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iRobot, which brought robotic vacuum cleaners to the masses with its iconic Roomba models, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Massachusetts-based company plans to sell all assets to its primary supplier, a Chinese company known as Picea Robotics. If approved by a bankruptcy court, the move would allow iRobot to "continue operating in the ordinary course, pursue its product development roadmap, and maintain its global footprint," iRobot wrote in... Read more ›
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If you’ve nothing better to do in the run-up to Christmas, then how about enjoying a mesmerizing hour-long video of a humanoid robot sorting packages? The clip was posted by the founder and CEO of Figure AI, the California-based company behind the Figure humanoid robot. Brett Adcock was responding to a post on X by ... Read more ›
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The Xreal-made hardware is one element of a three-part launch next year with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and lots of upgrades coming to Galaxy XR. Read more ›
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The goal is to get the robots working with actual humans in areas such as manufacturing, facility operations and health care. Read more ›
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