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The robotic voice was a safety feature. Now it's gone
We're used to humans who sound like robots. The abject misery of dealing with one of the many bureaucracies of the state offers such opportunities in abundance. While this is dull and at times frustrating, it's mostly harmless. But we are now in an…
Video shows humanoid AI robot roaming NYC streets
In a city that's seen just about everything, a humanoid robot was enough to stop pedestrians in Manhattan in their tracks. Futurist, an AI-powered humanoid robot from Faraday Future, sparked fear, revulsion, awe and excitement. 'I don't like it.
September Robot Vacuum Deals
Updated October 24: When the leaves start falling from the trees, more and more outside grit and grime get tracked onto your pristine floors. Forget about scrubbing and sweeping yourself, though. Technology is here to help. Robot vacuums can handle…
BlackBerry reinvented: CEO sees big opportunities AI-powered robots
BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo sees AI-powered robots as a major growth opportunity, with robotics already among the fastest-growing businesses in its QNX software division. BlackBerry's QNX royalty backlog has surpassed $1.2 billion, while its…
ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees
Hundreds of employees at the US robotics firm Boston Dynamics signed a petition calling for executives to halt a sale of the company's robot dogs to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement—but executives stood by the deal, while saying the…
Hairy Armor For Combat Robot? It's Not Terrible!
[Angus] of Maker's Muse enjoys combat robotics, in which contenders zip about in an arena, attempting to disable one another with weapons that lift, spin, and smash. He got a funny idea a short while ago and wondered whether a stiff mane of…
Tesla's Bet: Robotaxis, Robots, and a SpaceX Merger
Tesla still builds cars, but Elon Musk has stopped pretending that is the point. He has turned the company's attention away from selling vehicles and toward a driverless Robotaxi service, a humanoid robot he insists will dwarf everything the…
Clean Up $400 in Savings With This Eufy Robot Vacuum Deal
I'm really not lazy; I'm just aggressively conserving my energy for things that actually matter. And while my mother did not appreciate this answer, I don't know how else to explain the importance of doing nothing to her. Whether you're letting an…
Robot Consulting announces receipt of Nasdaq delisting determination
Robot Consulting (LAWR) announced it has received a formal delisting determination from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The delisting notice was issued under Nasdaq Listing Rules 5101 and IM-5101-4. According…
Move Over, Tesla: This Robotics Stock Is the Better Buy
The U.S. has nearly 300 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers, and the International Federation of Robotics projects that figure could rise as re-shoring pushes domestic factories to become more productive and globally competitive. Headlines…
Toyota and Honda test humanoid robots in Japanese factories (TM:NYSE)
Toyota Motor (TM) and Honda Motor (HMC) are testing humanoid robots in Japanese factories on tasks ranging from wire harness installation to final inspection, according to Automotive News. Both Japanese automakers showed their latest machines at…
KOID: Unitree And The Arrival Of Pure Play Humanoid Robotics (NASDAQ:KOID)
The KraneShares Global Hmnd Rbtcs & Physcl AI Idx ETF offers broad exposure to robotics inputs and integrators, with a flexible, global approach. KOID's recent rebalance elevated Unitree, a profitable pure-play humanoid robotics leader, to its top…
Robotic dog controlled with a computer powered by human blood cells
Living cells have been used to create a biological computer that can control the movements of a robotic dog. Its creators say using cells to replicate the digital neural networks of AI models like ChatGPT – which are themselves modelled on…
The Ability of Frontier Models to Control Robots is Rapidly Improving - LessWrong
We demonstrate that general purpose multimodal language models (LMs) are increasingly capable of directly controlling real robotic arms (e.g., by specifying gripper positions) to manipulate their environment. Performance increases on our benchmark…
Six Pets Are a Tough Test for Any Robot Vac-Mop. Eufy's Omni E35 Held Its Own.
“Baby-grade clean” is a bold promise for a robot vacuum. When Eufy used it to describe the Omni E35, my first question was what that even meant. My second was whether a robot could live up to it in a house like mine. I have enough…
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