Whanganui, Rangitīkei, South Taranaki and Ruapehu are packed with events for the April 2025 school holidays. Photo / 123RF.

The race to put humanoid robots into mass production has intensified over the past week, as companies in both the US and China made a string of announcements that convinced analysts the technology ...

It's easy to guess what dog breeds might be popular by looking around anywhere canines gather, like a dog park or doggy day care. These days, it seems like Golden Retrievers are everywhere! But these ...

Beijing: In an innovative step, China has deployed an intelligent robotic dog in an underground cable tunnel at a substation in Fujian Province. The robotic dog, designed and developed by Chinese ...

On 1 April 2025, in what might one might have been forgiven for considering an April Fool’s prank, parcel delivery firm Evri announced the launch of its new ‘robotic delivery dog’. However, more ...

Unitree Robotics' humanoid robot G1 and robotic dog made a stunning appearance on the Shanghai Fashion Week runway, presented by NMTG. In an extraordinary show, as the models finished their walk ...

Cementing a definitive answer on the better robot vacuum brand is tricky when "better" is a subjective term swayed by what a shopper needs their robot vacuum to excel at. Some may consider the ...

Rampwalk turns into a sci-fi scene with a tall humanoid robot strutting with a robotic dog on the ramp at Shanghai Fashion Week. In another futuristic, sci-fi episode of the fashion world ...

The humanoid robot G1, accompanied by a robotic dog, makes its debut at Shanghai Fashion Week, March 26, 2025. (Photo: China News Service) The humanoid robot G1, accompanied by a robotic dog ...

Figure AI has developed a new humanoid robotic natural walking capability for its humanoid robots, leveraging reinforcement learning (RL) and simulation-based training. This approach enables the ...

A study from the Media Innovation Lab (miLAB) at Reichman University's School of Communications explored how a robotic dog can influence leadership dynamics between humans. The study revealed that ...

SAFM president Kalaivanan Ravichandran said the dog was discovered with nearly half of its dorsal skin torn off, extending down to the caudal abdominal area. (Facebook pic) An animal welfare group ...