At the autumn session of the twice-yearly Canton Fair – China’s oldest and largest trade exhibition – which opened this week, the busiest pavilions were those showcasing robotics, smart manufacturing ...

Honor has teased its upcoming Robot Phone, signalling a new approach to smartphones. Set to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, the device is designed to combine artificial intelligence, ...

The best kind of gadgets are those that you don't need, but once you have used them you can no longer imagine your life without them. The Haier Civic X11, which is an automatic and smart robot cleaner ...

An overseas purchaser interacts with a robot at the Service Robots Zone during the 138th edition of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Oct 15. ZHENG ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an Indian town, workers fold towels while wearing cameras, providing data to teach AI robots how to move and ...

For decades, the core philosophy for improving any complex system has been rooted in the Theory of Constraints, popularised by The Goal: a system's output is limited by its single weakest link, the ...

You probably don't realise that Amazon has more than a million robots working to move shelves and parcels around their fulfilment centres worldwide. (Supplied) Auto ...