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Your Enterprise Data Strategy Wasn't Built For Robots
Richard Clough is the EY Global Chief Data Officer, mobilizing the AI Ready Data Strategy and AI Ready Data Governance. Every large organization now has an AI strategy, but almost all of it is aimed at AI that lives on a screen, not the AI that…
Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won't hurt them?
The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings with it a problem: that architecture isn't predictable the way traditional algorithms are. How can you be sure your brand new humanoid will be safe? Dr. Ding…
The hottest trip for Silicon Valley investors? Robot factories in China
Last year, when Ryan Cunningham, a Silicon Valley investor, floated a trip to China in a WhatsApp group of robotics investors, the response was lukewarm. One person jokingly asked if he could smuggle a humanoid robot home. This year, the jokes have…
FCC Gives This Robot Vacuum Maker an Exemption From Foreign-Made Robot Ban
A Silicon Valley company called Matic is the first robot vacuum producer to receive an exemption to the US ban on foreign-made advanced robots. On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission issued Matic a 'conditional approval” to sell…
Exclusive | Robotics Startup RobCo Hits $1 Billion Valuation
German robotics startup RobCo has sold shares in a deal that values the company at more than $1 billion—double the level hit earlier this year—highlighting investor enthusiasm for physical AI systems. The company makes autonomous…
YouTuber Fights Humanoid Robots in Unsanctioned MMA Bout
In a collision of some of the most terrifying elements of modern society, a YouTube and TikTok influencer has fought a series of humanoid robots in unsanctioned MMA bouts. As Tom's Hardware reports, the farcical matchup was pure spectacle, with the…
Dreame's Prime Big Deal Days Sale Cuts Up to 40% Off Robot Vacuums That Actually Think About Your Floorplan
Most robot vacuums “understand” your home in the same way they did in 2012: They bump into things, back up, try again, and end up stuck under a chair or couch. Dreame takes a different approach, building each of its robots around a…
Clean Up With Early Prime Day Robot Vacuum & Mop Deals Over 40% Off
It's our favorite time of the year again! Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is just a day away, but early robot vacuum and mop deals just couldn't be contained. Amazon has already rolled out holiday-level price drops, letting you automate your floor…
Why ordinary investors struggle to buy into the robotics boom
Anyone hoping to bet on robots taking over factories, warehouses and homes runs into the awkward fact that shares of the start-ups at the centre of the frenzy cannot be bought on a stock exchange. What is available is a carmaker betting its future…
Ukraine says using AI robot guns to shoot down new Russian drones
For months, Kyiv has been seeking new ways to intercept the new Russian drones pounding the Ukrainian capital as it faces a dire lack of suitable ammunition to take them out. Russia's newer jet-powered drones move faster and are harder to intercept…
German robot startup RobCo hits $1 billion valuation, CEO moves to US
AMSTERDAM, Oct 5: German robotics maker RobCo on Monday said it had passed a $1 billion valuation and that its CEO Roman Holzl had relocated to the United States to focus on the company's fastest-growing market. The Munich-based firm said the…
Data centers to factory floors: Walden robots learn on the job - SiliconANGLE
AI is moving beyond the data centers where models are trained and onto factory floors where machines must handle constant change. But traditional industrial robots work behind a cage, repeat a single task and were never designed for the…
Deliveroo says its first robot deliveries will start in 5 UK cities soon - but claims the 'majority' of orders will still involve human riders
Deliveroo says its first robot deliveries will start soon in London Canary Wharf will get its first four-wheeled robot deliveries this month Four other UK cities will follow 'in the coming weeks and months' Your next Deliveroo order could arrive…
Reka AI's omni-model Rho-1 handles text, images, video, and robot control in a single model
Reka AI has released a research preview of Rho-1. The 19-billion-parameter omni-model processes and generates text, images, video, and robot control actions in a single neural network. Unlike most AI systems that route tasks to specialized models…
Robots in Punggol to get help to cross the road when they deliver food and go on patrol
SINGAPORE – Robots could soon be delivering food and going on patrols in Punggol under a trial project but, first, plans are under way to help them cross the road safely. That is why the authorities are looking to add sensors to traffic…
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