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japantimes.co.jp - Japan's busiest rail station tests robot bins
Japan's busiest rail station tests robot bins
The Japan Times

The world's busiest railway station, located at the heart of Tokyo in Japan, is testing whether mobile robotic rubbish bins can ease the workload of sanitation workers, a rail operator representative said on Friday. Shinjuku Station is a sprawling…

gizmodo.com - Kyle Torpey - Mr. Robot's Ecoin Comes to Life Via Wall Street's New Blockchain
Mr. Robot's Ecoin Comes to Life Via Wall Street's New Blockchain
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

In the TV series Mr. Robot, E Corp CEO Phillip Price treats bitcoin as an existential problem after a after a cyberattack throws the traditional financial system into crisis. “If Bitcoin takes over, we are all in a world of hell,”…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Founder of Chinese startup Spirit AI says robot brains set for 2027 breakthrough
Founder of Chinese startup Spirit AI says robot brains set for 2027 breakthrough
The Standard

Humanoid robot brains are likely to achieve a breakthrough as soon as mid-2027, but their deployment in homes could take at least eight years as model development faces a data bottleneck, leading Chinese embodied AI firm Spirit AI said this week.

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - OpenAI is offering robotics engineers up to $500,000. Here's what its new job listings reveal.
OpenAI is offering robotics engineers up to $500,000. Here's what its new job listings reveal.
Business Insider

OpenAI is offering robotics engineers up to half a million dollars a year in base salaries as it builds out its robotics efforts. The company has 27 robotics jobs listed on its careers page, up from 11 in May, spanning hardware, software, data…

axios.com - Natalie Breymeyer - A quieter corner of robotics is gaining traction
A quieter corner of robotics is gaining traction
Axios

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gizmodo.com - Matthew Phelan - While Issuing Warnings About AI-Made Bioweapons, Anthropic Quietly Set Up an AI-Run, Robot-Operated Biology Lab Here in the US
While Issuing Warnings About AI-Made Bioweapons, Anthropic Quietly Set Up an AI-Run, Robot-Operated Biology Lab Here in the US
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Just one week after Anthropic released a report claiming to have shut down potential bioweapons development conducted by unnamed users of its Claude AI, details have now emerged that the AI firm has also been quietly running a robotically automated…

france24.com - Japan's busiest rail station tests robot bins
Japan's busiest rail station tests robot bins
FRANCE 24

Shinjuku Station is a sprawling transport complex with multiple rail firms that serve more than 2.7 million passengers every day, and holds the Guinness World Record for the world's busiest rail station. In a part of the station operated by East…

techxplore.com - Singapore University of Technology and Design - Maple-seed-inspired robot flies more accurately with predictive control
Maple-seed-inspired robot flies more accurately with predictive control
Tech Xplore

A flying robot with just one moving part may sound simple. Controlling one precisely is anything but. Most conventional drones rely on several rotors to control how they rise, turn and move. A robot with only one actuator has far fewer ways to…

thedebrief.org - Christopher Plain - Icarus Robotics' Microgravity Robot JOY Completes 22 Minutes of Successful Weightless Flight
Icarus Robotics' Microgravity Robot JOY Completes 22 Minutes of Successful Weightless Flight
The Debrief

Icarus Robotics just announced that its microgravity robot, JOY, successfully completed 22 minutes of cumulative weightlessness across four test flights, marking the first successful simulated space-environment tests of the next-generation robot…

hola.com - Shirley Gomez - Elon Musk says robots could outnumber humans: How soon?
Elon Musk says robots could outnumber humans: How soon?
HOLA! USA

Elon Musk has made one of his biggest predictions yet about the rise of humanoid robots, forecasting that more than a billion could be operating within the next decade and that their combined productivity could surpass that of the entire human…

techxplore.com - Anne J. Manning - Open-source benchmark tests whether AI agents can engineer working robots
Open-source benchmark tests whether AI agents can engineer working robots
Tech Xplore

With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in daily life, software coding has become increasingly automated, with powerful AI systems known as coding agents able to write and revise computer programs almost autonomously. But what happens when…

computerweekly.com - Joe O’Halloran - TLD Robotics launches to deploy autonomous operations at scale | Computer Weekly
TLD Robotics launches to deploy autonomous operations at scale | Computer Weekly
ComputerWeekly.com

Following parent Alvest Group 's acquisition of domain technology leader EasyMile, TLD Robotics has begun operations looking to specialise in autonomous ground operations, bringing together autonomous software, industrial vehicle capacity…

247wallst.com - Omor Ibne Ehsan - Caterpillar's Robot Trucks Are Heading to Two More Quarries. Should You Buy the Dip Under $800?
Caterpillar's Robot Trucks Are Heading to Two More Quarries. Should You Buy the Dip Under $800?
24/7 Wall St

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dailymail.com - Samantha Loren, U.S. Political Reporter - Lawmakers freak out at Melania Trump's 'creepy' AI robots plan
Lawmakers freak out at Melania Trump's 'creepy' AI robots plan
Mail Online

Sign up HERE to our DC Insider newsletter - your guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on the Hill First Lady Melania Trump this week challenged North Carolina elementary school students to build…

forbes.com - Iri Trashanski - The AI Race Is Becoming A Silicon Race
The AI Race Is Becoming A Silicon Race
Forbes

Iri Trashanski, Chief Strategy Officer at Ceva, is shaping the future of the Smart Edge with extensive experience across tech sectors. ​ Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI and other technology leaders are investing in custom…

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