💥 Tesla's Optimus Robots Have Reportedly Run Into Severe Trouble
｢ Tesla is "well behind the pace" to meet Musk's goal of producing 5,000 Optimus robots this year, indicating the company will have to make dramatic changes to hit its CEO's targets ｣
AI controller learns to drive any robot using only one camera and no sensors. After 2–3 h of random wiggling recorded by 12 RGB-D cameras, the system maps visible 3-D points to actuators via a “visuomotor Jacobian field,” letting the robot see itself, predict motion and self-correct like a human learning finger control. Cheap, sensor-free and occlusion-robust, it outperforms 2-D camera baselines and works for novel architectures without retraining.
Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them. https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/
Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them. https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/
Had a blast interviewing showrunner @helenleigh about #Teardown2025 for this week's #HacksterCafe !! SO MUCH cool #hardware stuff in store – talks, workshops, panels – in Portland, OR this weekend. 🤩
🐝 Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions
｢ the controller pierces the bee's tiny brain with three needles and uses signals sent via electronic pulses to make it fly forwards, backwards, left, or right.
According to the reporting, the bee obeyed these commands nine out of ten times ｣
China leads in embodied AI and robotics, developing diverse applications from industrial automation to humanoids. This boom is fueled by strong government support and significant investment, giving China 70% of the global market and boosting job growth. The sector is poised for a flood of new, competitively priced products, fundamentally reshaping industries and daily life.
A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
