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Tau Robotics is charging $30 an hour for the service and these robots can vacuum floors, wipe down kitchen counters and even take out the trash. (Scripps News)

Meta is quietly testing robots inside its data centers, and at least one employee believes physical workers are no longer safe from automation. The experiment hints at a much larger shift in how AI spending could reshape labor costs across…

LONDON, UK, Aug. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Artificial intelligence robots are moving beyond science fiction and becoming practical digital tools capable of analyzing information, making rule-based decisions, monitoring activity, and performing automated tasks.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., [August 20, 2026] — Robotics is no longer a bet on the future — it’s a plan for the next five years. But according to new Intel research, The Robotics Readiness Gap, most organizations are moving faster than their operating models can support.

Wang Xingxing spent Thursday morning at the World Robot Conference in Beijing telling the room that humanoid robots are approaching their“ChatGPT moment”. He spent another part of the same appearance explaining why that moment might still be a decade away.

BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The CEO of Chinese humanoid robot unicorn Unitree said on Thursday the industry is edging towards a “ChatGPT moment” for robot brains, after the company’s blockbuster Shanghai listing crystallised China’s ambitions to lead the next frontier of ‌AI-powered machines.

The robotics firm behind China’s famously backflipping humanoids leapt to a remarkable stock market debut on Wednesday, with Unitree’s shares closing up 460% as investors rally behind homegrown beneficiaries of the A.I. boom

The FCC’s Restriction on Foreign Robots Creates Difficult Situation for America’s Startups SHARE

The U.S. government is forcing a rapid onshoring of robotics through a sweeping ban on foreign-made robots, even before an American supply chain exists, putting at risk the very robotics startups the policy is trying to cultivate. 

Sick of cleaning your home? One company wants to let you offload the task to a humanoid robot.