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fromFuturism
13 hours ago

Scientists Reveal Robot Small Enough to Travel Through Human Body

Researchers built a sub-millimeter microrobot integrating a computer, motor, and sensors that can sense, process information, and act autonomously.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
6 days ago

Hyundai debuts a fully autonomous, production-ready droid engineered to tackle real-world tasks - Yanko Design

Finally, they've revealed the Mobile Eccentric Droid, a.k.a. MobED, a mobility robot platform tailored for a diverse range of industrial and everyday-use applications. The bot was shown off at the International Robot Exhibition 2025 (iREX 2025) in Tokyo. According to Dong Jin Hyun, Vice President and Head of Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB, the new robot will help "accelerate a future where humans and robots coexist." The most exciting bit, it'll be up for sale in the first half of 2026.
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fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Tesla's Master Plan 4 still lacks specifics ahead of $1T Musk pay vote | TechCrunch

Tesla's vague Master Plan IV anchors Elon Musk's $1 trillion compensation push despite lacking details, drawing criticism, and contrasting with earlier concrete plans.
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fromBoston.com
1 month ago

How tiny drones inspired by bats could save lives in dark and stormy conditions

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute develop bat-inspired, echolocation-equipped, energy-efficient microdrones for autonomous search-and-rescue missions in dark, smoky, or stormy environments.
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Rendezvous Robotics exits stealth with $3M to build reconfigurable space infrastructure | TechCrunch

"If you're designing a space mission and trying to get a capability to space, you're constrained by two things," co-founder and President Joe Landon said in a recent interview. "One, you have to build something that can either fit or fold into a rocket, and you also have to constrain yourself by what satellite bus you're going to go on. We saw that increasingly, missions need more scale and more size ... larger antennas, higher power, and with higher power, the need for larger radiators."
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fromFortune
3 months ago

As EV sales continue to plummet, Elon Musk says Optimus robots will make up 80% of Tesla's value, despite production delays

Tesla anticipates roughly 80% of future company value will derive from Optimus humanoid robots and physical AI, shifting emphasis away from electric vehicles.
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fromTechCrunch
4 months ago

Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots | TechCrunch

Cartken is expanding its autonomous delivery robots from food services to industrial applications due to increased demand.
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