I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots

TER Q2 Deep Dive: AI Demand Drives Growth Across Semiconductor Test and Robotics Semiconductor testing company Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 104% year on year to $1.33 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($1.25 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 21% above what analysts…

Should I get a robot vacuum cleaner? Until recently, for most people the answer was no. Even the best robot vacuums had a tendency to mount chair legs and get stuck, wheels feebly pawing at the air, or to have a nervous breakdown in a confined space. AI has changed all that. “People want robot…

Kraken has developed modular maritime platforms for defense use. Source: Kraken Technology Autonomous vehicles are proliferating, particularly in maritime and defense applications. Kraken Technology Group Ltd. this month raised $175 million in Series B funding to reach a valuation of $1 billion. Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH, or DTCP, led the investment. “Kraken is excited…

Recent automation developments, including ABB’s Visual SLAM forklift and AI accountability issues, significantly impact operations and procurement teams. A noted 70% gap in AI accountability continues to be a challenge for industries utilizing these technologies. These advancements signal operational shifts in how companies implement and manage automation tools. Seven in ten enterprises running multi-agent AI…

Ultra-realistic humanoid robots could soon recreate the faces, voices and behavior of real people, including loved ones who have died. Adobe Stock Would you bring someone you love back from the dead as a robot? It may sound like the premise of a particularly unsettling episode of Black Mirror, but the technology is moving closer…

By Puyaan Singh July 22 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted marketing authorization for its robotic surgery ‌device, as the healthcare conglomerate enters the soft-tissue robotic surgery market. The decision ‌marks a key step for J&J’s medtech business that had been seeking to compete in…