China's push to dominate robotics accelerates as a humanoid robot beats the human half-marathon world record, sparking awe and unease among spectators.

CNBC's Steve Sedgwick, Elaine Yu, and Arjun Kharpal discuss China's humanoid robotics industry — on full display at a marathon in Beijing — as well as the implications of these developments for the broader artificial intelligence market and supply chains.

(AI) has been on a screen or on the phone. AI answers questions, summarizes documents, drafts emails, and quietly optimizes our digital lives. That will continue, but AI is beginning to jump from screens and into the physical world. Jensen Huang, CEO of ...

S. Korea's retail industry is adopting robots to transform the shopping experience, as advances in AI and rising demand for assistive technologies.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — In JTED’s robotics lab, Carlos Trujillo played around with a new robotic arm. It’s students like him who are getting real-world experience with the newly added Fanuc robotic arm, the kind that is often used in manufacturing and ...

Austin startup Contoro will scale robot production, hire workers and expand to Korea after securing investment from a Fortune 150 e-commerce company.

Elon Musk has argued that federally funded checks delivering a universal high income are his preferred response to job losses tied to artificial intelligence, framing it as an inflation-safe policy if automation expands real output fast enough.

AI vs robotics highlights the essential difference between intelligence and physical automation. Artificial intelligence interprets data, predicts patterns, and performs cognitive tasks such as image recognition with up to 99% accuracy, while robotics ...

Casino group Genting Malaysia Bhd says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with AGIBOT Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co Ltd with the aim of advancing “embodied artificial intelligence (AI) robotics across the hospitality,

When it comes to thematic investing in fund form, the traditional approach is to deliver exposure to a single theme under one umbrella. Some exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expand upon that scenario by offering exposure to multiple themes. That strategy isn't ...