
Shark’s new $499 robot vacuum-mop claims 4X the suction of Dreame’s D10 Plus Gen2
A new $499 robot vacuum-mop launched with suction and stain-cleaning claims measured only by the company that makes…

Reviews split on Roborock’s Qrevo 2 Pro: standout mopping, or a robot that eats cords
A midrange robot vacuum, on sale for $549, drew praise for its mopping and a 3.5-out-of-5 score for…

A new $1,000 Roomba passed the mop test. Its app couldn’t keep track of it.
A review of iRobot's newest combo robot found strong vacuuming and mopping, and an app that periodically lost…

Tesla pulled Optimus training off the assembly line after workers balked at teaching their replacements
Tesla wants twice its 500,000 hours of footage of people at work. Some of the factory workers it…

Agility is going public on a two-legged robot. Now it’s exploring wheels.
The listing values the company at about $2.5 billion, on the strength of a robot that walks. So…

A robot-vacuum sensor maker goes public as the US blocks new foreign-built robots
Eight weeks after the US changed the rules for foreign-built robots, a supplier to robot-vacuum makers is selling…

Spirit AI says its robots handle 90% of simple tasks in a structured living room. Homes come last.
A Beijing startup trains its humanoid software by recording people who open fridges and cut vegetables. Its chief…

Tesla is auditing the Chinese car-parts makers lined up to supply Optimus, reports say
Tesla is said to be checking whether Chinese car-parts makers can turn out Optimus parts in volume. Nobody…

Boston Dynamics opens a training center for the 25,000 Atlas robots Hyundai plans to deploy
Boston Dynamics says its road to a robot in your home runs through factories. The newest stop is…