Revolutionary AI-powered exoskeletons weighing under 4.4 pounds break the $1,000 barrier, targeting hikers and seniors as companies push for mainstream adoption like smartwatches, with one manufacturer already selling 20,000 units of the terrain-adapting devices.
Anthropic unveils new evaluation framework for AI agents, revealing that autonomous systems' flexibility makes them significantly harder to test than traditional AI, requiring combination of code-based, model-based, and human graders to accurately assess capabilities and prevent performance regression.
A groundbreaking 'Surgical Humanoid' robot with two coordinated arms and dynamic vision now performs routine spinal surgeries at a Las Vegas hospital, while developers plan to integrate NVIDIA's AI technology for even greater surgical autonomy.
Caterpillar CEO Joe Creed partners with NVIDIA executives to unveil groundbreaking AI-powered heavy equipment and autonomous technology at CES 2026, showcasing three decades of industrial innovation through live demonstrations of smart excavators and fleet management systems that promise to revolutionize construction worksites with real-time guidance and enhanced safety features.
Hyundai partners with Boston Dynamics to deploy AI-powered Atlas robots across manufacturing facilities by 2028, combining humanoid robotics with Google DeepMind's Gemini AI to handle complex assembly tasks and revolutionize factory operations.
Nvidia launches Cosmos Reason 2 AI model enabling physical robots to plan and reason through real-world environments, alongside three new Nemotron systems for speech recognition, data processing, and safety detection, marking a shift toward generalist robots with broad foundational knowledge.
NVIDIA launches groundbreaking physical AI models and the Jetson Thor platform, powering next-generation robots from Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, and other major partners while introducing the energy-efficient Jetson T4000 module to revolutionize how machines understand and interact with the physical world.
AI chatbots evolve into powerful autonomous agents through revolutionary tool-calling technology that enables them to access real-time databases, perform complex calculations, and execute real-world actions like sending emails, while requiring sophisticated security frameworks and human oversight for safe deployment.
Boston Dynamics partners with Google DeepMind at CES 2026 to integrate Gemini AI foundation models with Atlas humanoid robots, targeting manufacturing transformation in automotive and other industries through advanced visual-language-action capabilities.
Tech giants including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft form coalitions around AI agents amid soaring 2025 hype, but Gartner predicts over 40% of projects will be canceled by 2027 due to security vulnerabilities, accuracy issues, high costs, and companies lacking proper data readiness despite projected $155 billion spending by 2030.