The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has set up a support organization, in cooperation with local governments, to accelerate robot adoption by small and midsize enterprises in rural areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/rural-companies-robots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #meti #robots #manufacturing #depopulation #localgovernment
China is looking at deploying robot dogs and drone swarms, among other artificial intelligence advancements, for military advantage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/science-health/robot-ai-drone-china-deepseek-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ai #deepseek #defense #robots #china #semiconductors #pla #huawei
Anke
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sysadmins/webmasters of fedi:
I am looking for suggestions of which search engine crawlers I should consider permitting in my robots.txt file.
There can definitely be value in having a site indexed by a search engine, but I would like to deliberately exclude all of those which are using the same data to train LLMs and other genAI. More specifically, I would only like to allow those which have an explicit stance against training on others data in this fashion.
Currently I reject everything other than Marginalia (https://marginalia-search.com/). Are there any others I should consider?
sysadmins/webmasters of fedi:
I am looking for suggestions of which search engine crawlers I should consider permitting in my robots.txt file.
There can definitely be value in having a site indexed by a search engine, but I would like to deliberately exclude all of those which are using the same data to train LLMs and other genAI. More specifically, I would only like to allow those which have an explicit stance against training on others data in this fashion.
Currently I reject everything other than Marginalia (https://marginalia-search.com/). Are there any others I should consider?
Billy Smith
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🪲💧 Ripple #bugs live their entire lives on the surface of streams, pivoting in less than the blink of an eye while stirring the #water beneath them into swirling vortices.
#Biomechanics researcher Víctor Ortega-Jiménez spent five years figuring out their secret: feather-like oars on their middle legs that deploy and collapse in just 10 milliseconds. Engineers are now building small #robots that mimic these water-skating abilities.
#biomimicry #physics #engineering #insects #biology #science #animals #Berkeley #discovery #innovation #nature #research #technology #tech #tksst #video
🪲💧 Ripple #bugs live their entire lives on the surface of streams, pivoting in less than the blink of an eye while stirring the #water beneath them into swirling vortices.
#Biomechanics researcher Víctor Ortega-Jiménez spent five years figuring out their secret: feather-like oars on their middle legs that deploy and collapse in just 10 milliseconds. Engineers are now building small #robots that mimic these water-skating abilities.
#biomimicry #physics #engineering #insects #biology #science #animals #Berkeley #discovery #innovation #nature #research #technology #tech #tksst #video
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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I have been working on this on and off for the last few days and I’m not sure if I’m happy with it. It started off as just a sketch but I kept going. Anyways… anyone want an apple? 
I have been working on this on and off for the last few days and I’m not sure if I’m happy with it. It started off as just a sketch but I kept going. Anyways… anyone want an apple?
Seven android robots shown at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka in a pavilion produced by University of Osaka professor Hiroshi Ishiguro will be relocated to Kyoto Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/japan-osaka-expo-robots-move/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osakaexpo #kyoto #robots #hiroshiishiguro
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
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
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