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robot

[roh-bot] / ˈroʊ bɒt /
NOUN
android, machine
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Leju Robotics, which makes the Kuavo humanoid robot, filed in May to list on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s ChiNext index, according to Reuters.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

"I don't understand why they sacked Fedorov," Trotsenko, the founder and CEO of robot manufacturer Temerland, said.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

To that end, it not only has a team that builds AI tools, but every team has members tasked with looking for the chores a robot could do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

“I will do everything in my power to make sure that never happens,” said the robot.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Despite a pause in most tariffs following talks in May 2025, Washington and Beijing have continued to exchange sanctions, including restrictions on humanoid robots shipped to the US and tighter Chinese curbs on drone exports.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Federal Communications Commission banned new foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

With robots, each of Wonder’s kitchens will be able to produce three times as many orders with the same number of human workers, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with excitement as he showed off his latest prototypes and dreamed of sci-fi-inspired futuristic ideas.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

She’d once led an army of robots to attack Canada, not because they had anything she wanted, just to show that she could.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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