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Executive Summary The strategic signal today is that AI power is moving from a simple scarcity story to a managed-infrastructure story. The United States is still trying to shape the ceiling of rival capability through export controls and trusted-access regimes. China is responding less by waiting for Nvidia access and
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Say hello to Mysterious Prime and Automutt. Hasbro has been cooking up some wild Transformers collabs as of late. There are a range of official NFL helmets that convert into pig-skin throwing robots, an awesome looking mashup inspired by Evangelion, a ball-shaped bot for the World Cup and so much
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TL;DR Forterra deployed 100+ autonomous ATVs in Ukraine since October, completing 1,100 missions and 52 casualty evacuations. The largest US combat UGV deployment. Forterra, a US builder of autonomous vehicles, revealed that more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs have been deployed in combat zones in Ukraine for
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The Roomba Electro Plus disinfects your floors without detergents. iRobot has announced a new floor cleaner that looks a lot like one of the very traditional vacuum cleaners its robots were supposed to replace. The Roomba Electro Plus is the company's first non-robotic floor cleaner, so rather than
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Home & Office Updated on: July 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM PDT I tested the best robot vacuums from brands like Ecovacs, Roborock, Mova, and more in lab and home settings - here are the top ones. When you shop for a robot vacuum, you wonder how it'
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We Fear Technology, But We Can't Live Without It Walk into any room and ask about technology. You'll hear fear. * "AI will take our jobs." * "Kids won't learn anymore." * "We're losing human connection." * "The future
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A research team at the University of Basel has developed a prototype robot that can automate dental crown preparations directly inside a patient's mouth. Known as the Miniature Intraoral Robot (MIR), this device could eventually cut down the need for multiple dental visits by streamlining how teeth are
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Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. How we test vacuums iRobot's new five-in-one floor cleaner can disinfect your floors without using
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iRobot just announced its first ever non-robotic floor cleaner. The $399 Roomba Electro Plus is a 5-in-1 hard-floor cleaner that combines vacuuming, mopping, and disinfecting, but you have to operate it yourself. The company also announced updates to its line of Roomba robot vacuums, launching five new models with higher
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A former Tesla scientist who helped build the intelligence behind Elon Musk’s Optimus robot wants to do it all again from Paris, only this time for Europe. Rémi Cadene, chief executive and co-founder of the startup UMA, has unveiled plans for a lightweight, AI-powered humanoid called Northstar, Bloomberg first
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Chinese robotics firm Agibot has launched a range of humanoid robots designed to look, move, and sound like human beings in the UK business-to-business (B2B) market. The Shanghai-based company, founded in 2023 by two former Huawei engineers, hosted a launch event in London on June 30, 2026, with several of
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Bengaluru-based robotics startup Mowito has raised $3 million (about ₹28.6 crore) in a pre-seed funding round as it looks to expand its physical artificial intelligence (AI) platform into the US and accelerate deployments across automotive and electronics manufacturing. The round was led by Version One Ventures, with participation from
