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Hyundai Scores Robotics PR Win, Shanks Ball On FIFA Transport Opportunity

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is going to be one of the biggest global events of the decade — as all World Cups are. It’s estimated that a whopping 1.5 billion people tuned in to watch the final match of the 2022 World Cup, and approximately 5 billion people “engaged ... [continued]

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Gundam teams up with 300-year-old daruma maker for wood-carved anime mecha figures[Photos]

It’s a Gun-daruma! Being a mecha anime, Gundam is very focused on the future. As a matter of fact, it’s so focused on the future that the franchise has made up multiple “Century” and “Era” names for its timelines, freeing it from the need to align its narratives with real-world history as its characters head […]

Tokyo’s life-size Gundam anime mecha statue will be removed this summer

Goodbye (again), Gundam. Seeing Tokyo’s life-size Gundam statue is an amazing experience, but also surreal one. Sure, Japan is the land of anime and all, but even then, a 19.7-meter (64.6-foot) tall mecha feels like something too awesome to be standing outside of the Diver City entertainment complex in the Odaiba district. And sadly, it’s […]

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The Humanoid Robot Market Is Smaller Than It Looks

Humanoid robot narratives usually begin with market size, not with the physics of the work, and that leads to distorted expectations. The common framing treats all human labor as addressable, which implies a market measured in tens of trillions of dollars if one aggregates global wages across sectors. Zach Shahan ... [continued]

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Who Is Tesla Selling 1 Million Humanoid Robots A Year To?

In its latest quarterly report for shareholders, Tesla mentions “robots” three times. Two of those times were in the “Robotics” paragraph/section: “Preparations for our first large-scale Optimus factory will begin shortly in Q2. The first-generation line, designed for 1 million robots a year, will replace the Model S and Model ... [continued]

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Hello Kitty is now a transforming truck robot[Photos]

Optimus kawaii. Takara Tomy is the maker of the Tomica, Japan’s favorite brand of toy cars, basically the country’s version of Hot Wheels. However, while Tomica’s bread and butter is detailed recreations of real-world vehicles, they also indulge in the occasional side dish of whimsical fantasy transportation through their Dream Tomica line, which has taken […]

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