Robot design commonly mimics the abilities of their human creators, but some researchers have been inspired by a possibly unexpected creature: an ant. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Huge thanks go to the ...

Flashy robots can dance and backflip on cue, but Ant Group is betting open-source AI can take them beyond scripted moves ...

Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, today announced the open-source release of LingBot-VLA, a vision-language-action (VLA) model designed to serve as a "universal brain" for real-world ...

Ant Group, backed by Jack Ma, entered the humanoid robot race by unveiling its first model, the R1, at the 2025 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in Shanghai. Through its unit Robbyant, the Alibaba ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Ant Group, the Alibaba-linked fintech giant, is venturing into the humanoid robot industry, joining a growing list of major Chinese tech companies exploring this emerging field.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a new lunar mission for startup company Firefly, how to teach old robots new tricks, our new robotic ant overlords and more. You can sign up to get ...

Mimicking ants' hairy jaws could make robotic systems much more effective at picking objects up and moving them around. A prototype "hairy robotic gripper" has been developed by the University of ...

Seeking Alpha's roundup of statements, announcements and remarks that could impact the technology sector. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the potentially negative impact of AI chatbots ...