Robotics

Robotic legs help elderly Hong Kong fire survivors climb back for belongings

The complex’s apartment towers have 31 floors, making the climb difficult for many elderly former residents

The R1 robots will be sold to markets including the US, Canada, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore via AliExpress.

Unitree launches cheapest humanoid robot on AliExpress to rival Tesla

The robotics specialist eyes 4.2 billion yuan IPO as it taps Alibaba to boost global humanoid robot sales

Intel’s shares jumped nearly 3% after the announcement.

Intel joins Musk’s Terafab AI chip project to power humanoid, data center goals

The partnership is set to boost investor confidence as the chipmaker’s turnaround efforts gather steam

China is also battling with the US for supremacy in core technologies and is seeking to expand on the dramatic progress made by Chinese developers of AI models.

China venture capital funding set to hit record in Q1 on state-led tech push

Some investors warn state dominance may distort markets and create valuation bubbles

Visitors watch Unitree humanoid robots performing a back flip at the expo of the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Tongxiang city in China on Nov 8.

Unitree plans 4.2 billion yuan Shanghai IPO, testing interest in humanoid robots

IPO is one of China’s biggest domestic tech listings in years

Chinese EV players such as BYD have transformed their brands and quality levels.

Three AI investment opportunities outside the indices

For those concerned about an AI bubble, the answer is not to retreat from global equities, but to look beyond the giants

Alibaba’s Damo Academy introduced an open-source foundation model 'RynnBrain' that engages with the environment, understands space in relation to time and can figure out steps towards completing a task.

Alibaba pushes into robotics AI with open-source ‘RynnBrain’

With the release, Alibaba takes on AI leaders including Alphabet’s Google and Nvidia

China has continued to guide investment into sectors that it sees as strategically important, especially as its rivalry with the US heats up in areas such as semiconductors.

China mulls M&A fund for tech innovation amid rivalry with US

The announcement underscores the urgency with which China is pursuing its tech ambitions

Hyundai's shares jumped more than 10% on Jan 13 as analysts hiked price targets after the unveiling of its Atlas humanoid at the Consumer Electronics Show on Jan 5.

Robotics frenzy drives US$24 billion gain in Hyundai Motor stocks

Its projects help to modernise the company’s image, and its undervalued stock has room to rise further

Analysts have projected that humanoid robots could outnumber industrial robots on the factory floor by 2034.

Asia’s AI robotics race: China leaps forward while South-east Asia finds its footing

High costs and labour trends slow the pace of robotic adoption in South-east Asia