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Robotics, Science Underway as Cosmonauts Prep for Wednesday Spacewalk
Robotics controllers wrapped up a weekend of swapping scientific hardware packed inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft's trunk for installation on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Expedition 74 crew is continuing its…
Figure Humanoid Robots Get Jobs With JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers
Figure 03 humanoid robot. Screenshot from a Brett Adcock tweet. Figure got a job at dad's company. Not literally, of course, because humanoid robots don't have dads. Or moms. But figuratively (sorry) because a key investor in Figure's series C…
This startup is betting India's gig economy can train the world's robots
In the last few years, India's online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. Meanwhile, startups working on home services, such as on-demand household…
Unitree's IPO progress spurs stock buying of firms with exposure to robot maker
Unitree Robotics' progress on its domestic initial public offering (IPO) has sparked a buying frenzy of stocks with exposure to the humanoid robot juggernaut, as traders snapped up shares of its pre-IPO investors and business partners. Investors…
3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild
A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components is not going to win marathons just yet. But such relatively inexpensive hardware could enable researchers to more easily test and train AI-powered…
AI and Robotics Could Accelerate SpaceX Moon and Mars Colonization · Digg
Original post This is our mission. The timeline for achieving this shrinks significantly if we can 10-100x the useful output of our engineering and manufacturing teams. AI and robotics make this possible. This can happen in our lifetime. Many users…
Is Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) One of the Best Robotic Surgery Stocks to Buy?
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) is one of the best robotic surgery stocks to buy. BofA cut the price target on Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) to $520 from $650 on May 18, reiterating a Buy rating on the shares. The firm told…
Is Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH) One of the Best Robotic Surgery Stocks to Buy?
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZBH) is one of the best robotic surgery stocks to buy. Canaccord cut the price target on Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZBH) to $83 from $93 on April 29, and maintained a Buy rating on the shares. The firm…
Fashion Brands Are About to Discover Their Next Growth Market: Dressing Humanoid Robots
Robots need clothes for the same reason humans do, how they're dressed changes how people feel about them. A humanoid in exposed metal reads as cold industrial machinery. The same machine in a tailored concierge uniform reads as helpful, calm, and…
Ahead of IPO review, Unitree Robotics filing shows first-quarter profits plunged
Unitree Robotics, a luminary in China's humanoid robot boom, has reported a sharp plunge in first-quarter profits just days before its crucial listing hearing, casting a shadow over its Star Market initial public offering (IPO) as soaring expenses…
Oops! Domino's-Partnered Robotics Startup That Was Supposed to Put Human Pizza Chefs Out of a Job Just Shut Down
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Picnic, a Seattle-based startup that raised more than $53 million to develop robots capable of putting human restaurant workers out of a job — even partnering with the giant…
Sorry, Humanoid Robots, You Can't Fly On Southwest Airlines Anymore
It seems that Southwest Airlines has adopted a similar policy as the Mos Eisley Cantina when it comes to droids: 'We don't want them here.' A recently released policy spells this out in no uncertain terms. Southwest Airlines does not allow…
I just watched a Chinese robot make the worst eggs I've ever seen
You can't make a great humanoid home robot without breaking a few eggs, and in that way, GigaAI's SeeLight S1 almost succeeds. It doesn't break the eggs, but it does appear to bend the rules of good culinary skills, delivering some of the…
Inside the NBA' astonished by robot humanoids
Robot humanoids may not be quite ready to take over the world just yet, but they are getting closer each and every day. And Inside the NBA was the latest to come uncomfortably close to the realization that the human race will soon become totally…
Uber drivers in Massachusetts just pulled off the biggest labor win since 1941 - just before the robots arrive
Drivers for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft in Massachusetts became the first in the nation Tuesday to certify a union, marking a milestone in the growing effort to organize gig-economy workers amid ongoing concerns over pay, expenses and…
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