Bananas, champagne, and robots: Why automation still needs humans
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 () Watching robots awkwardly flop around, cause robot body pile-ups on the soccer field, and accidentally lose their heads while taking part in a 1500-metre sprint at the first Robot Humanoid Games in China was not only entertaining, it was a reminder of just how far robotics has come — and how far it still has to go. While humanoid robots still struggle to walk across a stage, in other corners of the world automation is quietly revolutionising industries. At Picnic Technologies, the Netherlands’ fastest growing online supermarket, robots are compiling your grocery orders so delivery ‘shoppers’ can get them from…
AI-powered robots prepare for first World Humanoid Robot Games
Robot teams from China and abroad are training at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics speed skating venue ahead of the first World..
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Wednesday, 27 August 2025 ()
Watching robots awkwardly flop around, cause robot body pile-ups on the soccer field, and accidentally lose their heads while taking part in a 1500-metre sprint at the first Robot Humanoid Games in China was not only entertaining, it was a reminder of just how far robotics has come — and how far it still has to go. While humanoid robots still struggle to walk across a stage, in other corners of the world automation is quietly revolutionising industries. At Picnic Technologies, the Netherlands’ fastest growing online supermarket, robots are compiling your grocery orders so delivery ‘shoppers’ can get them from…![AI-powered robots prepare for first World Humanoid Robot Games [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250804/1418576542-AI-powered-robots-prepare-for-first-World-Humanoid.jpg)
