with…
- AI-Economy
Bill Gates on AI jobs: no plan, and a 19% entry-level gap
Bill Gates published a roughly 6,000-word essay on August 26 that breaks with the tone he has used for years. In 2023 he compared his enthusiasm for AI to the arrival of the PC and the internet. Now…
- AI-Economy
Anthropic opens standard for AI-controlled laboratory robots
Anthropic is launching a testing phase for the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a common interface through which AI agents like Claude can directly control laboratory equipment and factory machines…
- AI-Economy
China's Dexmal Aims for a $3 Billion Valuation
The Chinese robotics provider Dexmal is negotiating a new funding round with a target valuation of 20 billion yuan, equivalent to around three billion dollars. This was confirmed by founder and CEO…
- AI-Economy
Unitree Stock Soars 460% After Shanghai Debut
The Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree was first traded on the stock market on August 19 and closed its first trading day on the Shanghai STAR Market 460 percent above the issue price. The stock…
- AI-Economy
Unitree starts IPO: 9 billion dollar valuation
The Chinese robotics manufacturer Unitree has set the issue price for its IPO at 150.80 Yuan per share, achieving a valuation of approximately nine billion dollars. Starting August 10, retail…
- AI-Models
Xiaomi opens robotics AI with 100,000 training hours
The Chinese technology company Xiaomi has released its robotics foundational model Xiaomi-Robotics-1 as open-source software. Since August 3, code and model weights have been available on GitHub and…
- AI-Policy
FCC bans new humanoid robots from China
The US communications agency FCC has placed new humanoid and quadruped robots from China on its security list, thereby halting their market approval. This is based on two security investigations by…
- AI-Economy
Nvidia delivers 27,500 Rubin chips to Japan for national AI factory
Nvidia is building, together with the Japanese corporate consortium Noetra and the government in Tokyo, what it claims to be the world's first state-funded AI factory. The facility combines 27,500…
- Research
Orca: BAAI World Model Matches Robotics Without Action Labels
The Beijing research institute Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) has introduced a novel world model called Orca, which derives text, images, and robot commands from a single internal…
- AI-Models
Robbyant releases AI world model LingBot-VA 2.0
The Ant Group subsidiary Robbyant has released LingBot-VA 2.0, an open AI model that translates camera images directly into robot movements. On the simulation benchmark RoboTwin 2.0, the system…
- AI-Models
Mistral introduces Robostral Navigate: Robotics with a camera
The French AI company Mistral AI presented its first model for robot navigation, Robostral Navigate, on July 8, 2026. The system is designed to control robots solely based on a single RGB camera and…
