Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is doubling down on robotaxis by ramping up production at its Arizona plant, aiming to assemble over 2,000 Jaguar I-PACE and Geely Zeekr RT robotaxis by the end of 2026, as it conducts a quarter-million paid, driverless rides weekly and plans to expand …
In a groundbreaking partnership, Uber and Momenta are joining forces to launch autonomous ride-hailing services globally by 2026, starting in Europe, combining Uber's ridesharing network with Momenta's self-driving technology to provide safe and efficient Robotaxi services.
Hugging Face, a leading AI company, unveils the affordable 3D-printed SO-101 robotic arm for $100, featuring faster assembly and improved motors, while expanding its robotics lineup with acquisitions and a new humanoid robot, Reachy 2.
In a groundbreaking development, the FDA has approved a key component of Precision Neuroscience's brain implant system, paving the way for paralyzed patients to potentially regain speech and movement through a cutting-edge brain-computer interface technology that rivals efforts by Neuralink, Synchron, and other prominent players.
Hugging Face, an AI company known for its open-source language models, has acquired Pollen Robotics, a French startup developing affordable humanoid robots, with plans to sell Pollen's Reachy 2 robot and enable developers to enhance its capabilities, bringing advanced robotics into homes.
In a strategic move, Intel is spinning off its Altera FPGA unit into an independent company by selling a 51% stake for $8.75 billion to Silver Lake, enabling Intel to streamline operations while allowing Altera to invest in emerging AI markets like edge computing and robotics.
While early adopters of AI in manufacturing initially faced productivity declines from replacing human workers with robots, over time surviving firms that embraced AI outperformed in sales growth, productivity, and employment, while older and larger companies struggled to adapt and reap AI's long-term benefits.
Agility Robotics secures $400 million funding at $1.75 billion valuation as its 5-foot-9-inch humanoid robot Digit gains enhanced battery life, autonomous charging, and improved grasping capabilities while competing for warehouse automation dominance against rivals in the rapidly expanding humanoid robotics market.
Agility Robotics raised a staggering $400 million to scale its humanoid robot Digit, fueling the race to automate physically demanding tasks across industries with its bipedal robot designed for real-world utility like package delivery and warehouse work alongside humans.
Researchers developed an end-to-end neural network trained with reinforcement learning, enabling robots to learn human-like walking in simulation and seamlessly transfer this capability to real hardware without additional tuning, achieving robust and natural locomotion across multiple robots.