Robots run a half marathon, slowly
It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the first world’s first…
Cosmic Robotics’ robots could speed up solar panel deployments
The U.S. has been building so many solar farms that companies can’t find enough people to install the panels. By 2033, the number of solar installers is expected to increase…
China has suspended exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and more (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)
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The CEO of humanoid robot startup Figure AI, which has raised $700M+ to date, seemingly exaggerated its deployment of robots at BMW in interviews and posts (Jason Del Rey/Fortune)
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The Bot Company, co-founded by ex-Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt to make AI-powered household robots, raised $150M at a $2B valuation, up from $550M in May 2024 (Reuters)
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1X will test humanoid robots in ‘a few hundred’ homes in 2025
Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to start early tests of its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “a few hundred to a few thousand” homes by the end of 2025, according…
Nvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots
Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2025…
GM teams up with Nvidia to bring AI to robots, factories, and self-driving cars
General Motors is turning to Nvidia to help bring AI to the physical world in an expanded collaboration designed to touch every aspect of the automaker’s business, including factories, robots,…
How ‘The Electric State’ team created a world of unlikely robots
The new Netflix movie “The Electric State” depicts a world full of robots — but not robots as we know them. Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (who previously…
Terabase, which is developing robots and automated systems using AI to rapidly build solar farms, raised a $130M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Financial Times)
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