In folding its Intrinsic project into the main company this week and out of "Other Bets," Google is aiming to mimic its Android strategy for robots. "We're trying to make it accessible for anyone," ...

About 150,000 people are newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year, making the disease the third most common cancer in the U.S. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2026, more than ...

Intrinsic is focused on making robots easier to program, teach, and operate. Intrinsic is focused on making robots easier to program, teach, and operate. is a London-based reporter at The Verge ...

One of the coolest things we saw at CES earlier this year was the HONOR Robot Phone — HONOR’s Android handset with a built-in camera gimbal on the back. At the time, the Robot Phone was a ...

HONOR is crashing MWC 2026 with its first humanoid robot, moving beyond phones into physical AI hardware. The matte-black robot features a head-mounted camera and a glowing chest strip, suggesting a ...

Robotics company Intrinsic has announced it will be folding into Google as the company bets on the future of physical AI in manufacturing. The company focuses on software tools to make robots more ...

The rapid proliferation of robots and electronic devices is placing the world under a new and growing environmental burden.

To speed up its progress on physical AI, Google is absorbing Intrinsic, Alphabet’s robotics software unit. Intrinsic has been an independent subsidiary for five years. Now, it will work directly with ...

Some say they’re a sustainable delivery option, while others say they threaten sidewalk accessibility and jobs. Can ...

At MWC 2026 in Barcelona, Honor will show off its first humanoid service robot and a prototype of its Robot Phone. The company is investing billions to become the leader in consumer robotics, with a ...

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When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.