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A remote-controlled robot unit for removing nuclear contamination is unveiled in Japan, aiming to clean Fukushima nuclear plant that suffered a meltdown following the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. Photo: AFP
Asia

Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal

Dangerously high radiation levels mean that removing melted fuel and other debris from the plant hit by a huge tsunami in 2011 is seen as the most daunting challenge in the decades-long...

Robots march in for the opening ceremony of The World Humanoid Robot Games held in Beijing, China,15 August, 2025. Photo: AP/Ng Han Guan/UNB
World+Biz

Beijing launches first World Humanoid Robot Games with hip-hop and martial arts

Humanoid robot "Tiangong" participates along with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China April, 19 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
China

China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts to dilate and constrict the pupil. Image: MIT
Science

MIT engineers create artificial muscle that mimics real tissue

Ai-Da Robot, a humanoid robot artist. Photo: Collected
Offbeat

First artwork by humanoid robot sells for $1.3m

A humanoid robot developed by Ex-Robots winks at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China August 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS
Tech

China robots conference spotlights the changing face of humanoids

A 6-axis robotic arm picks up sorting containers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Global Economy

Amazon advances automation with over 750,000 robots, replacing 100,000 jobs

A group of Japanese researchers have created a humanoid robot with "living" skin. Photo: The University of Tokyo
Science

Scientists create humanoid robot with 'living' skin that can smile

Thermite RS1 is a high-performing, durable and reliable firefighting robot with remote control, real-time HD and infrared video capabilities for safe navigation in hazardous areas. Photo: Collected
Tech

Sound waves, robots and drones: The future of firefighting

GrayMatter creates physics-informed AI technologies and integrates them with industrial robots, sensors and tools. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Ariyan Kabir’s GrayMatter makes ‘digital workers’ for factory floors

During the inauguration of the seventh DRMC International Tech Carnival on 13 Feb, the state minister also announced the launch of "Sheikh Jamal Innovation Grant" as a tribute to Sheikh Jamal, son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Govt to build robotic fabrication labs at Dhaka Residential Model College

Meet CyberRunner, the robot from ETH Zurich, which mastered a physical maze game to beat humans, and pave the way for accessible AI research. (Thomas Bi/ YouTube)
Tech

In a first by AI, CyberRunner achieves superhuman feat, beats human in game-tries to cheat too!

Photo: BBC
Tech

Robot crushes man to death by mistaking him for food box in S Korea