Moravec‘s Paradox

A robot is pictured during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2026 in south China's Hainan Province, March 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu) "Beyond regional economic cooperation, we must not lose sight of the multilateral trading system, which is irreplaceable and of self-evident importance in addressing shared global challenges,"…

An intelligent cleaning robot works in Tanmen Town, Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province, March 25, 2026. Smart sanitation facilities are in service during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2026, becoming a highlight of urban services with accurate dispatch, rapid disposal and high standards. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu) An…

NASA has selected Jennifer Lyons as acting program manager for the agency’s Launch Services Program (LSP) based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this role, Lyons will lead NASA’s acquisition and management of domestic commercial launch services for science and robotic exploration missions beginning Wednesday, April 1. Lyons will…

When the crack of the bat signals opening day for the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) season today, there will be a new addition to the diamond: robot umpires. The technological change has been fiercely debated among sports enthusiasts for years but has finally made its way to the big…

Hydraulic-powered power suits that help the wearer lift and carry heavy objects, or move around with ease, have been around for years, but a team of Chinese researchers recently launched a new and unusual model inspired by the mythological centaur. The aptly-named ‘Centaur’ power suit is essentially a bipedal robot…

World OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic…

The agency will increase robotic missions to the moon and launch a spacecraft called Space Reactor 1 Freedom. NASA has unveiled a major overhaul of its moon and Mars strategy, scrapping plans for a lunar-orbit space station and instead committing $20bn over the next seven years to build a base…

WeRide, the Nasdaq-listed autonomous driving company, reported its full-year 2025 results on March 23, posting record revenue of RMB 684.6 million (USD 99.3 million), up 89.6% year-on-year, as fourth-quarter revenue more than doubled to RMB 314 million (USD 45.5 million). Robotaxi revenue rose 209.6% to RMB 148 million (USD 21.5…

Elon Musk said his Terafab project — a grand plan to eventually manufacture his own chips for robotics, artificial intelligence and space data centers — will be built in Austin and jointly run by Tesla and SpaceX. Musk, the chief executive officer of both companies, said he will start off…

Appearing in a recent Bloomberg TV interview, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon, examined artificial intelligence (AI) and outlined how his bank is deploying the technology across a wide range of functions. Dimon points to the potential gains AI may bring while also acknowledging a…