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NVIDIA has announced that it’s building a new AI platform for just about all of the big players in humanoid robot development, which is based on a general-purpose foundation model that’s possibly named after a talking tree-like creature from the Marvel… Continue reading NVIDIA aims to speed up humanoid development with Project GR00T
A month ago, we were impressed by these robots being able to pick things up, put them in the right spot, open doors and charge themselves. But new video released hours ago makes it clear that autonomous humanoid work is starting to accelerate like mad…. Continue reading Video: Fast-learning Eve humanoids can now fold laundry autonomously
Humanoid robots are entering the workforce. Following in the footsteps of Figure 01 at BMW and Digit in Amazon’s R&D facility, Apptronik’s Apollo bot is helping skilled human workers build cars for Mercedes-Benz.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Tech… Continue reading Mercedes puts Apollo humanoid to work on the production line
ANYmal is a truly remarkable robot, capable of standing and lifting things like a humanoid, or slinking around on all fours like a quadruped, with or without wheels. But what’s really surprised us now is the eerie grace it’s starting to move with.Conti… Continue reading Video: Shape-shifting ANYmal is starting to climb with cat-like grace
Figure has demonstrated the first fruit of its collaboration with OpenAI to enhance the capabilities of humanoid robots. In a video released today, the Figure 01 bot is seen conversing in real-time.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Fi… Continue reading Video: GPT-enhanced humanoid speaks and reasons as it works
Tall, capable, and vaguely insectoid looking, a series of Digit robots are now moving around empty bins at an Amazon research and development facility. The trial run is the first step towards using the bots to automate repetitive warehouse processes.Co… Continue reading Video: Long, lanky humanoid robots get to work at Amazon facility
There are plenty of people who think this whole AI revolution thing isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, that it’s a storm in a teacup and another in a long list of technologies that won’t deliver on the hype. Indeed, there’s one in our team here at New A… Continue reading Post-labor economics: Will capitalism work when the robots take over?
China’s Unitree Robotics is claiming a new world speed record for its H1 humanoid robot. In a just-released video, the bipedal bot is pictured hustling along at a claimed 3.3 meters per second (11.9 km/h or 7.4 mph) … and the fun doesn’t stop there.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Unitree, Humanoid, biped, World’s Fastest, Robot
Continue reading Unitree’s H1 humanoid breaks world speed record and tackles stairs
“I’ve never seen any technology advance faster than this.” The chip shortage may be behind us, but AI and EVs are expanding at such a rapacious rate that the world will face supply crunches in electricity and transformers next year, says Elon Musk.Cont… Continue reading Elon Musk: AI will run out of electricity and transformers in 2025
You’ve seen a ton of videos of humanoid robots – but this one feels different. It’s Sanctuary’s Phoenix bot, with “the world’s best robot hands,” working totally autonomously at near-human speeds – much faster than Tesla’s or Figure’s robots.Continue R… Continue reading High-speed humanoid feels like a step change in robotics