Robots
With swords and nunchucks, humanoid robots take centre stage at China’s Super Bowl
The robots performed sophisticated fight sequences in close proximity to human child performers on China’s most-watched TV show.
- Laurie Chen
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Does China have a robot bubble?
Robotic machines deliver room service in hotels and buff the floors in airports. Four-legged robots help deliver packages on university campuses.
- Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu
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Just because a robot can walk, doesn’t mean it can work
The tech industry is obsessed with humanoid robots, and people are fascinated by them. But for almost every application they’re pitched for, they make zero sense.
- Tim Biggs
‘Very beautiful’: A new robot dances for Putin days after embarrassing faceplant
The unusual event was watched closely by Putin’s bodyguards, one of whom stood between the robot and the Russian leader afterwards to make sure it moved away from him and did not get too close.
- Reuters
Russian humanoid robot collapses face first during showcase
One of the first humanoid robots in Russia collapsed on stage as it was presented in Moscow on Tuesday. The anthropomorphic robot, known as AIDOL, fell soon after walking onto the stage and staff rushed to shield it from journalists and guests with black curtains.
Chinese robot antelope deployed to infiltrate herd
Often operating in sub-zero temperatures, the robot will provide conservationists with vital information on an endangered species.
- George Styllis
Robots took on humans in a half-marathon. Runners shouldn’t worry just yet
One robot fell at the starting line and lay flat for a few minutes before getting up and taking off. Another crashed into a railing, causing its human operator to fall over.
- Eduardo Baptista
Virtual disruption: The unicorn reimagining military tech
Billionaire Palmer Luckey’s defence tech start-up is betting on a robotic, data-driven vision of future conflict, and its Australian operations are up and running.
- Chris Zappone
This horror movie about toxic men will make you laugh. You’ll need to
Sophie Thatcher’s robot companion is the kind of 1960s woman that every incel dreams of. But things are not that simple.
- Michael Idato