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ARI, PAL Robotics' 165 cm receptionist that speaks more than 30 languages, according to its maker
PAL Robotics designed ARI for businesses and laboratories. It is a social robot with a touchscreen that greets the public and is also used for research, according to the manufacturer's product pages.
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Optimus leg actuators move the Tesla Roadster's wing, according to a Tesla executive
Lars Moravey, Tesla's vice-president of vehicle engineering, said on a podcast that parts from the Optimus humanoid are fitted to the brand's new sports car, cnBeta reports, citing the Chinese site Liangziwei (量子位).
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At Din Tai Fung in New York, a robot reportedly folds napkins, according to the Robostrategy CEO
Appearing on CNBC Television, Andrew Kang, CEO of Robostrategy, described this folding work and brought the robot onto the set, where it handled fabric.
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In China, a robot dog serves as a pack mule for forest researchers and even films gibbons
According to the Global Times, as picked up by Futurism, a DEEP Robotics Lynx M20S accompanied a biodiversity research team in the Ailaoshan mountains in China, during an expedition by the China Association for Scientific Expedition.
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Galbot G1: a two-armed wheeled robot that rises 650 mm and claims 8 hours of work per charge
Galbot is aiming its G1, a robot with two arms and a software “brain” called AstraBrain, at industry, retail, care and education.
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AgiBot's D1 MaxPro quadruped carries up to 50 kg and climbs 30 cm steps, according to the manufacturer
Designed by AGIBOT Innovation (Shanghai) Technology, the D1 MaxPro is part of the manufacturer's D1 range. The company presents it as a robot built for industrial work.
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Spot, the Boston Dynamics robot that gets up on its own after a fall, counts RATP among its customers
On its official page, Boston Dynamics presents Spot as a mobile robot designed to work in factories, on construction sites and in laboratories.
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Google's AI analyses a cornhole player's video, and the Apollo humanoid lands seven throws in a row
Google has shown a demonstration of its new artificial intelligence model Gemini 4 Argon on Apollo, the humanoid robot from the company Apptronik.
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Even a jar of pickles is a problem for Optimus, according to Elon Musk
Speaking by video link on 10 October at the X Takeover event, held at Tesla's factory in Austin, Texas, the Tesla chief also detailed what still complicates the hands of his Optimus robot.
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Wheels and legs: DEEP Robotics' LYNX M20 climbs 25 cm steps, according to the manufacturer
On its official page, DEEP Robotics says this industrial robot is intended for power grid inspection, rescue work, logistics and scientific exploration.
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Atlas loses its little finger: at Boston Dynamics, a two-thumbed hand first had many supporters
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new hand for its Atlas humanoid robot. The person in charge of the robot's behaviour explained the design to the specialist site The Robot Report.
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A 29,990-dollar humanoid, sold without a brain, that wants to become “the Android of robotics”
The start-up Feather Robotics, based in East Palo Alto, California, has unveiled a two-armed humanoid on a wheeled base, Assembly Magazine reports.
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In Hangzhou, DR02 humanoids tested at junctions to help with traffic, even in the rain
In early October, Deep Robotics trialled DR02 robots to help with traffic and advise tourists in Xihu district, according to a company statement distributed by Yahoo Finance.
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Robotic hand learns to thread a needle and embroider silk, a craft more than 2,500 years old
Agilink, a subsidiary of China's AgiBot, gave its OmniHand 3 Ultra robotic hand to Fu Xianghong, a leading figure in traditional Suzhou embroidery, New Atlas reports.
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Atlas humanoids in training at Hyundai, still remotely operated ahead of their planned 2028 debut
According to the Chinese site IT之家, Boston Dynamics opened a test and training centre for its Atlas humanoid last week at Hyundai's Metaplant America site, near Savannah.
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid swaps its own battery and goes back to work, according to the manufacturer
Atlas, the humanoid robot Boston Dynamics intends for factories and warehouses, joins the Vuntum database, according to the manufacturer's official page.
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Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5, a humanoid that can carry up to 23 kg, according to the manufacturer
On its official page, Agility Robotics presents Digit 5, the fifth generation of its humanoid robot, designed to work in logistics sites alongside humans.
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Figure sends its old F.02 humanoids into the furnace, some in a somersault, with Arnold Schwarzenegger
The US company Figure has scrapped its F.02 humanoid robots by sending them into the furnace of a foundry in Imatra, Finland, heise online reports.
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Hyundai wants 25 000 Atlas humanoids in its factories by 2030, and a “training camp” has opened
According to heise online, Hyundai plans to put around 25 000 Boston Dynamics Atlas robots to work in Hyundai and Kia factories by 2030. A “training camp” for the humanoids has opened near Savannah, Georgia.
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Optimus's weak point is its hands: Tesla struggles to make them reliable, according to The Information
According to The Information, with Futurism relaying its reporting, Tesla cannot yet build strong, reliable hands for its Optimus humanoid robot.
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US immigration police plan to spend up to 2 million dollars on Spot robot dogs
According to ABC News, cited by Futurism, a federal procurement notice shows that ICE, the US immigration police, intends to buy Spot robots from Boston Dynamics.
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Tesla workers refuse to record their movements to train the robot meant to replace them
According to The Information, cited by Numerama, Tesla employees in Texas and California protested against the motion capture suits meant to train the Optimus humanoid robot.
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After legs, wheels: Agility Robotics is studying a wheeled humanoid, its chief executive confirms
A humanoid robot on wheels appeared in the launch video for Digit 5, and Agility Robotics' chief executive has confirmed to The Robot Report that the company is exploring the idea.
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Phoenix, Sanctuary AI's humanoid with 20-degree-of-freedom hands, run by the Carbon AI
Phoenix is a general-purpose humanoid robot designed by Sanctuary AI, a company based in Vancouver, Canada, to carry out physical tasks the way a person would.
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