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humanoids, drones, self-driving vehicles and machines that move on their own

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Two ex-Meta researchers want warehouse robots to finally understand what they're looking at

Perceptron's Isaac 0.5 is an open-weight vision model built to help industrial robots handle complex, multi-step tasks on their own. The startup raised $21 million and is targeting factories, warehouses and logistics hubs.

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IDS Imaging stellt neue Nion-Kamera vor: Robotern ermöglicht scharfes 3D-Sehen in Echtzeit

Ein deutscher Hersteller von Industriekameras hat einen 3D-Sensor eingeführt, der schnelle bewegliche Objekte auch bei schwierigen Lichtverhältnissen verfolgt und präzise Tiefenerfassung auf Fabrikböden und in Logistiklagern praktisch macht.

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Autonome Bagger arbeiten bereits auf echten US-Baustellen

Bedrock Robotics hat vollautomatische Bagger in Texas und Nevada im Einsatz – ohne Bediener in der Kabine. Das bedeutet dies für Bauarbeiter und die Projekte, an denen sie arbeiten.

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Robot brains are getting smarter, but they still can't do a real day's work

A wave of investment is pouring into physical AI, the technology that teaches machines to move through the world. But developers admit their robots are still stuck in an early, limited era, similar to where chatbots were before ChatGPT changed everything.

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Londons Robotaxi-Traum verschoben auf 2025, während Regulatoren und Ingenieure bremsen

Uber und Wayve hatten Lizenzen in der Hand und ein „später diesen Sommer"-Versprechen auf dem Tisch. Nun werden Menschen, die auf ein fahrerloses Taxi in London warten, noch viel länger warten müssen.

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Generalist erreicht 3-Milliarden-Dollar-Bewertung nach Finanzierungsrunde von knapp 200 Millionen Dollar

Das Robotik-KI-Startup, gegründet von ehemaligen Google-DeepMind-Forschern, behauptet nun, dass seine Software einem Roboter eine neue Fähigkeit aus einem nur drei Sekunden langen Videoclip beibringen kann.

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A humanoid robot torso resting on a workbench in a research lab
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Sprintende Roboter brechen Bolts Rekord, dann brechen sie selbst zusammen: Einblick in Chinas Humanoid-Roboter-Spiele

Peking war Gastgeber der zweiten World Humanoid Robot Games, bei der Maschinen schneller liefen als je ein Mensch, Kung Fu praktizierten, Tischtennis spielten und gelegentlich Feuer fingen.

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RoboBusiness 2026 early-bird discount ends August 31: what you need to know

Save $200 on a full conference pass to the 20th annual RoboBusiness show in Santa Clara this October, but the deadline is one week away.

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Guident: Human Oversight Still Key in Autonomous Vehicle Safety

As robotaxi services expand, Guident emphasizes the need for human oversight to enhance safety and public trust.

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NVIDIA's new Jetson Orin Nano 2 chip aims to put frontier AI inside drones and home robots

The tiny computer uses 40% less power than its predecessor while doubling AI processing speed, and NVIDIA says it will let developers run the same kind of intelligence found in today's best chatbots directly inside physical machines.

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AI Companion Robots Are Moving In. Who Are They Actually For?

A new generation of home robots is designed less to fetch your shopping list and more to notice when you've gone quiet. Here's what that means for lonely adults, kids whose parents work away, and anyone living alone.

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Inside Shanghai's Robot Carnival: China's Push to Make Humanoids Everyday

Families queued up, children cheered robot duels, and a humanoid performed drunken boxing. A day at a Shanghai robotics showcase reveals how China is betting big on machines that walk, fold laundry, and make coffee.

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The tractors are getting smarter, and farms may depend on it

An aging workforce and shrinking skilled labour pool are pushing AI off the screen and into the cab. Companies like Agtonomy are betting that the most important robots of this decade will look nothing like a human.

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XPeng's robot unit Dogotix raises $900 million and aims to put 1,000 humanoids a month on factory floors by 2027

The Chinese electric vehicle maker's robotics arm is now valued at over $6 billion and plans to start shipping its IRON humanoid robot to retail stores and industrial sites next year.

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Talk to Your Self-Driving Car: Researchers Build a System That Lets You Ask for a Smoother Ride

A team in the Netherlands has wired a chatbot-style AI into an autonomous vehicle's driving software, so passengers can say 'I feel dizzy, slow down' and the car actually listens. It works in simulation. Real roads are a long way off.

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