Weave Robotics opened preorders this month for Isaac 1, a home robot designed to sort laundry, make beds and tidy rooms. Customers can buy it outright for $7,999 or pay $449 a month, with a refundable $250 preorder deposit, according to Weave’s product page. California...
Optimus moved into production this quarter at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory, where the humanoid robot learns from what it sees instead of code written to instruct it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Industrial robots have historically gone where products are rigid, standardized and produced at scale. Automotive and electronics dominate global installations because their materials and sequences lend themselves to mechanical repetition, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) reported in its World Robotics 2025 report. Get the...
Mistral introduced its first artificial intelligence model built for “embodied navigation,” or enabling robots to autonomously move through complex environments, according to a Tuesday (July 7) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
October 07, 2025
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June 11, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is turning his attention to the next critical enabler of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution: quantum computing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
May 09, 2025
Competition comes best in twos. Think Apple and Microsoft, Coke and Pepsi, McDonald’s and Burger King and many other famous pairings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
July 08, 2026
Mistral introduced its first artificial intelligence model built for “embodied navigation,” or enabling robots to autonomously move through complex environments, according to a Tuesday (July 7) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to […]
June 16, 2026
Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveiled its first suite of artificial intelligence models for robots, according to a Monday (June 15) company blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
May 03, 2026
Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), a startup developing artificial intelligence models for general-purpose, humanoid robots. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
April 15, 2026
Robots and drones could reduce food delivery costs to as little as $1 per order. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...