Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence has authorized the Zmiy Droid 12.7, a domestically built armored machine-gun system, for frontline strike and reconnaissance missions. The approval is part of a broader push that saw eight ground robotic platforms cleared for operational use in July 2025,

Metro has spoken to leading war experts about the role humanoid robots could play in future battlefields or whether they’ll remain a dystopian fantasy. Robots are already playing a vital role in modern warfare. In Ukraine, remote-controlled vehicles equipped with machine guns have already carried out assaults on Russian forces.

China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.

Videos that suggest China may be building a robot army sound like science fiction, but social media says it's real. DW Fact Check investigates.

A San Francisco-based robotics company says the Trump administration has expressed interest in deploying its high-tech robots onto future battlefields. The tech firm, Foundation, has already scored millions of dollars in U.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. While Elon Musk plans a Tesla bot factory in Silicon Valley, Chinese companies like Unitree Robotics are already selling humanoid robots to consumers for as low as $6,000.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --ENGINEAI Robotics Technology, a developer of embodied intelligence systems, showcased two flagship products at CES 2026. These included the PM01, a lightweight and highly mobile general-purpose embodied agent, and the ...

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up Shanghai-based tech firm KEENON Robotics, established in 2010, has evolved over the past 15 years from ...