#Robotics
Curated coverage on «Robotics»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.
Chinese startup ZhiPingFang became a unicorn after a record 12 investment rounds in one year
General-purpose robot developer ZhiPingFang closed its Series B round and officially surpassed a valuation of 10 billion yuan amid growing interest in embodied AI.
The illusion of an arms race: why the US and China are developing AI differently
While the US invests billions in the search for digital superintelligence, Beijing is deploying the technology in factories and agriculture. We explain why this…
Amazon shuts down Blue Jay robotics project after just six months
Amazon is ending development of the Blue Jay warehouse robots, but says it will use the project's advances in future automation systems and reassign the team to…
Isaac 0: the $8,000 home robot that folds your laundry for you
Hands-on: how to build the Xiaozhi robot from readily available components
Woan Robot invests 100 million yuan in embodied intelligence development
Xiaomi releases the source code of its first VLA model for robots
Hexin Power: embodied AI for farmers valued at 500 million yuan
Startup Hexin Power has raised investment to develop agricultural robots. Its harvesting solutions cost several times less than Western alternatives and are already…
Robots in a Data Trap: Why Backflip Videos Are Only the Beginning
While videos of dancing humanoids take over social media, the industry is running into a harsh reality: a shortage of high-quality data for training machines in the…
Noematrix raises funding to build a “universal brain” for robots
Alibaba Cloud invests in smart robot developer X-Variable
Goodbye, latency: Nanyang Technological University speeds up robot response in dynamic environments
Qiongche Intelligence raised hundreds of millions of yuan to develop a "brain" for robots
Zhiyuan Robot launches robot rental program for 999 yuan
Chinese company Zhiyuan Robotics (智元机器人) together with rental platform Qingtian Zu (擎天租) announced the launch of a new program aimed at making robotics more…
Musk: Without AI and robots, USA faces inevitable bankruptcy
Elon Musk, known for his bold statements and unconventional forecasts, has once again drawn attention to the problem of US government debt.