CHERAW, S.C.—Inside a Schaeffler SHA0-0.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle auto-parts factory, a most unusual worker toils away. Stepping gingerly across the metal floor, it holds its ...

Mind Robotics, a startup founded by the chief executive of Rivian RIVN3.51%increase; green up pointing triangle, has raised $500 million, the latest in a flurry of venture-capital-backed funding ...

A new AI startup is betting that it has found a powerful data source to teach robots to do more valuable work: online videos. Rhoda AI has raised $450 million in funding to develop and deploy a new ...

Global X Robotics ETF (BOTZ) holds nearly one-third of its assets in three names. Chip maker NVIDIA is its largest position at 10.61%. BOTZ returned 21.9% over the past year driven by broad investor ...

While Honor has already made plenty of product announcements, with tablets, foldables and more, its most interesting device at MWC 2026 is the Robot Phone — and maybe the humanoid robot that came ...

Honor brought its Robot Phone concept to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, giving us a first close look at the device. Honor calls the Robot Phone a "new species" of smartphone that combines ...

Fans of humanoid robots might want to catch a recent NBC News report on Unitree’s Lunar New Year celebration. It features chorus lines of robots performing feats of dexterity and coordination—kung fu, ...

Robotics company Intrinsic has announced it will be folding into Google as the company bets on the future of physical AI in manufacturing. The company focuses on software tools to make robots more ...

Intrinsic is focused on making robots easier to program, teach, and operate. Intrinsic is focused on making robots easier to program, teach, and operate. is a London-based reporter at The Verge ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.