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French first lady Brigitte Macron and other spouses of world leaders. "It will be formed in the shape of humans. Very soon, artificial intelligence will move from our mobile phones to humanoids that deliver utility. Since our environment is designed for people, humanoid systems are uniquely suited to navigate and operate within our world. They fit well."From Melania Trump pitches robots as potential educators for American schoolchildren https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melania-trump-robots-educators-kids-humanoid-systems/"Imagine a humanoid educator named Plato," she continued. "Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous. Literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics and history. Humanity's entire corpus of information is available in the comfort of your home. Plato will provide a personalized experience, adaptive to the needs of each student. Plato is always patient, and always available. Predictably, our children will develop deep critical thinking and independent reasoning abilities. The AI-powered Plato will boost analytic skills and problem solving and adopt in real time to a student's pace, prior knowledge and even emotional state. The byproduct — a more well-rounded lifestyle for our children, freeing up time for being with friends, playing sports and developing interests beyond school. A more complete person."
The horrors and clowns of the bread and circus.
#AI #GenAI #GeneartiveAI #robotics #education #MagicalThinking #dystopia
Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing predicts humanoid robots will surpass human speed limits by mid-year, potentially running 100 meters in under 10 seconds, beating Usain Bolt's 9.58-second world record. He says declining component costs and rapid algorithm iteration will drive robots from labs into real-world applications like logistics and industrial inspection. https://technode.com/2026/03/18/unitree-ceo-says-robots-could-surpass-usain-bolts-100m-speed-this-year/ #China #Tech #Robotics #Unitree
China's first test run for the 2026 Yizhuang humanoid robot half marathon was completed in Beijing. Over 20 teams from enterprises and universities participated. This year's race introduces autonomous navigation teams, moving beyond last year's manually controlled robots. The official race is scheduled for April 19. #China #Tech #Robotics https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-03-15/First-test-run-completed-for-2026-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-1LwKZJ7mhHO/p.html
Ropedia has raised tens of millions USD in seed funding to build robotics data infrastructure. The startup aims to create comprehensive datasets for training more capable robotics systems. https://pandaily.com/ropedia-raises-tens-of-millions-in-seed-funding-to-build-robotics-data-infrastructure #China #Tech #Robotics #Ropedia
China's first pharmacy robot has begun operating in Beijing's Haidian District. Developed by Beijing Galbot Co., Ltd., the Galbot G1 robots can locate medicines, pick them up, package them and place orders in a smart pickup cabinet. The robot has a 99.5% grasping success rate and provides 24/7 service, reducing labor demand by more than half. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-03-13/China-s-first-pharmacy-robot-goes-into-service-in-Beijing-1LtZ7juLcZ2/p.html #China #Tech #Robotics
"Caitlin Kalinowski, who had been leading hardware and robotic engineering teams at OpenAI since November 2024, announced she has left the company.
“I resigned from OpenAI,” she posted on X and LinkedIn. “I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.”
Her departure comes amid an escalating dispute over how far AI companies should go in supporting U.S. military uses of the technology. In recent days, negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic collapsed after the company pushed for strict limits on domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. Soon after, OpenAI reached its own agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models on a classified government network."
#OpenAI #Robotics #Surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #USA #Trump #Pentagon #DoD
Yesterday, I volunteered as a judge in a youth robotics competition! It was a lot of fun, but left me pensive.
Most of the kids have a blast doing this. They're learning useful technical, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, mostly from first-hand experience and from each other, which is awesome!
There is a big downside, though: robotics is a resource game. Teams who have money, gear, a workshop, mentors, etc. do better, and many schools just don't have that stuff. It makes some kids self-conscious. They see they can't compete, get disheartened, and feel inadequate.
Luckily, the contest is designed to mitigate this. The few elite teams win, of course, but awards are spread broadly. Also, the incentives change when you're jockeying for first place. The critical points come from mentoring and supporting other teams, as well as fundraising and recruitment.
I don't like turning kids into little marketers for the competition, but I have to admit it's a clever solution to a vicious problem.
Galbot, a Chinese humanoid robot maker, raised RMB 2.5 billion (US50 million) in a new funding round led by China's National AI Industry Investment Fund: The round also drew Sinopec, CITIC, SAIC and others, marking the first national fund investment in an embodied intelligence company. https://technode.com/2026/03/02/humanoid-robot-maker-galbot-raises-rmb-2-5-billion/ #China #Tech #Robotics
Reinforcement learning just took the Ultra Mobile Vehicle (UMV) to the next level 🤖💥 Hops, out-of-plane balance, and level-ground flips—all trained via millions of physics simulations for zero-shot transfer. The future of mobility is here.
#Robotics #ReinforcementLearning #AI #UMV #Innovation #Tech
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit Unitree Robotics during his upcoming China trip, highlighting China's growing leadership in humanoid robotics and strengthening tech ties between the two countries. Unitree's gained global G1 humanoid robot attention after performing at China's Spring Festival Gala. https://pandaily.com/german-chancellor-merz-to-visit-unitree-robotics-during-china-trip #Tech #China #Robotics #Hardware #Germany
China's humanoid robot industry sees explosive growth after Spring Festival Gala showcase. JD.com data shows robot searches surged 300%, inquiries up 460% and order volume jumped 150% within two hours of the broadcast. Domestic shipments reached around 18,000 units in 2025, up 650% year-on-year, and are projected to hit 62,500 in 2026. https://www.technologynewschina.com/2026/02/orders-for-robots-surge-after-spring.html #Robotics #ChinaTech #AI
**Humans vs Robots? China Begs to Disagree**
The 2026 Spring Festival Gala, one of the world's most-watched television events, featured humanoid robots performing martial arts, intricate sword dances and comedy skits alongside human celebrities.
While parts of the world view humanoid robots with fear and suspicion, China is increasingly embracing them as partners in work, entertainment and daily life.
China accounted for 90% of the roughly 13,000 humanoid robots shipped globally last year, and represented over half of the humanoid robot exhibitors at CES 2026.
📰 Source: SCMP Opinion | https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3344083/humans-vs-robots-china-begs-disagree
RoboSense shares surged 15 percent after forecasting its first quarterly profit, driven by growing demand for robotics LiDAR technology. The company's strong performance reflects the rapid expansion of the robotics industry in China and increasing adoption of LiDAR sensors for autonomous systems. https://pandaily.com/robo-sense-shares-surge-15-on-first-quarterly-profit-forecast-driven-by-robotics-li-dar-growth #China #Tech #Robotics #Hardware
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - Issue 204
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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - Issue 204. This cover of the AI-Weekly newsletter depicts a colorful, busy cartoon map of an 'Agent Factory District' showing a techy fantasy town where little robots and green goblins build AI agents: a glass office tower labeled 'Claude Agent' full of chatty bots, a purple church-like building with stained-glass windows labeled 'Local LLM' and 'RAG Goblin,' stacked shipping containers marked 'Linux' and 'Prompt Wizard,' and a huge machine labeled 'Tool Runner' connected by rainbow cables to a small shed called 'Tiny Raspberry-Pi.' In the streets, robots carry tools and screens, an octopus multitasks with gadgets, a stern bouncer in a 'Rate Limit' shirt guards a gate, a 'Load Balancer' robot directs traffic, and a smiling cloud blows bubbles toward a quirky 'Hallucination Tokens Meter.'
🤖 Roboticists at our university show that modular robots can become more resilient by sharing resources like power, sensing, and communication among its individual units.
Inspired by nature, this approach allows modular robots to keep moving even when one part fails, opening new possibilities for robotics.
Find out more: https://go.epfl.ch/5cb812
Good progress this week on the CAD modelling of the alloy parts I bought for my A2 Hacky Racer. I started designing the rear wheel assembly tonight. #HackyRacers #CAD #robotics
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CAD model of the rear wheel drive and mounts for an off road robotic racer
A swarm of blooming robots promises to make buildings move, breathe, and adapt https://www.allforgardening.com/1591559/a-swarm-of-blooming-robots-promises-to-make-buildings-move-breathe-and-adapt/ #architecture #Biomimicry #garden #LivingArchitecture #RobotSwarm #robotics #SmartBuildings #SoftRobotics #SustainableDesign
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Red and yellow star-shaped light fixtures in a modern interior space.
ok, I think this one came out quite well, I'll do a - little - video on mastadon, I think its worth the space. So, its got programmed waypoint lists for forward/reverse/left/right/stop that it interpolates the points of. The led indicates a joystick position update, the joystick sends out regular updates even with no signal changes that act as a dead-man detector to stop the robot if you lose signal. #robotics #robot #robots #hobby #diy_electronics #diy #52robotsIn52weeksChallenge
oh drat, I have to get in the habbit of using hash tags. #electronic #robotics #hobby
guess these electric celebrations 🤖 #DallasCowboys #robotics #celebration #robot #dance #shorts https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u4kZQQkc9gk
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - Issue 201
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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - Issue 201. This cover of the AI-Weekly newsletter depicts a colorful cartoon scene showing a cheerful beauty pageant award ceremony on a stage with several smiling robot characters, each wearing a sash labeled with names like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Llama, and AI. At the center, a crowned robot wearing a sash reading 'Winner' holds two signs labeled 'Cowork' and 'Claude Code'. The audience below, filled with enthusiastic people clapping and cheering, holds up signs with hearts, stars, and exclamation marks, while three judges at a front table react positively with thought bubbles showing hearts and thumbs-up symbols amid confetti and stage lights.
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - Issue 200
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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - Issue 200. This cover of the AI-Weekly newsletter depicts a humorous cartoon showing a man at a podium labeled OpenAI announcing AGI as 'Ad Generated Income', clarifying that it is not 'Artificial General Intelligence'. Beside him, a cheerful robot tosses money, coins, and digital ads while screens display advertisements. The audience reacts with confusion and mixed emotions, with some reporters holding microphones and question marks above their heads, while others celebrate with foam hands marked with dollar signs. A chart in the background humorously shows a large yellow circle labeled Ads dominating a small section labeled Ethics, highlighting the satirical focus on profit over principles.
‘It Feels Like Me Again’: World’s First Arm Exoskeleton Gives Stroke Patients Independence
#goodnews #health #business #medicine #invention #robotics #prosthetics #Norway
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - Issue 197
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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, December 29, 2025 - Issue 197. This cover of the AI-Weekly newsletter depicts a colorful cartoon illustration showing the Earth covered with whimsical data centers shaped like mushrooms, connected by thick purple cables symbolizing the internet. Around the globe, smiling characters including squirrels, birds, and workers interact with technology such as servers, drones, and a forklift carrying a box labeled 'Data'. Large Wi-Fi symbols float above the planet against a bright blue sky with clouds and stars, representing global connectivity and digital communication.
"Dwarkesh Patel: You would think that to emulate the trillions of tokens in the corpus of Internet text, you would have to build a world model. In fact, these models do seem to have very robust world models. They’re the best world models we’ve made to date in AI, right? What do you think is missing?
Richard Sutton [Here is my favorite part, - B.R.]: I would disagree with most of the things you just said. To mimic what people say is not really to build a model of the world at all. You’re mimicking things that have a model of the world: people. I don’t want to approach the question in an adversarial way, but I would question the idea that they have a world model. A world model would enable you to predict what would happen. They have the ability to predict what a person would say. They don’t have the ability to predict what will happen.
What we want, to quote Alan Turing, is a machine that can learn from experience, where experience is the things that actually happen in your life. You do things, you see what happens, and that’s what you learn from. The large language models learn from something else. They learn from “here’s a situation, and here’s what a person did”. Implicitly, the suggestion is you should do what the person did."
https://withoutwhy.substack.com/p/ai-embodiment-and-the-limits-of-simulation
#AI #AGI #LLMs #Chatbots #Intelligence #Robotics #Embodiment
Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands
Managing each finger separately can, with the right sensors, ease control issues.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/scientists-built-an-ai-co-pilot-for-prosthetic-bionic-hands/#ai #prosthetics #robotic-hands #robotics #science #sensors
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Image of a white plastic robotic hand against a white backdrop.
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - Issue 195
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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - Issue 195. This cover of the AI-Weekly newsletter shows a colorful cartoon scene depicting a weightlifting competition called 'The Bench-Mark Championships,' where cheerful robots representing different AI companies compete before a cheering crowd. In the center, a smiling robot labeled 'OpenAI' and 'GPT-5.2' lifts an enormous barbell marked with words like 'Reasoning,' 'Math,' 'Coding,' 'Vision,' 'Tool Use,' and 'Speed.' To the left, a round robot labeled 'Google' lifts smaller weights, while to the right, a sleek robot labeled 'Anthropic' prepares to lift. Behind them, a smaller robot marked 'Pi' and a bird labeled 'X.AI' are also present. The crowd celebrates as ranking screens and charts display GPT-5.2 in the lead.
These Robots Are the Size of Single Cells and Cost Just a Penny Apiece. Via @singularityhub #Robotics 🤖
Old and busted: Frankenstein's monster. New hotness: Necrobotics
#stem #technology #biotechnology #robotics #research #Switzerland
Chopstick Robot Building Kit Delighting Underfunded STEM Classes Around the World
#goodnews #kids #education #toys #fun #creativity #robotics #Singapore
AI-Weekly for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - Issue 194
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AI-Weekly for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - Issue 194. This cover of the AI-Weekly newsletter depicts a cartoon illustration of a panicked Sam Altman in a futuristic control room slamming a huge red button labeled 'CODE RED' as alarms and warning symbols flash on surrounding monitors. Small cartoon robots run in chaos across the console, rockets launch into a bright sky with floating islands and purple smoke, and a spilled coffee cup labeled 'World's Best Boss' lies next to a sticky note reading 'Ship Faster!'.
@mathewi 2/n
Here are the main areas where current self-driving cars/trucks need more development and/or change before I would consider them safe on the road (much less safer drivers than most human drivers):
1. Design (the technology)
2. Development
3. Testing, Verification and Validation
4. Social factors
Notice I did not mention science — that is because there are no theoretical questions in #AI, #robotics, #software systems, etc. that remain to be solved before #autonomous vehicles are possible. What remain are engineering and social factors.
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Why AI Won’t Save Your Broken Workflow
https://its.promp.td/its-always-the-process-stupid/
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AI-Guided Robot Plants ‘Baby Corals’ Across the Great Barrier Reef
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/
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