AI
Why Game Companies Are Building Robot Brains: NC AI and Krafton Push Into Physical AI
South Korea’s game companies are stepping off the screen and onto the factory floor.
Studios once known for building vast online fantasy worlds are now developing the artificial intelligence systems that could power industrial robots. The goal is ambitious: turn game-engine technology into what the industry calls physical AI, intelligence that allows machines to understand the real world, make decisions, and act on them.
“Robot, make me a chair”
An AI-driven system lets users design and build simple, multicomponent objects by describing them with words.
Ai-Da humanoid robot pushes art and tech with Space Pod design work
The building concept was developed using pen sketches, robotic paintings, and digital renderings of both interior and exterior spaces.
Innovation
Year of the Robot: Humanoids Lead a Tech-Heavy Spring Festival Gala
From nunchaku-wielding humanoids to synchronized “drunken boxing” routines, machines from four Chinese robotics firms dominated this year’s Spring Festival Gala on Monday, with more than a dozen robots appearing alongside human performers.
The tightly coordinated sequences spanned martial arts demonstrations, comedy sketches, and dance numbers. Robots performed cartwheels, backflips, and shifted formations while running, demonstrating increasingly refined motion control.
Engineering A Robot That Can Jump 10 Feet High – Without Legs
Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop.
Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can leap 10 feet high even though it doesn’t have legs. The researchers made it after watching high-speed video of nematodes pinching themselves into odd shapes to fling themselves forward and backward.
Technology
‘Robot Dogs’ to Lead First Response During 2026 World Cup
Authorities in Guadalupe, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, have unveiled four robot dogs that will help secure the BBVA Stadium during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The venue is one of Mexico’s host sites and is scheduled to stage three group-stage matches and one knockout game. The machines form part of a newly created K9-X unit and will patrol areas in and around the stadium, supporting local law enforcement personnel during the tournament.
The hidden technology behind fluid robot motion
Long gone are the days of rigid robotics, where arms jerk and clank in the most unintuitive ways. These movements have hindered production and industry for years, requiring massive spaces to operate and maintain the machinery. Fluid robot motion has revolutionized the game, enabling machinery to operate in tighter spaces with greater mobility.
Food delivery robot struggles with flooded streets in West Hollywood
LA residents weren’t the only ones having trouble navigating through flooded streets during Monday’s heavy rainfall.
A food delivery robot was spotted in West Hollywood, struggling to get off of the sidewalk as it tried to get to its destination.
Investment
Kung fu, somersaults and scale: Unitree eyes 20,000-robot output in 2026 after gala
With shipments set to jump and investors watching closely, Unitree is positioning itself at the forefront of China’s humanoid robotics push
Research
5 Ways to Handle a Robot When It Goes Rogue
With more humanoids entering the world, be ready to hit the red button. Here are some practical tips to regain control if things go wrong.
20% of U.S. jobs are highly vulnerable to robots and automation, economists say
Robots and other automation technologies could replace 20% of U.S. jobs over the next two decades, according to economists.
Researchers with investment advisory firm Oxford Economics said in a report that roughly a fifth of jobs are highly vulnerable to such a shift, noting that tech able to replace most or all of the functions currently performed by human workers already exists and is commercially available.
Trends
Large Area of Chicago Bans Delivery Robots After Resident Outcry
Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged sidewalks, injured residents, and prompted a community campaign to ban them from the streets. In at least one major Chicago neighborhood, residents succeeded.