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Hamster vs Robot Vacuum: Who Wins the Ultimate Maze Challenge?

Watch as a clever hamster and a Roborock S6 robot vacuum go head to head in a custom-built cardboard maze! This creative ...
Interesting Engineering

DoorMan: Humanoid robot trained in new system beats human operators at opening doors

A simulation-trained DoorMan system helps a Unitree G1 outperform human operators in door opening speed and reliability.
SlashGear

iRobot Co-Founder Calls Out Elon Musk's Optimus Robot 'Fantasy'

Tesla's Cybercab launch last year is one of those tech events that will live in infamy. Alongside his titular vehicle (which has no steering wheel), DOGE billionaire Elon Musk showed off the latest ...
AOL

Students Compete—and Cooperate—in FIRST Global Robotics Challenge

Aspiring engineers from 191 countries gathered in Panama City in October to compete in the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge. The annual contest aims to foster problem-solving, cooperation, and inspire ...
KXAN

Drones and robots fly to Austin for high school robotics competition

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A little robot gobbles up little blocks on the floor of St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School’s gym. In the skies above it, two drones, one big and one small, flash lights at one ...
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The Fall of iRobot: How the King of Robot Vacuums Lost Its Crown

iRobot, once the company synonymous with robot vacuums, might not make it another year. For many years, iRobot was the company you thought of, when you thought of robot vacuums. It wasn’t “I have a ...
Richmond Register

Building Robots, Building Leaders: Madison County Rat Fight Robotics Team faces funding challenge

A Madison County robotics team known for its creativity and community spirit is facing a challenge that can’t be solved with code or circuitry: raising enough money to compete this season. Rat Fight, ...
Mashable

iRobot could be facing bankruptcy. But as a vacuum tester, I saw the Roomba flop era coming from a mile away.

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Credit: Leah Stodart / ...
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No one wants to buy Roomba maker iRobot anymore, and bankruptcy could be next

Roomba maker iRobot can't find a buyer after an acquisition deal with Amazon fell through. Now, the company is in trouble. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Is this the beginning of ...
Wall Street Journal

The ‘Hands Problem’ Holding Back the Humanoid Revolution

Armies of humanoid robots are poised to march into the world’s factories. But before they’re ready to turn a wrench, they must solve what Elon Musk calls “the hands problem.” Creating the mechanical ...
Bleeping Computer

Russian hackers evolve malware pushed in "I am not a robot" captchas

The Russian state-backed Star Blizzard hacker group has ramped up operations with new, constantly evolving malware families (NoRobot, MaybeRobot) deployed in complex delivery chains that start with ...