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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.
Escavadoras Autónomas Estão Já a Mover Terra em Obras Reais nos EUA
A Bedrock Robotics colocou escavadoras totalmente autónomas a trabalhar no Texas e Nevada, sem operador na cabine. Eis o que isto significa para os trabalhadores da construção e para os projetos que constroem.
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.
O sonho dos táxis-robô em Londres adiado para 2025 enquanto reguladores e engenheiros travam
Uber e Wayve tinham licenças em mão e uma promessa de "ainda este verão" na mesa. Agora, as pessoas que esperam por um táxi sem condutor em Londres terão de esperar muito mais tempo.
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.
Startup de fusão reduz produção de peletes de combustível de dias para minutos
A Inertia Enterprises afirma que consegue agora fabricar as minúsculas cápsulas de combustível no coração da sua central de energia de fusão nuclear em duas a três horas, em comparação com uma semana ou mais. Esta aceleração resolve discretamente um dos problemas de fabrico mais difíceis que separam a energia de fusão da rede elétrica.
Robôs agrícolas que se estacionam sozinhos: Os tratores autónomos da Agtonomy agora recuam por filas apertadas de pomar sem motorista
Uma startup da Califórnia ensinou os seus tratores autónomos a realizar conversões multi-ponto em espaços apertados de vinha, e recolhe mais de dois terabytes de dados de campo por veículo a cada hora para continuar a melhorar.
Este Robot Viu um Vídeo Curto e Percebeu o Resto Por Si Só
Uma startup de Cambridge chamada Generalist AI está a construir braços robóticos que aprendem novas tarefas físicas a partir de um único clip de vídeo, sem necessidade de treino específico para cada tarefa. Os resultados são imperfeitos mas notáveis.