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futurism.com - Frank Landymore - Video Shows Robot Attacking CEO
Video Shows Robot Attacking CEO
Futurism

AI robots turning on us and taking over the world is something on all of our minds right now. But would it be so bad if the machines went after CEOs first? We're mulling over the prospect of such delicious schadenfreude after watching a new…

businessinsider.com - Tom Carter - The 25 companies that will dominate the humanoid robot race, according to Morgan Stanley
The 25 companies that will dominate the humanoid robot race, according to Morgan Stanley
Business Insider

The race to get in on the humanoid robot boom is heating up. In a research note released earlier this month, analysts at Morgan Stanley broke down a list of the 25 companies best positioned to dominate the market for humanoid robots, which the…

popsci.com - Andrew Paul - Underwater robot survives voyage to 'never-accessed region of the planet
Underwater robot survives voyage to 'never-accessed region of the planet
Popular Science

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Thanks to an underwater survey robot, oceanographers are getting the first-ever readings collected from underneath East Antarctic's vast ice shelves. But for a moment, it wasn't clear…

gizmodo.com - Matt Novak - Elon Musk's Optimus Robot Collapses in a Hilariously Suspicious Way
Elon Musk's Optimus Robot Collapses in a Hilariously Suspicious Way
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Tesla held a special pop-up event over the weekend for Art Basel Miami Beach, the international art fair in Florida. The pop-up was dubbed “The Future of Autonomy Visualized” and reportedly featured Elon Musk's Cybercab prototype and…

forbes.com - Mark Faithfull - Stores Beat Robots As Kroger Opts For $350 Million Ocado Pay Off
Stores Beat Robots As Kroger Opts For $350 Million Ocado Pay Off
Forbes

A Kroger grocery store parking lot with designated spaces for customer pick up. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Maybe the robots aren't coming for us after all, as grocery retailer Kroger confirmed its retreat from its…

bloomberg.com - Daniele Lepido - Tether Backs Italian Humanoid-Robotics Firm as AI Push Builds
Tether Backs Italian Humanoid-Robotics Firm as AI Push Builds
Bloomberg

Stablecoin giant Tether has joined a €70 million ($81.6 million) funding round for Italy-based Generative Bionics, a humanoid-robotics startup developing industrial robots built using research from the Italian Institute of Technology. The…

newsweek.com - Jaw-Yuan Wang - Pioneering Precision Surgery: The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Program at KMUH
Pioneering Precision Surgery: The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Program at KMUH
Newsweek

In the era of constant innovation in surgical care, robotic-assisted surgery has become a defining hallmark of modern surgical technology. Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (KMUH) stands at the forefront of this transformation…

chicagotribune.com - Chris Jones - Review: In 'Marjorie Prime' on Broadway, the disquieting robot future is here
Review: In 'Marjorie Prime' on Broadway, the disquieting robot future is here
Chicago Tribune

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NEW YORK — The central premise of “Marjorie Prime,” now on Broadway with Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb, Danny Burstein and Christopher Lowell, is that technology might allow the creation…

futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse
Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse
Futurism

Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots still need plenty of help from a human teleoperator who's hidden from view. During a flashy event on a Hollywood movie studio lot in October 2024, for instance, an army of bipedal robots could be seen pouring drinks…

digitaltrends.com - Trevor Mogg - Watch Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot takes an embarrassing tumble
Watch Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot takes an embarrassing tumble
Digital Trends

Tesla chief Elon Musk claimed in January that he believes its Optimus humanoid robot business will be worth “north of $10 trillion in revenue,” but a recent video suggests there's still plenty of work to do on the contraption. In an…

kotaku.com - Ethan Gach - Elon Musk Robot Looks Drunk And Falls Over At Tesla Party
Elon Musk Robot Looks Drunk And Falls Over At Tesla Party
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

Hideo Kojima can't say what the very P.T. -looking OD is but suggests it won't be as easy to explain as his new espionage game. The Shenmue 4 footage going around is fake. And an Elon Musk robot failed at its one job during a recent Tesla event.

cointelegraph.com - Brian Quarmby - Tether deepens AI bet, backs Italian firm's humanoid robots
Tether deepens AI bet, backs Italian firm's humanoid robots
Cointelegraph

Stablecoin giant Tether has announced it is one of the backers of an $81 million funding round for an Italian artificial intelligence startup aiming to build advanced humanoid robots. The 70 million euro funding round for startup Generative Bionics…

jalopnik.com - Ryan Erik King - Tesla Robot Teleoperator Crashes Out In Hilarious Fashion
Tesla Robot Teleoperator Crashes Out In Hilarious Fashion
Jalopnik

Along with Optimus' footing, the robot's development team is also shaky. Ashish Kumar, the project's former head of AI, announced that he was leaving Tesla in September. He's now a research scientist at Meta. Kumar noted that he didn't jump ship…

t3.com - Lizzie Wilmot - Roborock unveils its first-ever robot vacuum cleaner with a roller mop
Roborock unveils its first-ever robot vacuum cleaner with a roller mop
T3

Roborock has launched the new Qrevo Curv 2 Flow, making it the brand's first robot vacuum to swap traditional mop pads for a wide roller mop. It also features LiDAR navigation, 20,000 Pa suction, hot-water mop cleaning and a smart dock that handles…

phonearena.com - Ilia Temelkov - Honor's phone with a robotic arm may be much more than just a concept
Honor's phone with a robotic arm may be much more than just a concept
PhoneArena

Everyone's busy talking about how AI will change everything, including smartphones, forever, but Honor may take things a step further. During the Magic8 series premiere in October, the company teased the so-called Robot Phone, which everyone…

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