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Robophobic Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Southwest Airlines appears to have become the first airline to enshrine a no-robots policy into their rulebook, after a Dallas business owner tried to take his 3.5-foot robot for a…
Sanctuary AI: Humanoid Robots Will Hit Homes In 3-7 Years
This is Phoenix, Sanctuary AI's humanoid robot. Screenshot from Sanctuary AI's website. Will the home be the last place the humanoid robot gets a job? According to Sanctuary AI CEO James Wells, probably yes. That's a bit of a gut punch for those of…
Robot vacuum that 'saves time' and leaves floors 'spotless' has £400 off
Shoppers are praising a robot vacuum cleaner that leaves floors “spotless” after it received a major price cut in a spring sale. The Roborock Saros 10 Robot Vacuum is currently discounted by £400 at Roborock. Normally priced at…
AI advances are breaking into the physical world - and robots will soon learn how to do your washing and ironing
The worldwide AI race is fast developing beyond the computer screen and focusing on the physical world around us. Top labs are intent on making “thinking” robots, with brains that mimic our own, which are able to interact with the…
World Action Models give robots the ability to simulate consequences before they move
Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER A recent review paper introduces a systematic framework for 'World Action Models' (WAMs), a model class for robotics that enables AI systems to be trained using unlabeled everyday videos. Unlike conventional…
Robot vac gets £400 price cut and pet owners 'wish I'd bought one sooner
Shoppers have praised a robot vacuum cleaner that leaves floors 'spotless' as a 'revelation' after it received a massive discount in a spring sale. The model in question is available at Roborock, where there's £400 off the brand's Saros 10…
Japan deploys robot wolves to fight off bear attacks
A Japanese manufacturer that makes animatronic wolves is currently being overwhelmed with orders as the country attempts to tackle rising bear attacks. The number of fatal bear attacks in Japan between 2025 and 2026 has more than doubled the…
Disney pulled back the curtain on Imagineering's robotics lab during its Week of Wishes for a young fan - and showed how its next-gen characters come to life
The Walt Disney Company recently marked its “Week of Wishes” — not a promotion for a new film, the unveiling of an attraction, or a product launch, but rather a celebration of its long-standing partnership with Make-A-Wish, the…
Japan can't make robot wolves fast enough to counter the rise in bear attacks that have killed 13 humans this year - $4,000+ animatronic Monster Wolf features intense LEDs and makes loud noises
With record reports of bear attacks on humans, Japan has been increasingly turning to high-tech solutions, as you might expect. However, reports suggest that Ohta Seiki, a firm making the animatronic robot Monster Wolf to repel bears from…
For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis
When Lior Susan started Eclipse Ventures in 2015, the firm's thesis of digitizing the physical world wasn't particularly popular in Silicon Valley. “It was the era of enterprise software and SaaS, and it felt fairly lonely the first couple…
TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! There is a bit of a theme emerging in…
Workers' motions used to train AI | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
SEOUL, South Korea -- His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a…
What Marketers Can Learn From A small AI Startup That Said No To Elon
There's a region in southwestern Germany known for dense forest and cured ham. It is not, by any reasonable measure, where you'd expect to find one of the most consequential AI companies on the planet. And yet, Black Forest Labs — 70 people…
AI-related layoffs a boost for stocks? Not necessarily
CNBC compiled a list of 23 S&P 500 firms across multiple sectors and industries to see how their stocks fared following layoffs linked to AI. As of May 15, 13 of those companies, or 56%, have traded in the red from the time of their layoff…
NVIDIA (NVDA): UBS Sees More Upside as AI Demand Stays Healthy
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of billionaire Steve Cohen's large-cap stock picks with the highest upside potential. On May 11, analysts at UBS reiterated a Buy rating on NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and a $245 price target. The…
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