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From Drones To Nuclear Reactors To Robots: An Engineer's Journey
Let's start with this: defense, as an industry, doesn't have to mean a focus on killing. That's even more true now, as engineers work on autonomous designs. They may, more and more, be classing solutions as “non-lethal,” as with more…
Graveyard guard shifts have gone to the (robot) dogs
Asylon Robotics, a robotics security company, deploys autonomous drones and robot dogs to patrol the perimeters of large properties. Think stadiums, manufacturing plants, and warehouses. The robots make scheduled rounds, stream video to a remote…
Gemini Robotics ER 2: Google's Robot Brain Explained
Robots don't fail only because a hand misses a cup. They fail because the task around that cup keeps changing. Google DeepMind's answer is to split the problem, and Gemini Robotics ER 2 is the half that keeps track of the larger job. ER 2 isn't a…
Humanoid robot skin senses people before contact
Working beside a metal humanoid robot would probably make you watch every step it takes. After all, a collision between a heavy robot and a human body will usually end worse for the person. Italian startup Generative Bionics believes its Gene.01…
The US Threw the First Punch in the Global Robot Wars. How Will China Respond?
The humanoid robot wars are kicking off, but the robots aren't fighting each other — at least for now. Instead, we're looking at a war fought on paper by governments competing to dominate a new, fast-growing market in which AI and mechanical…
Weave Isaac 1 Robot: The $7,999 Robot That Folds Your Laundry
Laundry is where home robotics stops being a novelty and starts asking for a place in the family budget. Weave Robotics has opened pre-orders for Isaac 1, a mobile home robot that the company says can collect clothes, fold them, put them away, make…
Google DeepMind launches Gemini Robotics 2 with full humanoid body control and multi-robot teamwork
Google DeepMind on July 30 unveiled Gemini Robotics 2, a suite of AI models that runs legs, torso, arms and fingers under a single learned policy, the first time the family has extended beyond upper-body control alone. The release also introduces…
Unitree IPO Finally Puts A Real Price On Profitable Humanoid Robots
Chinese robotics maker Unitree formally launched its IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market on Thursday, opening the books on a deal that aims to raise about 4.2 billion yuan (roughly $618 million) at an implied valuation near 42 billion yuan ($5.9…
GOKO M6 AI-Powered 4WD Robotic Lawn Mower Tackles 42° Slopes Without a Boundary Wire
Robot lawn mowers have come a long way from simple boundary-wire bots that quit at the sight of a slope. The GOKO M6 Mower is a new wire-free robotic lawn mower that skips the boundary wire entirely and brings four-wheel drive, active front…
Mova LiDAX Ultra 3000 AWD Review: Today's Best Robot Mower Is A Tank
Robotic lawn mowers are not nearly as absurdly difficult to set up and use as they once were. Not long ago, I thought I'd been working with the easiest solution yet — all I needed was the mower, a base station, and a device akin to a big…
The Robots Have Clocked in and Their Résumés Are Getting Weird
The machine doesn't fetch suitcases, chase pigeons or judge anyone for arriving three hours early. It's part of a pilot that also includes robotic vacuums and floor scrubbers, Fast Company reported Tuesday (July 28). The future has arrived wearing…
China's tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
Over the past month, a series of advancements in China's artificial intelligence, chip manufacturing and robotics technologies have rattled financial markets, caused divisions among US tech moguls and left the Trump administration scrambling to…
New Robot Uses Liquid Nitrogen to Extinguish Wildfires Without Harmful Chemicals
A professor at Northeastern University has developed a unique firefighting robot that uses liquid nitrogen instead of chemical fire retardants to extinguish flames. The technology could one day help firefighters tackle dangerous wildfires more…
Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here's every company it's using to do it
Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — more than 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years. And it's taking a global approach. Here, TechCrunch tracks every one of those moves in one…
As China's catch-up era ends, what's standing in the way of tech innovation?
As China's era of catch-up growth fades, experts warn that profound issues in research culture and institutional incentives may hamstring the country's ambition to become a leader in scientific innovation. In a dialogue held at the Shanghai Academy…
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