Robots

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia.

Opinion
AI

A billion humanoid robots: Nvidia’s plan for world domination of tech

Nvidia’s growth has been extraordinary. But replicating the meteoric rise in earnings and value for a company its size becomes arithmetically near impossible.

19 days ago
Elizabeth Knight

Latest

“The hive” at the Coles customer fulfilment centre, where robots collect products at great speed.

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Supermarkets

Robots have been taught to help pack groceries. But they’ll never do this

The machines know which item should never go to the bottom of the bag, along with the groceries that should never be packed with fruit.

November 18, 2024
Madeleine Heffernan

Financial planners

Robot versus human: How will you plan for retirement?

Millions of Australians will soon have to make the choice between a robot or a human to help guide them through retirement.

November 15, 2024
Hannah Hammoud

Gadgets

Dyson invents domestic dog robot to do all your chores

The handy housekeeper can be used to clean a home or a commercial environment such as a hotel.

November 2, 2024
Joe Pinkstone

Footage online appears to show an Optimus model talking to an attendee at the event and having a discussion about where it lives and where it was trained.

Tesla

Lifelike Tesla robot has conversation saying it wants to become more human

The interaction was so authentic that it prompted speculation online that the machine may have been controlled remotely by a human.

October 14, 2024
Joe Pinkstone

Musk’s failure to convince his investors and analysts that he has the answers to robotic challenges turned out to be costly.

Opinion
Electric vehicles

Elon Musk’s vision of robotaxis and humanoid robots triggers a $99.6 billion sell-off

Elon Musk’s Tesla gave investors and analysts a briefing on plans to roll out robotaxis and humanoid robots. They weren’t convinced and dumped their Tesla shares.