You are being promised safer plants, steadier output, and eventually cheaper vehicles, but the same strategy also concentrates power over jobs and pricing in the hands of a few technology owners. The company’s push forces you to confront a blunt tradeoff: if robots like Atlas take over the most repetitive and risky work,

Humanoid robots will be able to recharge just by stepping on this new inductive charging platform, says Figure CEO Brett Adcock.

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Mobileye made its name, and money, by supplying automakers with millions of computer vision chips designed to support automotive safety features and advanced driver assistance systems. The Intel subsidiary and publicly traded company later expanded to tackle autonomous driving through its chips and software.

Boston Dynamics latest Atlas humanoid robot is big, strong, and increasingly smart, thanks to Google. The company has plans to ship up to 30,000 per year.

Asked whether building a robot that functions similarly to a human—only stronger, more heat resistant and less prone to fatigue—could put human jobs at risk, Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter said it likely will.

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Human-inspired robots, aptly called humanoids, have emerged as the tech industry’s big bet on what comes next. They stand erect, like people, although they can’t always walk. And they can move through the world as people do, use the same tools and perform similar tasks — but ultimately more efficiently. Or at least that’s the goal.

CMR becomes the third surgical robotics company alongside Intuitive Surgical and SHURUI Robotics to obtain a CE mark in Europe for paediatric treatment.

The human-like combatants stumbled a bit as they swung and kicked at each other in the Ultimate Fighting Robot (UFB) match, curiosity mixing with cheers from spectators at the event on the edge of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Unitree humanoids battle in CES 2026 arena, performing kicks and swings under a human referee, blending robotics with MMA action.