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How companies are actually using AI to cut costs, boost sales. We cover major enterprise rollouts, ROI wins, integration failures, and the vendor wars heating up across industries.

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    Beyond Transcripts: Modulate Secures $25M to Scale Frontier Audio-Native AI Architecture Against Monolithic LLMs

    Future Ventures-led round brings Modulate’s funding to $60 million as the company expands its frontier AI models, developer ecosystem and partner network.
    September 28, 2026
  • Robotics

    LivSyn Robotics raises Series A funding for platform connecting robots with AI models

    LivSyn Robotics has raised at least RMB 100 million to expand a platform that lets AI models and skills move across different robot designs.
    October 10, 2026
  • Robotics

    Mecka AI Raises $60M Series B Led by Sequoia Capital

    Mecka AI's $60M Series B round, led by Sequoia Capital, signals growing investor appetite for robot training data as competition intensifies.
    October 8, 2026
  • Robotics

    MIT’s SANDO Guarantees Collision-Free Drone Flight in Unknown Dynamic Environments

    MIT's new SANDO system provides a mathematical safety guarantee for drone flight in unknown, dynamic environments, paving the way for reliable autonomous missions.
    October 7, 2026
  • Robotics

    Global Industrial Robot Fleet Crosses 5 Million Units, IFR Says

    The world's factory floors now host over 5 million robots, but the growth story is far from uniform.
    October 5, 2026
  • Robotics

    MIT’s Paper-Thin Muscle Robot Swims Through Watery Maze

    A gel film thinner than a stick of gum, covered in light-activated muscle cells, becomes the first 2D biohybrid swimmer.
    September 29, 2026
  • Robotics

    Influencer Fights Remote-Controlled Humanoid Robot in First ‘Human vs Terminator’ MMA Cage Bout

    A San Francisco cage match pitted an influencer against a six-foot humanoid robot, but the machine had a human operator pulling the strings.
    September 22, 2026
  • Robotics

    Dongfeng’s Xiaodong Humanoid Robot to Enter Factory in October

    Dongfeng is moving its Xiaodong humanoid from the lab to the line, betting that car-building know-how can accelerate factory-ready robots.
    September 21, 2026
  • Robotics

    Humanoid Robots Earn Golden Buzzer on America’s Got Talent

    Unitree's G1 robots dazzled on America's Got Talent with a martial arts routine, earning a Golden Buzzer and sparking debate on AI's role.
    September 20, 2026
  • Robotics

    Spirit AI Predicts Robot Brain Breakthrough by Mid-2027, Homes Eight Years Away

    A Chinese embodied AI founder puts a date on the robot intelligence race and explains why your kitchen is still years away from a humanoid helper.
    September 18, 2026
  • Robotics

    China’s Humanoid Robot Boom: When Is the ChatGPT Moment?

    China dominates humanoid shipments, but the real test is moving from demos to dependable workers.
    September 10, 2026
  • Robotics

    Tiangong Ultra Becomes Fastest Humanoid Robot After Record Sprint in Beijing

    A Beijing-built humanoid just outpaced every rival on the track. The real race starts when it steps into the factory.
    September 10, 2026
  • Robotics

    China’s TianGong Ultra Robot Outruns Usain Bolt’s 100m Record

    A robot just outran humanity's fastest man. But its engineer says the real race starts now.
    September 10, 2026
  • Robotics

    XPeng Activates Automated Production Line for IRON Humanoid Robot

    XPeng's first IRON robot walked off an automated line, but the real story is what this means for scaling humanoid manufacturing.
    September 9, 2026
  • Robotics

    China’s Humanoid Robot Startups Move From Demos to Real Jobs

    Unitree's IPO and new deployments from Zerith, RobotEra, Keenon, and Digital Huaxia show China's humanoid robot sector shifting from demos to real commercial jobs.
    September 8, 2026
  • Robotics

    Xpeng Activates Production Line for Humanoid Robot

    Xpeng activates an automated production line for its humanoid robot, with first unit walking off the line and volume production planned by end of 2026.
    September 8, 2026
  • Robotics

    XPeng Starts IRON Humanoid Robot Production as Tesla Stalls

    XPeng has activated the world's first automated production line for humanoid robots, with its IRON robot walking off the line in Guangzhou.
    September 8, 2026
  • Robotics

    China’s Robot Beat Usain Bolt’s Record, Then Crashed Into a Wall

    China's humanoid robot sprinted past Usain Bolt's record, then crashed. The conference showcased rapid hardware progress and the long road to real-world deployment.
    September 7, 2026
  • Robotics

    China’s Humanoid Robot Boom Moves Beyond the Show Floor

    China's humanoid robots are moving from flashy demos to real-world deployment, as showcased at the 2026 World Robot Conference.
    September 2, 2026
  • Robotics

    Qianxing Intelligence Debuts Real Robot Fighting Arcade With Millisecond Sync

    Qianxing Intelligence turns mech combat into a real-world arcade experience, using motion-sensing controllers and millisecond sync to make embodied AI feel like play.
    August 31, 2026
  • Robotics

    China’s Humanoid Robot Games Reveal Hardware Leaps and AI Limits

    China's humanoid robots sprinted faster than Usain Bolt and crashed into walls, revealing rapid hardware progress but a long road to useful autonomy.
    August 29, 2026
  • Robotics

    PsiBot Raises Over $100 Million for Dexterous Manipulation Robots

    PsiBot, a Chinese embodied-AI startup focused on dexterous manipulation, has raised over $100 million from industrial investors including Chery-backed funds and Lens Technology.
    August 28, 2026
  • Robotics

    Humanoid Robot Runs 100m in 8.64 Seconds, Beating Bolt’s Record

    A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100m in 8.64 seconds, nearly a second faster than Usain Bolt's record, at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
    August 26, 2026
  • Robotics

    Chinese Robot Tiangong Ultra Runs 100m in 8.86 Seconds in Beijing

    China's Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot sprinted 100 metres in 8.86 seconds, smashing its own record and surpassing Usain Bolt's human world record.
    August 25, 2026
  • Robotics

    Humanoid Robots Compete in Beijing Games, Break Sprint Record

    Humanoid robots pushed their limits at the Beijing games, breaking sprint records while exposing gaps in stability and fine motor control.
    August 25, 2026
  • Robotics

    ENGINEAI Says General-Purpose Humanoid Robot Costs Fell Below RMB100,000

    ENGINEAI says the cost of a general-purpose humanoid robot for practical tasks has dropped below RMB100,000 per unit.
    August 24, 2026
  • Robotics

    Chinese Robot Sprints 100m in 9.39 Seconds, Beating Usain Bolt

    A Chinese humanoid robot sprinted 100m in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt's record. The feat shows how racing forces engineers to solve real-world mobility challenges.
    August 23, 2026
  • Robotics

    Unitree CEO Says Robots Are Nearing a ‘ChatGPT Moment’

    Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing says the robot industry is nearing a 'ChatGPT moment' for embodied intelligence, but a major software leap could still be years away.
    August 20, 2026
  • Robotics

    China Humanoid Makers Face Challenge of Putting Robots to Work

    After years of flashy demos, Chinese humanoid robot makers now face pressure to show their machines can perform real jobs reliably and economically.
    August 19, 2026
  • Robotics

    Chinese Robot Maker Unitree Surges 600% Amid Trade Deal Talks

    Chinese robot maker Unitree surged 600% as bond yields stayed high and Trump delayed tariffs on Canadian goods, according to a Reuters podcast.
    August 19, 2026
  • Robotics

    Xiaomi Robot Set for Public Debut at 2026 World Robot Conference

    Xiaomi's robot will debut publicly at the 2026 World Robot Conference as part of its human, car, and home ecosystem strategy, not as a standalone product.
    August 19, 2026

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