NEW YORK -- Richie Garcia is worried about the impact that robot umpires will have on their human counterparts. Major League Baseball introduced the automated ball-strike system for regular-season ...

The deal, Amazon’s second robotics acquisition this month, brings a 50-pound, 3.5-foot bipedal robot called Sprout into the company’s portfolio, less than two months after Fauna launched it to ...

Travis Kalanick launches Atoms, a new venture aiming to build a "wheelbase for robots." Atoms wants to build a platform for specialized industrial robots, not humanoid designs. Atoms is acquiring ...

Travis Kalanick has transformed City Storage Systems, the parent of CloudKitchens, to Atoms, adding a new focus on robotics. Kalanick made the announcement on the "TBPN" podcast, sharing that the ...

A former Citi executive predicted that there will be more AI robots than human workers in just a few decades. "You can already buy a humanoid today, which gives you a payback period versus human ...

Primavera Capital is weighing a new Asia fund to invest in companies including in the technology and consumer sectors, joining a raft of private equity firms in the region seeking fresh money, ...

Together, Boston Dynamics, Hyundai, and Google aim to prove that humanoid robots are a viable technology for real-world applications. Can they succeed Among the bigger stories at the Consumer ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. SHANGHAI, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2026, the global stage for defining technological frontiers, DexRobot ...

NexLawn, a newcomer to the U.S. market, has unveiled a pair of robotic mowers aimed at transforming yard care. One is an ace at ascending steep slopes and trimming near tough-to-reach borders, while ...

Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ:NXT) ranks among the best sustainability stocks to invest in. On November 13, RBC Capital raised its price target for Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ:NXT) to $96 from $93 while ...

The video is slapstick perfection: a humanoid called AIdol staggers onto a Moscow stage to the Rocky theme, wobbles, waves—and promptly face-plants as handlers rush in with a black sheet. The clip ...