Robotics
Robotics involves the integration of artificial intelligence into physical machines to automate navigation, manipulation and task execution. Truncated covers hardware developments, software updates, research advancements and commercial deployments.
Humanoid Robot Makers Track Output but Not Payback
PYMNTS.com — The robotics industry has measured progress by machines shipped, tasks demonstrated and hours logged. China’s AGIBOT is proposing a different benchmark:
Chimney or squirrel? Clearing up a robot's fuzzy memory by comparing images from different angles
Tech Xplore — In an emergency, a human might someday ask a robotic assistant to fetch a wall-mounted defibrillator located down the hall. But if the robot has incorrectly labeled the defibrillator as a fire extinguisher in its stored memory, it may not know where to find the lifesaving device.
Why are people attacking food delivery robots?
Fox News — A handful of food delivery robots from Uber Eats and other platforms have gotten kicked and knocked over in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
Disneyland Begins Training for Pixar Bots, Brings 'Star Wars' Drones to Theme Park
Tech Times — Disney is now training AI robot interns that will soon help visitors get the best out of their Disneyland experience.
Very good boys? The dark, dystopian rise of robot dogs | Arwa Mahwadi
the Guardian — Pups that carry your shopping are one thing – but what about the mechanical canines being bought up in the US by ICE, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
Xiaomi's humanoid robots work a full 8-hour shift in its EV factory
Electrek — Xiaomi says its humanoid robot worked a full 8-hour shift on its own at its EV factory. Impressive if true, but key numbers are missing.
Startup offers $20 an hour to walk robot dogs
The Independent — Hopeful applicants need no prior experience with dogs or robots
A former Apple and Uber engineer raised $51 million to rethink the self-driving truck
Business Insider — Humble Robotics raised $51 million to build electric, cabless self-driving trucks. Founder Eyal Cohen previously worked at Apple, Uber, and Waabi.
On Big Chip Club, @MilksandMatcha talks with @cdngdev, the former @OpenAI robotics intern behind this summer’s viral As…
China blocks SoftBank’s $5.4 billion ABB robotics deal, FT says, in blow to Son’s AI push
investingLive — China’s top economic planner has told SoftBank it will not allow its $5.4 billion purchase of ABB’s robotics unit, the FT reported, a blow to Son’s physical…
The Anatomy Of Robots
LiberAI Unveils Liber-0, a World Action Model That Grounds Human Experience in Robot Action
The Robot Report — LiberAI introduces Liber-0, a world action model pretrained on more than 2.2 million hours of human experience to support zero-shot robot manipulation.
Robot hand learns nimble moves with fewer dropped objects
Tech Xplore — Manipulating an object with one hand is a balancing act. Fingers must release and renew their grip while keeping the object from slipping away, even with the palm facing downward.
Your Humanoid Robot Might Also Be Your Smart Home Hub: Disembodied Neo Head From 1X
Humanoid AI connects walking and object handling without demonstrations of complete task sequences
Tech Xplore — A humanoid AI system has been developed that learns jointly from separately collected locomotion and object-manipulation data to perform multiple stages of a task in sequence.
Investing in Tutor Intelligence
a16z.news — a16z leads Tutor Intelligence’s Series B
28 Zero-Day Findings in Less Than Two Days: What AI-Speed Discovery Means for Robotics
The Robot Report — VicOne identified an initial set of 28 zero-day findings in less than two days using AI-assisted research across software and tools supporting the Physical AI ecosystem.
HD Hyundai Robotics partners with Palantir on AI solutions
Yonhap News Agency — SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Robotics, a robotics solutions unit of South Korea&ap...
The company behind 'PUBG' wants to bring video game AI into the real world
Fast Company — Krafton is betting its experience creating AI teammates can help humanoid robots understand people. But translating virtual intelligence into physical reality is a different challenge.
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