Despite their size, the robots can navigate liquids, respond to their environment and operate without external control.

Mobileye made its name, and money, by supplying automakers with millions of computer vision chips designed to support automotive safety features and later advanced driver assistance systems. The Intel subsidiary and publicly traded company later expanded to tackle autonomous driving through its chips and software.

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the robots swim by manipulating electric fields rather than using moving parts.

Here are the highlights from the world's largest technology trade show happening in Las Vegas, including a new Nvidia chip architecture.

Atlas humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics shifts to real work at CES 2026, lifting up to 50 kg so teams can offload strain and cut injury risk.

CES 2026 --As robots move from novelty to necessity across factories, warehouses, hospitals, and public spaces, CES 2026 is making one thing clear: visual perception will define the future of robotics.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their surroundings,

LAS VEGAS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Mobileye Global on ‌Tuesday ​said it would acquire humanoid ‌robotics startup Mentee Robotics for about $900 million, as the Israeli ​self-driving technology firm bets on what it sees as the next frontier of artificial ‍intelligence.

Albemarle (ALB) +9.6% in Tuesday's trading, near the top of the S&P 500 leaderboard, as Jefferies reiterated its Buy rating and raised its price target to $167 from $152, saying widespread adoption of robotics "suggests a path to fundamentally decouple chemical demand from population growth and middle class income growth,

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