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nytimes.com - Jayson Stark - The robot umps are here: What to watch for with ABS this MLB spring training
The robot umps are here: What to watch for with ABS this MLB spring training
The New York Times

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Ready or not, the robots are here … in … the … house. You can find them in a big-league batter's box near you, fully locked and loaded to decide baseball's most important question: What's a strike?

scmp.com - Ben Jiang - From Doraemon to dexterous hands: LinkerBot equips robots with human skills
From Doraemon to dexterous hands: LinkerBot equips robots with human skills
South China Morning Post

Last August, Beijing hosted the world's first ever robotics competition, hailed as the Olympics for robotics, where human-shaped biped robots competed in sports events. Opening the grand show was a piano piece performed by a human pianist and a…

bloomberg.com - Vlad Savov - Chinese Smartphone Maker Honor Plans Humanoid Service Robot
Chinese Smartphone Maker Honor Plans Humanoid Service Robot
Bloomberg

Honor Device Co. will unveil its first humanoid robot later this week, joining a rush by Chinese companies into a burgeoning sector of new technology. The robot, aimed at consumer services such as shopping assistance, will make its debut at the MWC…

independent.co.uk - Mike Corder - From 'Robot Jetten' to prime minister: The rise of the Netherlands' youngest leader
From 'Robot Jetten' to prime minister: The rise of the Netherlands' youngest leader
The Independent

Rob Jetten has become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister of the Netherlands. Before Jetten, 38, took the oath of office on Monday to lead a minority three-party ruling coalition, Christian Democrat Ruud Lubbers held the record as the…

nbcnews.com - Tech companies are making their robots cute to try and win over humans
Tech companies are making their robots cute to try and win over humans
NBC News

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city's residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris. “She's doing her best, you guys,”…

wral.com - MIKE CORDER — Associated Press - From 'Robot Jetten' to prime minister: The rise of the Netherlands' youngest leader
From 'Robot Jetten' to prime minister: The rise of the Netherlands' youngest leader
WRAL | News and Weather in Raleigh NC

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Rob Jetten has become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister of the Netherlands. Before Jetten, 38, took the oath of office on Monday to lead a minority three-party ruling coalition, Christian Democrat…

phonearena.com - Abdullah Asim - Honor to show off the Magic V6 foldable and its robot phone in a few days
Honor to show off the Magic V6 foldable and its robot phone in a few days
PhoneArena

Honor will be unveiling its Magic V6 foldable phone in a few days, alongside the robot phone that the company teased last year. In addition, Honor will also show off the new MagicPad 4 tablet, and the company's entire presentation will be focused…

spiked-online.com - Andrew Orlowski - The cult that wants to give human rights to robots
The cult that wants to give human rights to robots
spiked - humanity is underrated

After the artificial-intelligence company, Anthropic, put its in-house philosopher, Amanda Askell, up for a profile by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, its media team must have thought things had gone quite well. Askell did not commit…

fool.com - Prosper Junior Bakiny - Intuitive Surgical: This Robotic-Surgery Leader Could Keep Compounding for Another Decade
Intuitive Surgical: This Robotic-Surgery Leader Could Keep Compounding for Another Decade
The Motley Fool

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG +0.86%) has faced challenges over the past year. President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs are impacting its financial results, and it's now facing more competition than it has arguably ever had in the market for robotic…

the-decoder.com - Matthias Bastian - Nvidia's DreamDojo is an open source world model for robot training
Nvidia's DreamDojo is an open source world model for robot training
The Decoder

Nvidia's AI research team has released DreamDojo, an open-source, interactive world model for robotics. It takes robot motor controls and generates a simulated future in pixels; no engine, no meshes, no hand-authored dynamics are required. Jim Fan…

tomshardware.com - Jowi Morales - User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller - security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds
User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller - security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds
Tom's Hardware

A security flaw that exposed thousands of DJI Romo robot vacuums to unauthorized access has been unintentionally revealed after a tinkerer built an app to control their own device with a PlayStation controller. According to The Verge, this problem…

fox23.com - Ian Nikkel - Over 350 students compete at 2nd Annual Redhawks Robotics Rumble
Over 350 students compete at 2nd Annual Redhawks Robotics Rumble
www.fox23.com

TULSA, Okla. — For these young engineers, the Robotics Rumble is more than a competition, it's preparation for the future. More than 60 elementary and middle school robotics teams from across Oklahoma gathered at the Union Freshman Academy…

koreatimes.co.kr - Yonhap - Hyundai Motor eyes investment in southwestern Saemangeum for AI, hydrogen mobility
Hyundai Motor eyes investment in southwestern Saemangeum for AI, hydrogen mobility
The Korea Times

Hyundai Motor Group is preparing to announce a multitrillion-won investment plan in reclaimed land in North Jeolla Province to foster growth in areas of artificial intelligence (AI), hydrogen and robotics, industry sources said Monday. According to…

nytimes.com - Natasha Singer - 'A.I. Literacy' Is Trending in Schools. Here's Why.
'A.I. Literacy' Is Trending in Schools. Here's Why.
The New York Times

Computer literacy. Internet literacy. Social media literacy. Mobile literacy. Virtual reality literacy. Every few years, the tech industry introduces a new kind of product, then prods schools to teach millions of students how to use it. The pitch…

fool.com - James Brumley - 3 Top Tech Stocks to Buy in February
3 Top Tech Stocks to Buy in February
The Motley Fool

Too many of them may be uncomfortably expensive right now. The fact is, however, technology stocks remain the market's best performers. That's not likely to change in the foreseeable future either. These companies are simply too well positioned to…

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