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Unitree Unveils Fearsome Bodyguard Robot
Surely the robots that've been heavily marketed with all kinds of martial arts stunts would never be designed for violent ends, right? We're less certain than ever. On Wednesday, China's Unitree released a teaser for its new…
Washington's robot curbs could slash the U.S.'s humanoid robotics revenue by 58%, as companies lose access to China
Washington's trade restrictions could leave the U.S.'s humanoid robotics market nearly 60% smaller than it would otherwise be by 2030, according to market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The projection points to a widening split…
Unitree Founder Now Expects Robots Breakthrough as Soon as 2028
The founder of Unitree Robotics now expects a breakthrough in humanoids in as little as two years, a reversal for a Chinese entrepreneur who once predicted intelligent machines would take as long as decade to go mainstream. Wang Xingxing, one of…
Lasers, Robots and AI: The Fight to Save Salmon Goes High-Tech
This is an edition of The Future of Everything newsletter, a look at how innovation and technology are transforming the way we live, work and play. If you're not subscribed, sign up here. Deep in Norway's ocean fjords, AI cameras, robots and lasers…
On the ground at Nvidia GTC Berlin: Jensen Huang, robot ducks and neocloud distress
Nvidia's GTC in Berlin was the grand finale of a week-and-a-half whistle stop European tour, that's seen CEO Jensen Huang meet with world leaders and announce new products. One the conference floor, conversations centered around neocloud distress…
MIT scientists build a tiny robot that swims using living muscle cells
The engineers developed an extremely thin swimming robot that uses living muscle tissue to move its fins. Described in a new study published in Advanced Functional Materials, the device has a flexible gel framework roughly the length and width of a…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Robot Training, Space Lasers And Greener Cement
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. From teaching robots to do everyday household chores to using lasers to track satellites in…
Cupertino Recap: We Are the Robots
A case centered on a fatal family tragedy tied to a chatbot cuts to one of the biggest ethical issues facing the tech industry today. I have a question for you. Whenever Bo appears on Cupertino — and he appears an awful lot this week, even…
Human Data, Robot Hands: Where Automation Goes Next
Everyday human activity is becoming robot-training data. Paid programs recruit people to record cooking, laundry and tool use, while industrial systems capture skilled work. Together, video, motion, and touch form multimodal data that can help…
Washington's next apple pickers could be robots with vacuum-powered fingers
The next generation of Washington apple pickers may have robotic arms and vacuum-powered fingers. The big picture: Facing labor shortages and rising costs, some Washington fruit growers could soon be turning to artificial intelligence and robotics…
MIT researchers stranded an AI agent on a desert island. What happened could change how robots are trained
Humans have long been obsessed with what happens to people stranded on desert islands. From Robinson Crusoe to Lord of the Flies and Yellowjackets, stories about resilience, creativity, and chaos in the wilderness have always fascinated audiences.
Our favorite Roborock robot vacuum mop empties and washes itself - and just hit a new low price
Keeping the floors clean was the most tedious part of my cleaning routine, until I decided to let the robots do it. And right now, you can grab one of our favorite robot vacuum and mop combos, the Saros 10R from Roborock, for $900 — that's…
The Sequence Robotics - Issue #957: Generalist and the Rise of Promptable Robots
TL;DR Generalist is betting that large-scale physical pretraining can give robots a reusable foundation, so teaching a new task takes a short demonstration instead of a bespoke dataset. Across GEN-0, GEN-1, and GEN-1.5, its models move from scaling…
Robot Data Vendors Face High Processing Costs and Resale Limits
An unnamed industry expert told ChinaTalk that preparing footage for robot training costs 500 to 700 yuan an hour, compared with about 100 yuan to capture it. The estimates point to a challenge for suppliers: customer-specific data can be costly to…
Lab-grown mouse muscles enable tiny robots to jump, swim, walk and grasp
Lab-grown skeletal muscle tissue can contract, but the movement is often so slight that it is barely visible. This poses a problem for biohybrid robots designed to move using living muscles. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now demonstrated that it…
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