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Jackal, Clearpath's small all-terrain robot: it weighs 17 kg and can carry a payload of up to 20 kg
On its official page, Clearpath Robotics presents Jackal as a small, fast, entry-level research platform for field robotics.
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Clearpath's Ridgeback moves sideways and, according to the manufacturer, fits through an 80 cm door
Designed by Clearpath Robotics for indoor work, the Ridgeback is a medium-sized mobile base that carries robotic arms and heavy loads.
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Warthog, Clearpath's off-road robot that crosses thick mud and ventures into water
Built by Clearpath Robotics, this large unmanned ground vehicle is aimed at mining, agriculture and environmental monitoring, according to the manufacturer.
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Four minutes to fold a towel: teleoperated humanoids clean houses at 30 dollars an hour
Start-up Tau Robotics sends remotely guided Unitree G1 robots to clean homes and offices, and uses the sessions to train its AI, MarketWatch reports.
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At Toyota, a robot picks up things from the floor, and family can control it remotely
Toyota designed this cylindrical-bodied robot with a folding arm to help elderly or disabled people keep living at home.
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NAO robot learns to score in 30 minutes, 100% success rate according to researchers
In a paper published on arXiv, a team of researchers describes how a biped robot learns, by trial and error, to push a ball into the goal.
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SpotMini, Spot's little brother: 25 kg, an arm and, according to Boston Dynamics, its quietest robot
Boston Dynamics describes SpotMini on its official page as a small four-legged robot built to find its place in an office or a home.
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Shanghai: queue outside a humanoid robot shop, couple buy one for an 80-year-old uncle
During China's National Day holiday, the Qiyuan shop on Huaihai Zhonglu avenue in Shanghai drew families keen to see its Q1 and T1 robots. Qiyuan is PrimeBOT's consumer brand.
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PiPER, the AgileX robot arm listed at 1,999 dollars: 4.2 kg on the scales, 1.5 kg payload
The manufacturer AgileX Robotics presents PiPER as a light, compact and easy-to-use robot arm, designed for tasks that demand precision.
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Franka Research 3: a 7-degree-of-freedom arm that estimates contact forces, according to its maker
Franka Robotics presents the Franka Research 3 as a force-sensitive robotic arm for robotics and artificial intelligence researchers.
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iRobot takes the Roomba i3 base and turns it into Create 3, an educational robot announced at 299 dollars
Made by iRobot, Create 3 is a development platform for teachers and enthusiasts who want to improve their robotics skills.
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AgiBot's X1, an open-source humanoid of 130 cm and 33 kg, according to the manufacturer
Shanghai-based manufacturer AgiBot describes its X1 as a modular, safe, lightweight robot that is easy to develop further.
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Fallen on its front or its back, the small DARwIn-OP humanoid gets up on its own, according to ROBOTIS
On its official page, ROBOTIS presents DARwIn-OP as a miniature humanoid with open hardware and software, aimed at research and teaching.
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Toyota's T-HR3: the humanoid that copies your movements and walks when you walk on the spot
The T-HR3, a third-generation humanoid designed by Toyota in Japan, joins the Vuntum database. An operator controls it remotely and the robot copies their movements.
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PM01, the 44 kg humanoid EngineAI presents as the world's first robot to do a front flip
EngineAI's PM01 robot joins the Vuntum database. Its official page describes a light, agile machine that is open to developers.
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In Japan, an Unitree G1 humanoid with a basket on its arm learns to spot and grab okra in the field
Between June and September, the Japanese company Orboh tested an Unitree G1 humanoid on an okra farm in Kagoshima prefecture, Korean site Robot Newspaper reports.
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MenteeBot, the humanoid from Mentee by Mobileye: 175 cm tall and carries up to 25 kg, according to the manufacturer
MenteeBot, the robot from Mentee Robotics, now Mentee by Mobileye, has been added to the Vuntum database.
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On muddy ground, the Korean humanoid DRC-HUBO uses its arms as legs
The humanoid HUBO, designed in 2004 by Professor Jun-Ho Oh at KAIST in South Korea, joins the Vuntum database, along with DRC-HUBO, its version for disaster response.
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In 1996, the Honda P2 already walked untethered, with computers and batteries inside its 210 kg torso
The P2, a two-legged humanoid robot that Honda announced in December 1996, has been added to the Vuntum database.
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ASIMO, Honda's 120 cm humanoid built to reach door handles and light switches
Honda unveiled ASIMO on 20 November 2000 in Tokyo. The small humanoid robot was designed to walk like a human and to be useful in a home.
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Arms outstretched, the TALOS humanoid carries 6 kg per arm, according to maker PAL Robotics
TALOS, the two-legged humanoid robot that PAL Robotics aims at research laboratories, has been added to the Vuntum database.
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AI-driven Unitree humanoid tidies a kitchen alone, in a video sped up 50 times in places
Researchers at Stanford and Caltech installed the GPT Astra AI in a Unitree G1 robot and had it tidy a kitchen, German site heise online reports.
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Valkyrie, NASA's humanoid named after Norse mythology, built in 15 months
Valkyrie, also known as R5, is a humanoid robot designed by NASA's Johnson Space Center for the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge. It is now listed in the Vuntum database.
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