ABE FOUNDERS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 The humanoid-robot industry has become very good at producing moments that look like science fiction. Robots can dance. They can box. They can work through obstacle courses. And, as we reported earlier today, one Chinese humanoid has now completed a 100-metre test run in 9.32 seconds. But…
ABE NEWS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 For more than 16 years, one number has represented the outer edge of human sprinting: 9.58 seconds. That is how long it took Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt to run 100 metres at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, establishing a men’s world record that no human athlete…
ABE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026 A robot can run, dance, box and perform martial arts. That’s impressive. But on Wednesday, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker did something completely different: It sent investors into a frenzy. Unitree Robotics made its stock-market debut on Shanghai’s STAR Market, with shares priced at 150.80 yuan. They…
South Korea wants to land on the Moon by 2030. That alone would be a major technological achievement. But the Moon may actually be the least important part of the story. South Korea has unveiled an ambitious national technology strategy covering quantum computing, nuclear energy, renewable energy, biotechnology, space, aviation and critical materials. The…
