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Alibaba's Ant Group Started Investing in Humanoid Robots Last Year. They've Made A Dozen Deals Since And Bet It's The Future.

Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is accelerating its push into humanoid robotics, leading a new $73.6 million funding round for Chinese startup Zeroth.

International Business Times

Dutch launch humanoid robot centre to 'kickstart' race with China

A new Humanoid Application Center in the Netherlands aims to bridge Europe's robotics gap with the US and China. CEO Evert Jaap Lugt envisions a future where humanoids, boosted by AI, could even replace lost loved ones. Real estate director Niels Langenhuizen plans to deploy robots on construction sites to…

The Economic Times

Elephant’s memory: MIT built a robot that could remember exactly where you left your household items

MIT's new DAAAM robot memory system marks a major advance in artificial intelligence. Unlike traditional robots, it remembers objects with their location and time. Powered by AI and spatial memory, it answers natural questions in seconds. The breakthrough could improve robots in homes, factories, hospitals, and warehouses, bringing machines closer…

The Economic Times

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Elon Musk Says Optimus Production Will Be 'Extremely Slow' in the Beginning: 'This is Not Like Making a Car'

Elon Musk pushed back Wednesday against speculation that Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ) is ahead of schedule on production of its Optimus V3 humanoid robot, saying the company’s initial ramp will be extremely slow because Tesla is building an entirely new manufacturing system.

Benzinga

UBTech launched its first full-size Ultra-Bionic humanoid robot, but what it really wants to do is make robot replicas of loved ones — that's a hard no

UBTech's new UWorld U1 Series robot is its first fully humanoid bot, and it could eventually be configured to look like a lost loved one — if that's your thing.

TechRadar

Foodservice giant Sodexo is embracing AI and robotics to reshape the kitchen

Alice Guéhennec oversees an annual investment budget of around 500 million euros to support AI, robotics, and other technology initiatives.

Fortune

China to open the world's first robot-run hotel in 2027: No receptionists, no housekeepers, no room service staff

Checking into a hotel has traditionally meant being greeted by reception staff, assisted with luggage and served by teams working behind the scenes. A new project in southern China aims to challenge that familiar experience. Scheduled to open in 2027 on the WestArtificial Island of the Shenzhen–Zhongshan Link in Guangdong…

The Times of India

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Tech Brief (July 1): UBTech Launches Lifelike Humanoid Robots

Cambricon becomes first STAR Market stock to hit 1-trillion-yuan market cap, Neolix gets nod for autonomous delivery tests in Malaysia

Caixin Global

Japan plans sovereign AI model, 10 million AI robots

Japan plans to develop a homegrown artificial intelligence model and have 10 million AI-equipped robots operating in more than a dozen sectors by 2040, the government said. "This strategy sets a target of approximately 10 million robots to be deployed by 2040 and, with the addition of the restaurant, food…

The Economic Times

Meet the $500,000 ChatGPT-powered humanoid robots acting as teachers, counsellors and translators in a San Diego school

California's Altus Schools has deployed two life-sized, ChatGPT-powered humanoid robots, Ameca, to assist teachers and students. These robots can act as tutors, wellness coaches, career guides, and translators. While hailed as a futuristic step, the $500,000 investment faces criticism. Early trials show promise but also highlight limitations, with ongoing efforts…

The Economic Times

Chinese robot completes six-day factory shift with 99% success rate

Agibot says real-world demonstration marks a new era for embodied AI

The Independent UK

Boston Dynamics CEO: America's next 250 years will be built by robots. Here's what's standing in the way

The U.S. has always led the world's great industrial leaps. Robotics is next — but only if Washington, industry, and workers move together.

Fortune

Bill Gates Predicts That Most Of Us Will Be Replaced By AI And Named The Four Jobs That Won’t

The robots are coming. But if you open your eyes, you will see they are already here. But who will be safe, and who will be heading to the job market sooner than they think? The man who put a computer into every home, Bill Gates, is weighing in on…

Bored Panda

‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes

Starship Technologies six-wheelers could soon become a more familiar sight across the country under new laws

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Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths

Exclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavements

Barchart

There’s Another New Reason to Get Bullish on Nvidia Stock

Nvidia launched a full-stack safety platform for robotics as physical AI continues to be a hot topic.

Louder

"We owed the label half a million dollars. There was no way we're gonna pay that back." Crown Lands talk music biz, 19-minute songs, and why they'd rather be killed by robots than zombies

Crown Lands' new album Apocalypse is a sci-fi story, but it echoes what's going on in the world today

Bangkok Post

AgiBot sees Thailand as regional HQ

AgiBot, a Chinese embodied artificial intelligence (AI) and foundation-model company, is expanding into Thailand by establishing an Asia-Pacific sales office.

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International Business Times UK

Meet The 50 Robots That Replaced More Than 1,000 Factory Workers At General Motors

General Motors has introduced 50 collaborative robots at its Factory Zero plant in Michigan, resulting in over 1,000 job cuts and sparking criticism from labour groups.

The Independent UK

We must tax robots to protect humans from AI taking their jobs, employment expert James Reed says

‘Back humans, tax robots’ says head of recruitment firm as he joins growing calls to get ahead of artificial intelligence’s effect on work

The Economic Times

The spy that cleans your floors; researchers say home robots could be building intimate profiles of American families, and most people have no idea it is happening

Household robots, equipped with advanced AI and mobility, pose significant privacy risks, collecting vast amounts of personal data beyond traditional smart devices. Studies reveal user distrust in companies handling this information, especially concerning children and the elderly. While practical steps like checking settings exist, consumers lack transparency and control over…

TechRadar

Why you should care if your robot is a copycat

Here are five reasons why you should care about the recent preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Germany.

The Independent UK

Agility Robotics heads to Wall Street in a $2.5B bet on staffing warehouses with humanoids

Agility Robotics, a maker of humanlike robots, is going public on Wall Street

The Economic Times

Tech entrepreneurs seeking the next AI frontier are pivoting from chatbots to 'world models'

AI is evolving beyond text-based chatbots, with researchers now focusing on "world models." These advanced systems aim to teach AI to understand and interact with the physical world, much like humans do. This shift is attracting significant investment, with a new generation of entrepreneurs and prominent scientists exploring how AI…

The Economic Times

Agility Robotics heads to Wall Street in a $2.5 billion bet on staffing warehouses with humanoids

Agility Robotics, an AI-driven humanoid robotics for warehouse operations, plans to go public with a remarkable $2.5 billion valuation. This move signifies a noteworthy advancement for the rapidly growing humanoid robot industry. Their 'Digit' robots, optimized for monotonous manual tasks, are already deployed in various industrial environments, supported by leading…

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