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Cyborg Cockroaches Trained for Search and Rescue, SoftBank Eyes 1X in $6B Bid
Engineers are turning bio-robotic cockroaches into first responders capable of administering emergency medicine, while SoftBank eyes a major humanoid acquisition.
Anthropic Introduces Model Hardware Standard to Connect AI Agents Directly to Physical Machinery
Anthropic has unveiled its Model Hardware Standard in research preview, creating a unified protocol to let AI agents control lab instruments, robotic arms, and industrial hardware.
The Era of Robots and Abundance: Why Elon Musk's Rosy Predictions Clash with Economics
Elon Musk predicts an era of limitless abundance and the elimination of money as early as 2036. However, macroeconomic laws, resource scarcity, and labor market realities cast doubt on such an optimistic scenario.
XPENG Robotics Unit Lands Over $900M at $6.3B Valuation to Accelerate IRON Humanoid Robot Production
XPENG's robotics division has secured over $900 million in fresh funding to advance its humanoid robot platform, IRON, with backing from IDG Capital, Alibaba, and Tencent.
NVIDIA Introduces Jetson Orin Nano 2 to Power Physical AI in Robotics and Drones
NVIDIA has unveiled the Jetson Orin Nano 2, an edge computing module designed to run generative AI and multimodal vision models locally on drones, robots, and embedded systems.
Humanoid Robots Surpass Usain Bolt’s 100-Meter World Record at Beijing Games
At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Chinese humanoid Tiangong Ultra completed the 100-meter dash in 9.39 seconds, eclipsing the world record set by Usain Bolt.