Maxvision buys core robot assets of Aldebaran, including Nao and Pepper
https://www.therobotreport.com/maxvision-buys-core-robot-assets-including-nao-pepper-aldebaran/

Maxvision buys core robot assets of Aldebaran, including Nao and Pepper
https://www.therobotreport.com/maxvision-buys-core-robot-assets-including-nao-pepper-aldebaran/
America can’t out-innovate China without mechanical engineers — or robots
Lucid, Nuro, Uber team up on global robotaxi fleet
https://www.therobotreport.com/lucid-nuro-uber-team-up-on-global-robotaxi-fleet/
Uber aims to deploy 20,000 or more Lucid vehicles equipped with the Nuro Driver over six years in […]
"The ultra-light device can be ... connected to its brain via three tiny needles, allowing humans to control the movements of the insect. The controller uses low-intensity electric impulses to input the insect’s movements, making it turn left, turn right, advance, or turn back"
#creepy #cringe #robots #insects #brain #technology #weird #weirdnews #omg
https://www.odditycentral.com/news/scientists-create-worlds-first-cyborg-bee-with-ultra-light-brain-controller.html
Robot metabolism: The next evolution of our overlords? (Video)
Roboticists at EPFL have created a 3D-printable, programmable lattice structure for robotics that mimics the huge diversity of biological tissues using a single foam material. https://www.wevolver.com/article/elephant-robot-demonstrates-bioinspired-3d-printing-technology #Robots #Robotics
Hexagon Taps NVIDIA Robotics and AI Software to Build and Deploy AEON, a New Humanoid
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/hexagon-robotics-ai-software-aeon-humanoid/
Loomia Smart Skin Developer Kit to help give humanoid robots a sense of touch
Back-bending robodog climbs tight spaces faster
https://newatlas.com/robotics/jsk-kleiyn-quadruped-waist-climb/
Robots now grow and repair themselves by consuming parts from other machines
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-robots-consuming-machines.html
Elephant robot demonstrates bioinspired 3D printing technology
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-elephant-robot-bioinspired-3d-technology.html
#2040 to #2050: #AGI
General purpose #robots and agents with broad #autonomy. Fluent in role plays, can perform any basic physical task, continously learning and interacting with the physical world.
2041 the Coffee Test is passed at 75 Trillion Parameters.
2044 the #Robot College Student is passed at 250 Trillion Parameters.
2050 Voight-Kampff is passed at 2 Quadrillion Parameters
Robot hand ‘feels’ pain and ignores harmless touch with new sensory system
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-robot-pain-harmless-sensory.html
Wriggling robot worms team up to crawl up walls and cross obstacles
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-robot-worms-team-walls-obstacles.html
Any of our Metro Detroit fedizens aware of this event that’s happening July 19?
Video captures robot strolling on 7 Mile in Detroit
https://themetrodetroitnews.com/video-captures-robot-strolling-on-7-mile-in-detroit/
I have mixed feelings here
On one hand, it saves Ukrainian lives
On the other, this glimpse into the future makes me sick
'#Robot team captures Russian soldiers in world-first unmanned assault: #Ukraine claims
In an important development in #roboticWarfare, Ukrainian assault forces have executed what they claim to be the world’s first fully unmanned offensive operation, capturing Russian troops using only ground #robots and aerial #drones'
https://interestingengineering.com/military/ukraine-robot-team-captured-russian-soldiers
#SpaceX to invest $2B in #Musk #xAI
SpaceX has committed $2B to xAI as part of a $5B equity round, deepening the ties between #tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his #AI startup races to compete w/ #OpenAI, the WSJ reported on Sat.
The investment follows xAI's merger with #X & values the combined company at $113B, with the #Grok #chatbot now powering #Starlink support & eyed for future integration into #Tesla's #Optimus #robots, the report added.
#MechaHitler
https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-invest-2-billion-musks-xai-startup-wsj-reports-2025-07-12/