thenextweb

2025-08-04

Why Europe could quietly win the humanoid race


Elon Musk’s Optimus demo at Tesla’s We Robot event made one thing clear: when it comes to humanoids, the spotlight still belongs to the United States. Then there is Asia — with China’s rapid developments and Japan and South Korea’s deep legacy in robotics. Headlines still gravitate toward billion-dollar budgets, rapid hardware iterations, and slick simulation reels.  Behind the noise, though, another development is unfolding in Europe — quieter, but potentially far more consequential. The next chapter of humanoid robotics may be defined not by [...]

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Match Score: 72.73

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2025-06-07

The head of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program leaves the company

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Match Score: 59.45

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2025-09-15

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Match Score: 47.68

venturebeat

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Kai-Fu Lee's brutal assessment: America is already losing the AI hardware war to China

China is on track to dominate consumer artificial intelligence applications and robotics manufacturing within years, but the United States will maintain its substantial lead in enterprise AI adoption [...]

Match Score: 46.70

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2025-10-25

Chinese startup shows off a dancing humanoid robot that starts at $1,400

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2025-02-13

Formula E will finally debut its fast-charging pit stops this weekend

After announcing initial plans two years ago, Formula E is finally ready to deploy its fast-charging pit stops in an official race. At the Jeddah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia this weekend, the all-electric [...]

Match Score: 42.00

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2025-06-03

Artem Sokolov, Founder of Humanoid – Interview Series

Artem Sokolov is the founder of Humanoid, as well as a global investor and entrepreneur. He successfully took over his family business and grew it to a $1 billion valuation. He later founded Humanoid [...]

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2025-07-26

This humanoid robot can do cartwheels, handstands and roundhouse kicks at less than $6,000

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2025-05-14

Appeals court confirms that tracking-based online advertising is illegal in Europe

The Belgian Court of Appeal ruled today that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) currently used as the foundation for most online advertising is illegal in the EU. This decision upholds the f [...]

Match Score: 40.28