Robotics

Chinese robots break Usain Bolt's 100-meter record at Beijing World Humanoid Robot Games

Braking was an issue, as the machines slammed into a thick mat that organizers placed several meters after the finish line.

Booster Robotics humanoid robots walk in formation during the opening ceremony for the second World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China August 22, 2026.
Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing speaks about capabilities of company’s G1 humanoid robot during the 2026 World Robot Conference, in Beijing, China, August 20, 2026.

China’s humanoid robot industry edges toward ‘ChatGPT moment’ Unitree CEO says

(Illustrative) Tactical, autonomous robotics systems developer XTEND secured extension to $70 million Series B funding

XTEND expands in Europe with Latvia's Atlas, adding thousands of robotic platforms to portfolio

Dr. Gail Gilboa Freedman, Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Sapir Academic College.

Engineering the future from the Negev


The big data revolution in the world of investments is already here

 Kinneret Farzon, founder and CEO of Fjord Robo

The robots of the future are already here

Patented robotic technology that can be adapted to any industry brings investment opportunities.

 X-tend at the hospital

Israeli start-up to clean Indian solar panels with robots for 25 years

The long-term agreement between India’s Avaada Group and Israeli start-up Airtouch Solar is indicative of the growing viability of robotic solar panel dry-cleaning solutions

 Like a big, staticy blanket being dragged across a dusty solar panel like a lint roller.

FIMI Funds sells Hadera paper mills in NIS 2.35b deal

FIMI fund, which bought control (59%) in 2015 from Clal Industries for NIS 355 million, earned more than a billion shekels at the end of the improvement process.

Handshake (illustrative)

Changing the field of stroke rehabilitation

Meet the robotic system that can shorten stroke rehabilitation by up to 50%

 BioXtreme

Israeli innovation: A glimpse into the future of surgical robotics

Memic Innovative Surgery’s CEO Dvir Cohen gives an inside look at the medical robotics industry, and where it may be headed.

 Biomed Israel conference

These hospital robot vulnerabilities were promptly caught and killed

JekyllBot:5, a group of vulnerabilities affecting Aethon TUG robots, has been identified by Cynerio and subsequently eliminated.

 Cynerio founders (L-R) Leon Lerman and Daniel Brody

Dubai: How Expo 2020's 162 robots were brought to life in under 6 months

The Dubai Expo would "go down in history as the first international event where different types of robots were used to enhance visitors' experience."

 A man stands next to a panda robot at the Chinese Pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 4, 2021

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing cardiology, expert says

AI, robotics and new technologies will be at the center of the conference Innovation in cardiovascular Interventions in Tel Aviv on December 5th, Rambam Health Care Campus’ Prof. Rafael Beyar said.

 Prof. Rafi Beyar with Dr. Arthur Kerner

Tel Aviv University to launch cutting-edge Center for Innovation Labs

TAU plans to open the Center for Innovation Laboratories before the 2021-22 school year. The center will emphasize cooperation with industry veterans to develop novel solutions to real-world issues.

Dr. Goren Gordon – The Human Robot: Animal, Man, Machine Lab