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.

AUGUST 23, 2026|ByREUTERS

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

Humanoid robots remain far from mass deployment, but Unitree’s CEO says the industry could reach a major AI breakthrough within two to three years.

AUGUST 20, 2026|ByREUTERS

(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

With Atlas merger, XTEND boosts its autonomous systems portfolio and strengthens support for NATO and EU partners.

JULY 28, 2026|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

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

Engineering the future from the Negev

Sapir Academic College’s Faculty of Technology is creating a new model of higher education that blends academic excellence, applied research, and close industry collaboration to drive innovation

JULY 15, 2026|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE

Israeli doctors get help from unlikely source: robots

“We’re not yet at a place where robots can replace us, but technological enhancement to human hands is phenomenal.”

JULY 17, 2020ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA

Surgeons doing knee surgery at Hadassah hospital's Mount Scopus campus use the ROSA robot, made possible with a grant from USAID's Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad.

Israel's defense industry switches gears in the war against coronavirus

Israel’s defense industry has been a key player in the fight to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

APRIL 19, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Israeli 'loneliness' robot company raises $36 million

“In the future, robots will provide a more proactive, empathetic, and personalized user experience,” said Colin Angle, CEO of investor iRobot.

FEBRUARY 13, 2020ByREUTERS

MusashiAI's artificial intelligence-controlled visual inspection robot.

How can Israel create an economy fit for an aging population?

As societal aging and workplace automation threaten economies worldwide, Israel seeks to take initiative

DECEMBER 17, 2019ByEYTAN HALON

Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Japanese-Israeli partnership launches 'job agency for robots'

The joint venture of the companies, MusashiAI, will enable businesses to hire fully-autonomous AI robots to work alongside humans in industrial workplaces, according to their needs.

DECEMBER 17, 2019ByEYTAN HALON

Robotemi names Lior Suchard as new CBO

"I am excited to join ths groundbreaking venture in the field of personal robots," Suchard wrote in a statement.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF

Yossi Wolf, CEO Robotemi (left) and Lior Suchard, CBO Robotemi (right)

Israeli robots will accompany soldiers into battle in future wars

General Robotics makes the DOGO tactical robot and Pitbull, a remote weapon that can be put on an unmanned vehicle, such as Gahat’s unmanned ground vehicles

JUNE 6, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

The Gahat booth shows unmanned vehicles and robots such as General Robotics Pitbull gun system

Tel Aviv company to supply robots to New Zealand Defense Force

Roboteam will supply a family of robots that operate on a wireless mesh network, a communications network based on radio nodes controlled from a single control unit.

MAY 22, 2019ByEYTAN HALON