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Robotics

Inside the Robotic Hand That Can Pick Up a Polybag

Locus Robotics bought a Canadian gripping startup to fix one of the hardest problems in warehouse automation: picking up soft, floppy, or awkward things that suction cups simply cannot handle.

4 min read
A sleek white and silver wheeled robot with a humanoid upper torso and articulated five-fingered hands stands in a bright modern warehouse, rows of shelving vis
Robotics

This Robot Watched a Short Video and Figured Out the Rest Itself

Cambridge startup Generalist AI has built robot arms that learn new physical tasks from a single video clip, no task-specific training required. The results are imperfect but striking.

4 min read
Illustration: A sleek silver humanoid robot standing upright on a large warehouse floor lined with metal shelving
Robotics

One Robot Brain, a Thousand Hands: How Generalist's GEN-1 Model Learns to Use Any Tool

A robotics startup has trained a single AI model to switch between screwdrivers, tongs, spatulas and whisks mid-task. What that means for the future of robot design.

4 min read
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