Opinion

Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...
umanoid robotics startup Foundation Future Industries is aiming to build robots for defense as well as industrial work, with founder Sankaet Pathak telling Reuters the company eventually wants its ...
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has authorized the Zmiy Droid 12.7, a domestically built armored machine-gun system, for frontline strike and reconnaissance missions. The approval is part of a broader ...
Ghost Robotics initially made a name for itself with its very impressive early work with the Minitaur direct-drive quadruped in 2016. The company also made headlines in late 2021, when a now-deleted ...
A senior member of OpenAI's robotics team said guardrails around certain AI uses were not sufficiently defined before OpenAI ...
Videos that suggest China may be building a robot army sound like science fiction, but social media says it's real. DW Fact Check investigates.
Caitlin Kalinowski’s departure comes amid a high-stakes dispute over how far AI companies should go in supporting US military ...
China's robotics industry is growing at an alarming rate. Interesting Engineering reports the country's factory-based adoptions grew by 300,000 in a year, surpassing the rest of the world. In the same ...
NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize ...