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LG's Robot Butler Stole the Stage at CES. But Is It Just Another Vaporware Dream?

LG's humanoid CLOiD bot wowed the CES crowd with promises of laundry, dishes, and dinner prep. It impressed me, too—but ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Meta’s AI chatbot plan includes a “sassy robot” for younger users

“According to internal chats the Journal viewed, the company has tested a ‘sassy robot’ persona inspired by Bender from Futurama and an overly curious ‘Alvin the Alien’ that one employee worried ...

SwitchBot says its humanoid household robot can do your laundry

SwitchBot says the Onero is a general-use humanoid robot designed to eliminate housework that can complete “everyday actions ...

CES 2026: Laundry-folding robots, singing candy, pet phones and bionic pandas debut at tech fest

From laundry-folding robot butlers to fancy alarm clocks and lollipops that play music in your head, here’s a rundown of some ...
Star Tribune

Mall of America tests robots, chatbot as it looks to improve visitor experience

During Super Bowl week, a handful of sassy robots playfully posed for selfies, simulated throwing a football and quizzed Mall of America visitors on sports trivia. Meet Pepper, who with a tablet ...

A Russian drone hit a rescue robot evacuating a wounded Ukrainian soldier — the bot shielded him from further injury, battalion says

Rescuing soldiers is an example of how Ukraine uses its growing ground robot fleet, along with moving supplies, laying and ...