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Nvidia CEO demonstrates adorable Microduck robots that respond to voice commands, with 20,000 units sold, making them a popular holiday toy.
Intel received a one-year waiver from the FCC to continue using foreign-made automated guided vehicles in its US chip manufacturing facilities, citing confusion over the government's ban on certain foreign robots.
Eka Robotics, a Cambridge-based startup developing tactile-sensing robots, has raised $150M in Series A funding at a $1.45B post-money valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and F-Prime.
Deeptech founders and policy experts at YourStory's TechSparks summit emphasize that Indian startups in robotics, manufacturing, and semiconductors must cultivate global ambitions despite sector challenges.
Formic, a Chicago robot rental company, raised $50 million to develop general-purpose machines for US factories beyond their current task-specific offerings.
Maxinsights raised $30M in seed funding to gather video footage from everyday activities for robot training data.
LTM launched BlueVerse Industrial AI Lab in Chennai to help enterprises develop, test and deploy AI solutions for industrial operations.
Maxinsights raised $30M to build AI training datasets by recording humans performing everyday tasks, helping robots learn to do household chores and workplace activities.
An opinion piece argues that robotics and automation are essential to Europe's energy transition, as aging infrastructure and workforce shortages make manual maintenance unsustainable.
Swiss robotics startup Enact Intelligence raised $30 million in pre-seed funding from investors including AI researcher Yann LeCun and leaders from Mistral AI and Hugging Face.
Binghamton University researchers demonstrated how poisoned LLMs in robotic systems can generate harmful instructions, and developed MuTRAP, a defense against multi-trigger trojan attacks on robot task planning.
A former OpenAI science lead has launched Warp Science, a startup automating laboratory work by training robots to perform chemistry tasks using cameras and sensor gloves.
Tesla delays Optimus humanoid robot customer deliveries to late 2027, citing unresolved challenges with hands, durability and AI.
Zurich-based Enact Intelligence raised $30M in pre-seed funding to develop robots with tactile sensing capabilities via motors rather than cameras.
Industrialtech company Körber acquires a stake in German robotics startup NAiSE, a software firm specializing in vendor-agnostic fleet management for automated and autonomous vehicles.
Fortescue is deploying KUKA welding robots to handle massive 6 MW charging cables for its 240-tonne electric haul trucks operating in Australia's Pilbara region.
Mori is a cute robot mushroom featuring an on-board camera, designed to make domestic robots more appealing by disguising them as decorative objects.
Elon Musk stated Tesla needs to build 10,000 to 20,000 Optimus humanoid robots to generate sufficient training data, comparing the process to raising a toddler.
