Futureshock section
Robotics
Humanoids, warehouse bots, self-driving and the gap between the demo reel and the factory floor.
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Robot Imports Are Now a National Security Threat. The Tariffs Come Later, Maybe
A new Section 232 proclamation says imported robots and factory machinery threaten US security, but it sets no tariff. It starts a…
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Robots Are Catching Up to Your Joints. Moving Like You Is a Different Problem
Two new 21-joint robot hands and AGIBOT’s liquid-cooled joints all landed this week. We counted robot joints against the human body. The…
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AGIBOT Wants to Measure Robots in ‘Workens.’ It Hasn’t Shared Its Own Score
AGIBOT’s Innovation Day pitched Worken, a unit for how much useful work robots do, plus the G2 Max hauler, GO-3 Preview and…
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Unitree’s Kung Fu Bodyguard Robot Lost a Leg a Day After Its Debut
Unitree pitched its H2-X as a kung fu guardian robot. A day later it fell landing a side flip at Unitree’s own…
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The 10 Most Advanced Robots Right Now, Ranked, and What They Promise for 2027
Figure 03 leads, Atlas has the best body, and Waymo logs the most unsupervised work. Our ranking of the 10 most advanced…
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Tesla Starts Building Optimus Robots in Fremont as Quarterly Profit Falls 43%
Tesla says “production-quality” Optimus humanoids are rolling off a Fremont line and promises 20,000 a week by end of 2027. Meanwhile, Q3…
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Week in Review: Gemini 4 Argon, Giant Open Models and AI in the Linux Kernel
Our first week of coverage: Google’s new frontier model, three huge open-weights drops, Torvalds tries Claude Code, TSMC prints money, and eight…
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Waymo Heads to Toronto, Its Snowiest Test Yet, Aiming for Riders in 2028
Waymo got Ontario’s OK to start mapping and testing in Toronto, its first Canadian city, with first public rides targeted for 2028.…