CATL has launched the world's first large-scale use of humanoid robots in battery production. Its "Xiaomo" robot, developed with Spirit AI, performs high-precision tasks like connector insertion and final testing, replacing human operators in risky roles. Achieving a 99% success rate, it boosts efficiency and quality. This automation push underpins CATL's market dominance, holding a 38.1% global share.
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/humanoid-robot-powered-ev-battery-production
Disney Imagineering Debuts Next-Generation Robotic Character, Olaf
https://disneyparksblog.com/disney-experiences/robotic-olaf-marks-new-era-of-disney-innovation/
#HackerNews #DisneyImagineering #Olaf #Robotics #Innovation #DisneyParks #NextGenTech
Though China remains a one-party state that disappears dissidents and censors ideas, it has vaulted past Japan, Germany and France to become the world’s 10th-most innovative economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/09/world/chinas-innovation-without-freedom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chineseeconomy #ai #artificialintelligence #robotics #tech
Kroger acknowledges that its bet on robotics went too far
#HackerNews #Kroger #Robotics #Grocery #Automation #Technology #Ecommerce
Arcee Trinity Mini: US-Trained Moe Model
https://www.arcee.ai/blog/the-trinity-manifesto?src=hn
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Ever wondered how #robots 🤖 navigate our complex, ever-changing world?
#FOSS projects like Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit ( #MRPT), Robot Operating System ( #ROS), & #Gazebo give developers the frameworks, examples, & community support they need to make robots work in real environments.
Dive into this article by Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Editor Andrew Oram to learn more: https://lpi.org/i7v0
#LPI #FOSS #opensource #robotics #robotsimulation #OpenSourceRoboticsAlliance
Ever wondered how #robots 🤖 navigate our complex, ever-changing world?
#FOSS projects like Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit ( #MRPT), Robot Operating System ( #ROS), & #Gazebo give developers the frameworks, examples, & community support they need to make robots work in real environments.
Dive into this article by Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Editor Andrew Oram to learn more: https://lpi.org/i7v0
#LPI #FOSS #opensource #robotics #robotsimulation #OpenSourceRoboticsAlliance
🤖👕 #Robotics expert Chris Paxton from Agility Robotics explains why multiple companies are developing #clothes-folding #robots, highlighting advances in imitation learning that require thousands of human demonstrations to train #AI models.
The tasks work well because clothes-folding is forgiving of imperfection, easily resettable when errors occur, and doesn't require precise force control like more complex manufacturing tasks.
👉 https://spectrum.ieee.org/robots-folding-clothes
#ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #engineering #innovation #future
"The intelligence of organisms, graphed as the intersection of their calculating speed versus capacity of information"
🐝📡🐘🖥️🏛️🐀
📄 from Phil McNally & Sohail Inayatullah, "THE RIGHTS OF ROBOTS", *The Whole Earth Review* (July,1988), pg 59
"For Berry, research and service are not separate but intertwined subject areas: Her research involves designing #OpenSource, low-cost mobile robots to promote more inclusive #robotics education."
Marques Brownlee has put up a video about a US$20,000 robot. The company behind it claims it can do a whole range of household tasks 'through the power of AI', and will be delivered next year.
They even demonstrated a prototype to a journalist.
And the entire demonstration was being remotely controlled by a human operator.
And the company admits that, other than one or two simple tasks like opening a door, all tasks will be completed by a remote human operator. Those tasks will need to be scheduled in advance.
So.
Assuming this thing can be put into mass production, a huge if, it's basically a mechanical Turk.
Mark my words.
If this thing makes it to market, and that's a big if, the operators will be in a low-wage country.
It will almost exclusively be a way for rich white Americans to have human servants do their chores, without them being in their house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c
#robot #robotics #Marques #MarquesBrownlee #ArtificialIntelligence #VultureCapital #AI #tech #technology
Marques Brownlee has put up a video about a US$20,000 robot. The company behind it claims it can do a whole range of household tasks 'through the power of AI', and will be delivered next year.
They even demonstrated a prototype to a journalist.
And the entire demonstration was being remotely controlled by a human operator.
And the company admits that, other than one or two simple tasks like opening a door, all tasks will be completed by a remote human operator. Those tasks will need to be scheduled in advance.
So.
Assuming this thing can be put into mass production, a huge if, it's basically a mechanical Turk.
Mark my words.
If this thing makes it to market, and that's a big if, the operators will be in a low-wage country.
It will almost exclusively be a way for rich white Americans to have human servants do their chores, without them being in their house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31dmodZ-5c
#robot #robotics #Marques #MarquesBrownlee #ArtificialIntelligence #VultureCapital #AI #tech #technology
1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order
#HackerNews #1XNeo #HomeRobot #PreOrder #Technology #Robotics
🤖 All what you need to know about ASIMO
｢ ASIMO has a three-dimensional computer processor that was created by Honda and consists of a three stacked-die, a processor, a signal converter and memory. The computer that controls ASIMO's movement is housed in the robot's waist area and can be controlled by a PC, wireless controller, or voice commands ｣
