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Robotics

A robot data startup worth $1.2 billion emerged from obscurity three months ago. Here's what it actually does.

XDOF collects real-world movement data so robots can learn to fold clothes and stack boxes. Investors are now racing to back it at a valuation most startups never reach.

4 min read
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Robotics

Avatar Robotics raises $6.5 million to put human operators inside warehouse robots

The San Francisco startup uses remote workers to control its robots today, then trains AI on what those workers do so the machines can gradually take over.

4 min read
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Robotics

The Hidden Labor Problem Inside the Humanoid Robot Boom

Billions in funding are quietly paying humans to drive robots by remote control. One researcher argues that is not a stepping stone to machine intelligence, it is a trap.

3 min read
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