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China’s ‘first open-source’ humanoid robot being developed by a Gen Z founder

In April 2025, Beijing-based startup RoboParty formally launched with an ambition to build a fully open-source bipedal ...

OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military

The gpt-oss models are being tested for use on sensitive military computers. But some defense insiders say that OpenAI is ...

Baidu just dropped an open-source multimodal AI that it claims beats GPT-5 and Gemini

Baidu unveils a powerful open-source AI model that rivals Google and OpenAI in visual reasoning, multimodal analysis, and enterprise efficiency using just a fraction of computing power.

Tapo’s RV30 Max Plus is the only sub-$200 robovac worth buying

We don’t normally recommend robot vacuums under $200, but the Tapo RV30 Max Plus is the exception to the rule. While its MSRP ...
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Biomimetic marching robot brings Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" to life

If you want to build an actual HAL 9000, all you need is an LED, some carpentry skills, and any laptop accessing a talking AI ...