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fromTNW | Google
2 weeks ago

Fanuc partners with Google to bring Gemini AI and Intrinsic platform to 1.1 million industrial robots

Fanuc will integrate Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise and Intrinsic robotics software so existing Fanuc robots can understand instructions, recognize objects, and coordinate autonomously.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M | TechCrunch

Mind Robotics raised $400 million to develop industrial robots for automating factory operations, building on prior funding and valuing the company above $3 billion.
#physical-ai
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
European startups

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch

Japan is rapidly adopting physical AI to address labor shortages and sustain productivity in its industrial sector.
fromFortune
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The U.S. is winning the AI chatbot war - and losing the one that actually matters | Fortune

Physical AI that manipulates the real world represents the greatest value creation opportunity, yet investment focuses on text-based AI and humanoid robots instead of task-specific machines.
European startups
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch

Japan is rapidly adopting physical AI to address labor shortages and sustain productivity in its industrial sector.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 months ago

The U.S. is winning the AI chatbot war - and losing the one that actually matters | Fortune

Physical AI that manipulates the real world represents the greatest value creation opportunity, yet investment focuses on text-based AI and humanoid robots instead of task-specific machines.
more#physical-ai
#humanoid-robots
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day

Humanoid robots like Digit are being deployed in factories with human supervisors, with costs expected to drop from $10-$25 per hour to $2-$3 per hour, potentially displacing workers earning $20 per hour.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day

Humanoid robots like Digit are being deployed in factories with human supervisors, with costs expected to drop from $10-$25 per hour to $2-$3 per hour, potentially displacing workers earning $20 per hour.
more#humanoid-robots
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Robot dogs are protecting data centers. Operators are seeing payoffs.

Robot dogs are being deployed to patrol and inspect massive AI data centers, offering operators 24/7 security and equipment monitoring with payoff within two years.
NYC startup
fromTNW | Launch
2 months ago

Uber founder Travis Kalanick launches robotics company Atoms

Travis Kalanick's Atoms builds specialized industrial robots using a standardized 'wheelbase' platform for food service, mining, and transport, positioning purpose-built wheeled systems as more practical than humanoid robots.
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

'I never left': Travis Kalanick launches new company Atoms

Travis Kalanick launches Atoms, a robotics platform company building specialized industrial robot systems and acquiring autonomous vehicle startup Pronto, expanding from CloudKitchens into food service, mining, and transportation sectors.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Rivian spin-out Mind Robotics raises $500M for industrial AI-powered robots | TechCrunch

Mind Robotics, spun from Rivian, raised $500 million Series A to develop AI-powered industrial robots with human-like dexterity for factory automation tasks beyond repetitive work.
Artificial intelligence
fromSilicon Canals
3 months ago

Japan's robotics industry sees record orders as global labor shortages intensify - Silicon Canals

Japan's robotics industry achieved record quarterly orders of ¥324.5 billion in Q1 2025, driven by global labor shortages and aging workforces across Asia, North America, and Europe.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 months ago

Midea Built A Dr. Strange-inspired Multi-Arm Robot... Humanity Is Absolutely Cooked - Yanko Design

Midea's new Miro U looks like someone freeze framed that shot, printed it, and walked it down the hall to the robotics lab with the caption "do this, but for factories." Six coordinated arms, a torso that feels almost cloaked, a wheeled base that spins 360 degrees in place, it reads less like industrial equipment and more like a concept sheet that escaped ArtStation.
Tech industry
fromFortune
6 months ago

Intrinsic, an Alphabet company, and Nvidia supplier Foxconn will join forces to deploy AI robots in the latter's U.S. factories | Fortune

Foxconn just has huge manufacturing expertise,
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
8 months ago

DeepMind's robotic ballet: An AI for coordinating manufacturing robots

RoboBallet uses AI to jointly solve task allocation, scheduling, and motion planning so multiple industrial robot arms coordinate tasks efficiently without collisions.
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