What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies?
A look at the relationship between a child, Xander, and his companion robot Moxie, and the emotional questions raised when such robots are no longer available.
Robotics & Embodied AI
Robots, humanoids, drones, and embodied intelligence — where AI meets the physical world.
Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls
A review of the past seven years of Tesla earnings calls indicates Elon Musk spends a large share of his time discussing robots and AI over the company's car business.
NVIDIA Alpamayo 2 Super, the Frontier Open Model for Robotaxis and Autonomous Vehicles, Now Available …
NVIDIA has made Alpamayo 2 Super, an open frontier model for robotaxis and autonomous vehicles, available for commercial use, targeting rare and complex long-tail driving situations.
Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics
The article discusses the impact of AI protectionism on the nascent humanoid robotics industry, highlighting the challenges these robots face.
Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body
Google DeepMind says Gemini Robotics 2 can control a humanoid robot's entire body, expanding beyond the previous model's upper-body focus to full-body motion.
Gemini Robotics ER 2: powering robotics with video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot …
Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics ER 2, a model aimed at helping robots reason, collaborate, and solve real-world tasks through improved video understanding and tool orchestration.
The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI
MIT Technology Review's AI Hype Index examines everyday AI developments, including 1X's showcase of new dexterous humanoid robots and concerns about AI's impact on jobs.
Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI?
A look at the data needs of frontier physical AI models, which reportedly require multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and potentially brain wave readings.
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z
Atoms, a robotics company founded by Travis Kalanick, has raised $1.7 billion led by a16z, with Uber among its investors.
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
Robotics startup Gritt has emerged from stealth with $34 million in funding, aiming to automate difficult construction work beginning with solar plants.
Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard
Agility Robotics has established a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California, marking a significant expansion.
NVIDIA Introduces New Jetson Thor Computers to Advance Mainstream Robotics and Edge AI
NVIDIA unveiled the T3000 and T2000 modules based on its Thor architecture, aimed at bringing compact, power-efficient AI computing to mass-market robotics and edge AI.