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EXL Buys AI Training Firm iMerit to Close the Gap Between AI Demos and Real Business Results
The New York services giant spent this month completing its purchase of iMerit, a company that prepares the data and human expertise AI models need before they can work reliably in hospitals, factories, and financial firms.
Hugging Face's $399 Microduck Is a Waddling Open-Source Robot You Can Train Yourself
The duck-shaped bot picks things up, roller skates, and gets back on its feet when it falls. It ships before Christmas, and the code is free for anyone to inspect or modify.
Plaud's New Earbuds Want to Be Your Always-On AI Assistant, Case and All
The AI note-taking company is betting that earphones with a built-in SIM card slot can replace your phone as the way you talk to AI agents throughout the day.
BlackBerry Quietly Became a Robotics Software Company. Here Is How.
The phone maker turned automotive software firm says its QNX software is now one of its fastest-growing business lines, and robots are driving that growth.
Amazon Is Buying Two Million More Nvidia Chips as AI Demand Blows Past Forecasts
The two companies are deepening a partnership that now covers warehouse robots and cloud software, not just the chips that power AI.
Escavatori senza autista stanno già movimentando terra nei cantieri statunitensi
Bedrock Robotics ha messo in servizio escavatori completamente autonomi in Texas e Nevada, senza operatore in cabina. Ecco cosa significa per i lavoratori edili e i progetti che realizzano.
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.
Il sogno dei robotaxi a Londra rinviato al 2025 mentre i regolatori e gli ingegneri frenano
Uber e Wayve avevano già le licenze in mano e una promessa di "più avanti questa estate". Ora chi aspetta un taxi senza conducente a Londra dovrà attendere molto più a lungo.
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.
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.
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.
Who keeps the robots running? The hidden workforce behind physical AI
Scaling robots past a handful of machines turns out to be an HR problem as much as an engineering one. Here is what that means for workers and the companies deploying them.
La startup di fusione riduce la produzione di pellet di carburante da giorni a minuti
Inertia Enterprises sostiene di poter ora realizzare le minuscole capsule di carburante al cuore della sua centrale di fusione nucleare in due o tre ore, rispetto a una settimana o più. L'accelerazione risolve silenziosamente uno dei problemi di produzione più difficili che si frappongono tra l'energia da fusione e la rete elettrica.
Robot agricoli che si parcheggiano da soli: i trattori autonomi di Agtonomy ora invertono la marcia nelle strette file degli frutteti senza conducente
Un'azienda californiana ha insegnato ai suoi trattori autonomi a eseguire inversioni a più punti negli spazi ristretti dei vigneti, e raccoglie oltre due terabyte di dati di campo per veicolo ogni ora per continuare a migliorare.
Questo Robot ha Guardato un Video Breve e ha Capito il Resto da Solo
Una startup di Cambridge chiamata Generalist AI sta costruendo braccia robotiche che imparano nuovi compiti fisici da un singolo video clip, senza necessità di allenamento specifico per il compito. I risultati sono imperfetti ma sorprendenti.