Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant
A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.
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Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re doing robots all wrong
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics.
Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots
Sunday is on a quest to build a household humanoid robot called Memo that helps with tasks like laundry and clearing the table. The company emerged from stealth late last year and already has 1,000 people on its waitlist.
Boston Dynamics’s next-gen humanoid robot will have Google DeepMind DNA
Google’s AI research lab is working with Boston Dynamics to make Atlas act more like a human.
SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund Skild AI at $14B, nearly tripling its value
Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses.
TikTok robot star Rizzbot gave me the middle finger
About a week ago, I woke to a dizzying DM on Instagram — Rizzbot flipping me off. This sent me down a rabbit hole about humanoids in society.
Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst
Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a new essay, he calls this approach “pure fantasy thinking.”
Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them
Both Luma and Runway have reportedly held conversations with self-driving car and robotics companies as they look toward the future.
Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots
Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.