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japantimes.co.jp - China sends robots out into the world to learn how to be human
China sends robots out into the world to learn how to be human
The Japan Times

In an industrial park on the outskirts of Beijing, a humanoid arm picks up a bag of Lay's potato chips and places it neatly along a row of snacks on a shelf. Nearby, a worker films himself grabbing cushions off a sofa and folding sheets on a bed…

newstatesman.com - Nicholas Harris - Diane Morgan's very human robot
Diane Morgan's very human robot
The Newstatesman

It's as if all our social anxieties have arrived at once: failsons, artificial intelligence and social care. Sue is 80, and starting to feel it, beginning not just to fall but to “have” falls, falls that she resolutely explains away…

theguardian.com - Senay Boztas - Robots, AI and drones: how the Dutch navy is using tech to transform its sea defences
Robots, AI and drones: how the Dutch navy is using tech to transform its sea defences
The Guardian

On each side of the target ship, a black vessel keeps a watchful distance. Defender 1 and Defender 2 are the eyes and ears of the navy – but they have nobody onboard, and their paths are controlled by a computer system. This is the future of…

standard.co.uk - Laura Elston - Anne's royal encounter with humanoid robot on trip to South Korea
Anne's royal encounter with humanoid robot on trip to South Korea
Evening Standard

The Princess Royal experienced a royal meet and greet with a difference in South Korea when she shook hands with a humanoid robot. Anne, who is on a three-day official visit to the republic, watched as the state of the art machine ran speedily back…

bloomberg.com - Takashi Mochizuki - Japan's Robot Makers Join Nvidia's Physical AI Cosmos Coalition
Japan's Robot Makers Join Nvidia's Physical AI Cosmos Coalition
Bloomberg

Sign up for the Next Japan newsletter, for an inside view of the forces reshaping Japan, and what's next for its businesses, markets and consumers. Fujitsu Ltd., Fanuc Corp. and two of Japan's biggest robotics companies will work together in robot…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - A Red Bull engineer got bored with Formula One. His robotics startup just raised $55 million.
A Red Bull engineer got bored with Formula One. His robotics startup just raised $55 million.
Business Insider

A former Formula One engineer left the world's fastest race cars to tackle a much bigger engineering challenge: teaching robots to work in factories. Now, his Munich-based startup, microagi, has raised $55 million in the largest seed round secured…

mirror.co.uk - Zahra Khaliq - Tesco trials huge change to UK supermarkets as '6ft AI robot' spotted in store
Tesco trials huge change to UK supermarkets as '6ft AI robot' spotted in store
Daily Mirror

Tesco is trialing a new 6.5ft aisle-roaming robot to help detect missing stock and pricing errors. The life-sized machine will use AI and computer vision to independently roam supermarket aisles and continuously monitor shelves - saving staff from…

autoguide.com - Michael Accardi - GM Wants Suppliers To Prove They Are Replacing People With Robots
GM Wants Suppliers To Prove They Are Replacing People With Robots
Autoguide

General Motors is literally coming for people's jobs. GM has launched a new Overall Automation Maturity Index, or OAMI, that asks major suppliers to grade how automated their operations are on a five-point scale. The program started in March, when…

theguardian.com - Michael Hogan - Bite my shiny metal ass! TV's all-time top robots
Bite my shiny metal ass! TV's all-time top robots
The Guardian

The robots are coming. And one of them happens to look a lot like Philomena Cunk in a wig. This week sees the arrival of Ann Droid, the BBC's new odd-couple comedy. Diane Morgan stars as a secondhand elderly care bot, foisted upon Sue Johnston 's…

yahoo.com - Maham Fatima - Himax (HIMX) Launches HE Series iToF Depth Decoder ICs for AI Vision and Robotics
Himax (HIMX) Launches HE Series iToF Depth Decoder ICs for AI Vision and Robotics
Yahoo!

Himax Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is one of the best performing semiconductor stocks to invest in. On June 30, Himax launched its HE Series indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) Depth Decoder ICs, designed to enhance 3D sensing for robotics…

bloomberg.com - Samantha Kelly - Toyota-Backed Startup Walden Robotics Comes Out of Stealth With $1.1 Billion Valuation
Toyota-Backed Startup Walden Robotics Comes Out of Stealth With $1.1 Billion Valuation
Bloomberg

Walden Robotics, a startup working on humanoids that was spun out of a Toyota robotics research lab, has secured approximately $300 million in funding as it emerges from stealth with a valuation of $1.1 billion. The seed round was co-led by…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport, Angira Bharadwaj - Acorn Capital sells Dredge Robotics stake to Perth family office
Acorn Capital sells Dredge Robotics stake to Perth family office
Australian Financial Review

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

independent.co.uk - Laura Elston - Anne's royal meet and greet with a robot during South Korea tour
Anne's royal meet and greet with a robot during South Korea tour
The Independent

The Princess Royal enjoyed a royal meeting with a twist when she shook hands with a robot. The futuristic meet and greet took place in South Korea where Anne in on a three-day official trip. She watched as the state of the art machine ran speedily…

fool.com - Anthony Di Pizio - Is This Robotics Stock a Potential 10-Bagger?
Is This Robotics Stock a Potential 10-Bagger?
The Motley Fool

Serve Robotics (SERV 0.95%) develops last-mile logistics solutions. It believes robots and drones are perfect for delivering food, retail goods, and other small commercial loads, because they are far more efficient and less expensive than current…

jpost.com - ANNA AHRONHEIM - Robotican: Robots built for the front lines, and below them
Robotican: Robots built for the front lines, and below them
The Jerusalem Post

“It's the era of robots,” Robotican CEO Hagai Balshai told Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post. Robotican began as a small engineering company in the Negev a short drive away from the Gaza border, built by robotics researchers who…

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