SoftBank Group agreed to acquire ABB’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/softbank-buys-abb-robotics-unit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #abb #robots #acquisitions
🤖 Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man
｢ A man with cerebral palsy who uses a mobility scooter to travel experienced a blood-boiling episode when he kept getting cut off — by a robot ｣
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/delivery-robot-torments-disabled-man
China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, further strengthening its already dominant global role in manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/tech/china-robot-manufacturing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #tech #manufacturing #robots
Tim Chambers
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Nigerian engineering student, Oluwatosin Kolade, describes what it’s like for today's African engineering students in the latest issue of @ieeespectrum. His article inspired a series focussing on the factors needed for Africa to develop its next generation of engineering talent 🤖 https://spectrum.ieee.org/africa-s-next-generation-engineers#Robots#Robotics
Nigerian engineering student, Oluwatosin Kolade, describes what it’s like for today's African engineering students in the latest issue of @ieeespectrum. His article inspired a series focussing on the factors needed for Africa to develop its next generation of engineering talent 🤖 https://spectrum.ieee.org/africa-s-next-generation-engineers#Robots#Robotics
Jonathan Schofield
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"It is the distant future.
It is the year 2000."
The #TuneTuesday theme this week is #SongsFromTheFuture and nothing says future more than robots and the eradication of humans.
Flight of the Conchords - Robots
"It is the distant future.
It is the year 2000."
The #TuneTuesday theme this week is #SongsFromTheFuture and nothing says future more than robots and the eradication of humans.
Flight of the Conchords - Robots
Beijing's first World Humanoid Robot Games opens with street dance, martial arts and music.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/beijing-peoples-daily-china-germany-japan-b2807828.html
Apple is plotting its artificial intelligence comeback with an ambitious slate of new devices, including robots, a lifelike version of Siri, a smart speaker with a display and home-security cameras. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/tech/apple-ai-robots-security-smart-displays/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #apple #ai #robots
Fediverse Development
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Ford says it's cracked the code on cheap EVs, thanks to more streamlined manufacturing processes and lithium iron phosphate batteries that the company says are more durable, faster charging and more affordable than what it currently uses. There will be more use of automation and robots, but the company declined to specify how this compares to current manufacturing. Ford announced a "family" of low-cost vehicles that will be made in Kentucky, starting with a four-door mid-sized pickup that will arrive in 2027 and will cost $30,000. Here's more from @theverge.
Ford says it's cracked the code on cheap EVs, thanks to more streamlined manufacturing processes and lithium iron phosphate batteries that the company says are more durable, faster charging and more affordable than what it currently uses. There will be more use of automation and robots, but the company declined to specify how this compares to current manufacturing. Ford announced a "family" of low-cost vehicles that will be made in Kentucky, starting with a four-door mid-sized pickup that will arrive in 2027 and will cost $30,000. Here's more from @theverge.
The research fairy
and 3 others
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Alex Akselrod
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Updating my intro post here:
I am a #foodhistory nerd who loves cooking.
I #knit, #crochet, and #sew a bit.
I enjoy #kdrama and am learning #Korean.
Professionally I manage a fleet of #robots for #softwaretesting. I am listed on a JIRA ticket as "Robot God". I didn't write it.
Dane Henson
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Hey #FediHire , meet @Dominicd3213
He's an embedded systems and #fullstack #developer who loves making machines move and websites work. By day, he wires up #Robots with ROS 2, #arduino and LIDAR; by night, he wrangles #react#TypeScript and #MongoDB into sleek, responsive interfaces. Built #AI chat tools, and co-founded a trading platform.
He lives where code meets circuits, and believes great tech should be powerful and weird.
Anyone need a bright young guy like this?
Hey #FediHire , meet @Dominicd3213
He's an embedded systems and #fullstack #developer who loves making machines move and websites work. By day, he wires up #Robots with ROS 2, #arduino and LIDAR; by night, he wrangles #react#TypeScript and #MongoDB into sleek, responsive interfaces. Built #AI chat tools, and co-founded a trading platform.
He lives where code meets circuits, and believes great tech should be powerful and weird.
Anyone need a bright young guy like this?
As farms across the U.S. face labor shortages and weeds grow resistant to herbicides, a new startup may offer a robotic solution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/06/tech/ai-robots-farms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #robots #california #agriculture #us