Waymo Raises $16 Billion At $126 Billion Valuation
Self-driving has been in the news for more than a decade, but it’s finally created a $100-billion dollar company. Waymo announced today that…
Category: Robotics
As Human Employees At Amazon Are Plateauing, The Number Of Robots Is Rapidly Rising
Much of the tech world’s attention has been focused on how AI could disrupt jobs, but there’s a striking example of how robotics…
China Won’t Use As Many Military Drones Because They Have Plenty Of Manpower: Anduril’s Palmer Luckey
China has some of the most advanced drone tech in the world, but Anduril founder Palmer Luckey believes that they won’t use drones…
No Robotics Company Knows Thus Far How To Make Humanoid Robots Generally Useful: Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun is famously pessimistic on whether LLMs can get us to AGI, but he also seems to be pessimistic about the recent…
Google Unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5, A Thinking Robot Brain That Plans Before It Acts
Google has just announced a breakthrough that could fundamentally change how robots interact with our physical world: the ability to think, plan, and…
[Watch] UC Berkeley Robot Plays 106 Table Tennis Shots Against Human Opponent
Robots are already participating in Olympic sports like running and high jumps, but they’re also showing progress in playing games requiring fine motor…
[Watch] Robots Compete In The First World Humanoid Robot Games In China
China isn’t only leading in open-source AI, but it’s also looking to establish global leadership in the field of robotics as well. China…
Figure CEO Roasts OpenAI Researcher With Much-Mocked Bar Chart From GPT-5 Presentation
GPT-5’s impact and capabilities might be debatable, but one of the charts from GPT-5’s presentation has certainly become a meme. Figure CEO Brett…
Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey Addresses Conference As Robot Avatar Of Himself
Robotics hasn’t taken off in quite the same way as artificial intelligence, but it’s cropping up in unexpected places. Anduril CEO addressed the…