It's a busy, high-traffic space with a lot of pet hair and obstacles—exercise equipment, furniture, pet toys—and not a lot of room for a bulky cleaning setup. So the compact footprint of this system ...

For this review of the best robotic vacuum–mop combos, we tested models from Bissell, iRobot, Roborock, and more to see which ones clean the best.

A New York robotics startup that trains its industrial robot arms through worker demonstration — no code required — closed a $200 million Series C funding round on June 9, 2026, reaching a $1 billion ...

America wants to build robots, not just import them. A New York startup has just raised $200mn to do exactly that. Standard Bots has closed a $200mn round that values the company at $1bn, minting a ...

Standard Bots has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to ramp up manufacturing of robotic arms in the US as the country vies to keep pace with China in building more advanced robots.

Are the machines already fighting back? A jaw-dropping video from China has sparked fresh fears about the rise of humanoid robots after a machine wearing a clown wig kicked a young boy in the stomach ...

A new wheeled robot could help people at home before many humanoid robots are ready for everyday use. That is the big idea behind Hello Robot's Stretch 4. While many companies are developing ...

"Welp, that happened faster than I predicted." That's what Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince had to say as his company released data finding that there's now more traffic from bots than humans on the ...

A San Francisco robotics startup is being taken to court by an Airbnb host who claims the company’s “robotic prototype testing” caused extensive damage to his home. In the lawsuit filed on May 26, ...

A tech startup is offering New York City residents free home cleaning with a twist—it will send “professional cleaners” wearing cameras to record everything they do. All that data will supposedly be ...

At robot learning centers in China, people teach machines how to work in a variety of scenarios. Humanoid robots are part of Beijing's bigger industrial strategy to dominate global markets and supply ...

Unitree Robotics has launched what it calls the world's first humanoid robot motion App Store, allowing users to download and install robot skills in a manner similar to smartphone apps. Some ...