Robots

Robot makers rule hottest Asia stock trades on physical AI boom

Investors are increasingly betting the next wave of value creation will come from robotics

Hivebotics’ robot is intended to halve the time that human cleaners spend cleaning toilets.
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The robot that cleans toilets so humans don’t have to – and 100 companies want one

Hivebotics’ toilet-cleaning robot uses a 3D-manoeuvring arm to scrub what no one wants to touch – and it’s just the beginning of the start-up’s push to automate facilities management

Over the past couple of years, robotics has shifted from the lab to the real world, with Chinese tech parks, factories and universities among those deploying humanoids.

Humanoid robots to power next leg of China’s export dominance

Like with EVs, the Asian nation is building out capacity across the robotics supply chain

The fact that SoftBank cannot cash out from OpenAI is a big problem for Masayoshi Son, who habitually uses leverage to juice up returns.

OpenAI is so yesterday — even for SoftBank

Global markets pivot from AI model makers to chipmakers tied to the data-centre boom

An ensemble of humanoid robots produced by Linkerbot is set up with musical instruments at the company’s office in Beijing on Apr 27.

China robot-hand-building unicorn Linkerbot targets US$6 billion valuation

Beijing-based startup currently holds over 80% of the global market share in high-degree-of-freedom robotic hands

Minister of State for National Development as well as Trade and Industry Alvin Tan (fourth from right) says the partnerships will "give us a glimpse of what the productivity of tomorrow… might look like".

A*Star, JTC, Grab enter partnerships with robotics firm Sharpa to build Singapore’s physical AI sector

Autonomous robots will be deployed at Punggol Digital District to explore various use cases, among other plans

The winning robot, developed by Chinese smartphone brand Honor, finished the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds.

Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances

China is seeking to become a global powerhouse in this frontier industry

Kia cut its annual EV sales target to 1 million units by 2030, from the goal of 1.26 million it set last year.

Kia to use humanoid robots in US, debut software car and hybrid truck

It said it will deploy the Atlas robot at its Georgia facility in 2029

The Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore deploys more than 200 robots, including automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots.

How Hyundai Motor redefines the factory floor with robots and AI in its Singapore hub

Its facility in the city-state has achieved nearly 70% automation in logistics and manufacturing

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