A Silicon Valley-born AI startup is turning to Japan to prove AI can reshape one of the world’s largest industrial robot supply chains.

CERN engineers have developed a fleet of small, AI-powered robots designed to race through the pipe networks of the Large Hadron Collider, and the project’s nickname tells you almost everything you need to know.

Bay Area artificial intelligence giant Anthropic was assailed by President Donald Trump as a company of “Left-wing nut jobs” after it sought to prevent certain uses of its technology by the U.S. military. The firm’s rival, AI titan OpenAI, promptly cut a deal with the Pentagon.

Nvidia and Google are among a handful of major tech giants developing models for robotics and so-called "phyiscal AI."

Lenovo has unveiled a look at its latest artificial intelligence powered desktop tool, and it could be a glimpse into what Apple has planned.

When all is said and done, practicality trumps technological "wow!"

"You can already buy a humanoid today, which gives you a payback period versus human workers of less than 10 weeks," a former Citi executive told CNBC.

Whether we like it or not, AI is responsible for much of what makes modern robot vacuums so autonomous.

MWC 2026 showed that the next wave of AI value will come from the point where digital intelligence meets work. AI is moving into devices, glasses, networks and machines.

An AI-powered robotic system deployed in Thiruvananthapuram is transforming urban sanitation by enabling safe, human-free canal cleaning in high-risk environments.

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