It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

Humanoid robots in China have just beaten human runners in a Beijing half marathon, with the fastest racer finishing in 50 minutes. The win marks a sharp turnaround from last year, when many robots struggled.

Japanese technology giants SoftBank Group Corp., Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. are teaming up with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on a new artificial intelligence joint venture that has a single goal: to build a trillion-parameter model for autonomous machines.

Recruiters are increasingly using AI interviewers to screen candidates for jobs, new research has found. A survey of 500 recruiters found that four in five (83 per cent) are now using AI to speed up hiring in some capacity.

Robotics Certification Program Reaches More than 20,000 Instawork Pros in Its First Weeks; Hundreds of Thousands of

Skild AI today announced the acquisition of Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business, including its Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260415518240/en/

This roundup highlights the latest robotics innovations aimed at improving throughput, simplifying deployment and helping manufacturers address ongoing labor and process challenges.

This breakthrough marks Panther as the world’s first mass-producible, commercially viable service humanoid robot deployed in real households, breaking through the long-standing

SoftBank-backed Grab is investing in robotics and artificial intelligence as it takes on competitors across the region, says CEO Anthony Tan.

Both of these companies are proven trailblazers.