Robotics

Internet mocks Iranians dressed as 'advanced humanoid robots' at tech expo

Acne scars, blinking and breathing revealed the "advanced" robots were people in costumes.

Costumed humans pretending to be robots at an Iranian tech expo in November.
Skylorder

The future of robotics is software-defined

 Elon Musk speaks during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, May 30, 2025.

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 One of Israel’s youth robotics teams, Trigon Amit Boys, has declined to participate in the final stages of the FIRST robotics finals over Shabbat observance.

Robotics team withdraws from Global Finals to honor Shabbat


Israeli 'loneliness' robot company raises $36 million

“In the future, robots will provide a more proactive, empathetic, and personalized user experience,” said Colin Angle, CEO of investor iRobot.

MusashiAI's artificial intelligence-controlled visual inspection robot.

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As societal aging and workplace automation threaten economies worldwide, Israel seeks to take initiative

Elderly Israelis sit in a designated protected space in a senior citizens home in Jerusalem, June 2, 2009, as a siren is sounded during a nationwide civil defense drill simulating a rocket attack.

Japanese-Israeli partnership launches 'job agency for robots'

The joint venture of the companies, MusashiAI, will enable businesses to hire fully-autonomous AI robots to work alongside humans in industrial workplaces, according to their needs.

MusashiAI's artificial intelligence-controlled visual inspection robot.

Robotemi names Lior Suchard as new CBO

"I am excited to join ths groundbreaking venture in the field of personal robots," Suchard wrote in a statement.

Yossi Wolf, CEO Robotemi (left) and Lior Suchard, CBO Robotemi (right)

Israeli robots will accompany soldiers into battle in future wars

General Robotics makes the DOGO tactical robot and Pitbull, a remote weapon that can be put on an unmanned vehicle, such as Gahat’s unmanned ground vehicles

The Gahat booth shows unmanned vehicles and robots such as General Robotics Pitbull gun system

Tel Aviv company to supply robots to New Zealand Defense Force

Roboteam will supply a family of robots that operate on a wireless mesh network, a communications network based on radio nodes controlled from a single control unit.

Three of Roboteam's robotic solutions

OurCrowd announces 2019 Investor Summit theme: Making a global impact

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, assets under management defined as impact now tally $114 billion.

Thousands of people attended the 2018 OurCrowd summit in Jerusalem

Eye on the spine

In 2000, Shoham approached the Technion’s incubator and started a company, today known as Mazor Robotics.

 An animated version of Mazor Robotics' Mazor X system

Israeli youth flex their innovation muscles in Houston

The competition is supported by the NASA Space Agency and is attended by hundreds of outstanding high school groups from around the world.

Hadassah Neurim Youth Village students show off their robot

Smart robots: a look at the future

"The brain – the most complex part of the machine – that will be Israeli. Israel will contribute to making robots smart."

A Lynx robot with Amazon Alexa integration on display in Las Vegas.