Tag: robotics
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Mistral’s Robot Brain Needs Just One Camera
Mistral launched a new model called Robostral Navigate, and it is built specifically to make robots move and navigate using only what a standard camera can see. Most robot navigation models use multiple cameras, depth sensors, or LiDAR. They need data from all over the spectrum to figure out where they are and where to…
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Humanoid Robots are Going Public
Agility Robotics just filed to go public through a SPAC merger with Churchill Capital, valuing the company at $2.5 billion. The robot is called Digit, and it is already working. This matters because Digit is not a prototype. It is deployed at Amazon and Toyota right now. The company is not promising what robots could…
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Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Just Got Smarter Than We Expected
Boston Dynamics equipped Spot-the quadruped robot-with Google DeepMind’s advanced reasoning model. Spot can now look at a factory floor and think for itself. This is different than before. Old Spot was a camera on legs. You told it where to go, what to look for. New Spot watches a valve, reads a gauge, sees dangerous…
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Tesla Just Turned a Car Factory Into a Robot Factory
Tesla is building Optimus now. Not in 2027 or 2028. This month. Elon Musk confirmed it during the last earnings call: the Fremont production line that used to make Model S and Model X sedans is now tooled up to manufacture humanoid robots. The first units are coming off the line this July. Optimus V3…
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Weave Robotics is folding your laundry in the fall
Weave Robotics unveiled Isaac 1, a home robot that folds laundry, makes beds, and tidies rooms. Fall 2026 delivery to California first, rest of US in 2027. Price: $7,999 upfront or $449 a month on subscription. Here’s what matters: it’s not humanoid hype. Isaac is a practical arm on a mobile base. It does repetitive…
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UBTECH’s UWORLD U1 Just Made Humanoid Robots Real
Humanoid robots aren’t vaporware anymore. They’re shipping at scale. On June 30, UBTECH launched UWORLD U1 at its Shenzhen Global Launch Event, and it’s not a research prototype. Three models, already taking orders. 13,361 units pre-ordered in the first day. Pricing from 119,800 RMB. The U1 Lite is a semi-torso. The U1 Pro is full-body.…