M2-based robotic AI infrastructure, expanding into VLA and VLM technologies for next-generation intelligent robots

This breakthrough marks Panther as the world’s first mass-producible, commercially viable service humanoid robot deployed in real households, breaking through the long-standing

Japanese technology giants SoftBank Group Corp., Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. are teaming up with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on a new artificial intelligence joint venture that has a single goal: to build a trillion-parameter model for autonomous machines.

This roundup highlights the latest robotics innovations aimed at improving throughput, simplifying deployment and helping manufacturers address ongoing labor and process challenges.

The new Google Gemini Robotics AI model gives robots improved spatial reasoning and task planning abilities for industrial applications.

Robotics engineer Nathan Wallace has spent the past few months programming and training a robot he has named Destiny. "We thought we needed some girl power, and Destiny just seemed perfect", the 23-year-old told the BBC.

Elon Musk has argued that federally funded checks delivering a universal high income are his preferred response to job losses tied to artificial intelligence, framing it as an inflation-safe policy if automation expands real output fast enough.

HANGZHOU, CN / ACCESS Newswire / April 17, 2026 / On April 16, DEEP Robotics, in collaboration with the Zhejiang Provincial Emergency Management Department, officially unveiled its embodied intelligent equipment-the AI Flood-Fighting Warrior-and conducted

Both Shark and Dyson have new robot vacuums that promise AI will better clean your floors. But can they do the dirty work?