Robotics
Physical AI — robots, autonomous systems, and the intersection of hardware and intelligence.
Robotics
Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business
Travis Kalanick launched Atoms in 2023 as a stealth hardware startup focused on humanoid robotics, but the company's true ambitions have remained larg…
Sep 6, 2026
Robotics
AI Weekly Issue #512: Robotics Is Moving Fast: IPOs, New Models, and Smarter Robots
The robotics sector is consolidating into a public-market race that mirrors AI's venture-to-IPO acceleration, with three humanoid manufacturers crossi…
Aug 23, 2026
Robotics
The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”
# The Download: Dead Robot Friends and the "Censorship-Industrial Complex" A child's robot companion breaks down, raising uncomfortable questions abo…
Aug 17, 2026
Robotics
World Labs turns one real-world robot task into thousands of simulated variations for training
World Labs, founded by AI researcher Fei-Fei Li, has released a simulation engine designed to train robot controllers entirely in virtual environments…
Aug 16, 2026