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Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Insights, research, and market intelligence from industry contributors.
Microduck is a compact 25 cm bipedal robot from Pollen Robotics designed to make physical AI and robotics more accessible. With 15 motors, sensors, an articulated beak, and open-source reinforcement learning tools, it can walk, recover from falls, pick up objects, and even roller-skate. Priced at $399, Microduck brings real-world robotics experimentation from the lab to the desk.
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Dhruv Atkins
XPENG’s humanoid robotics business has raised more than $900 million at a post-money valuation exceeding $6.3 billion, marking a record financing round for China’s embodied AI industry.
Draken Tobio
NEC has invested in robotics startup Dexmate, backing its VEGA robot and Physical AI platform as the companies explore real-world deployments across manufacturing, logistics, and other industries.
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A free GPT helps you explore important questions about privacy, safety, autonomy, caregiving and everyday life with humanoid robots in the home.
Dan Smigrod
NEURA Robotics is bringing Physical AI to professional cleaning by acquiring ADLATUS Robotics, combining proven autonomous cleaning systems with advanced AI and the Neuraverse.
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XMAQUINA portfolio company 1X has unveiled a 25-degree-of-freedom hand system designed to bring near-human dexterity to its NEO home robot.
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NVIDIA has welcomed LG Group Chairman Kwang-mo Koo and other LG leaders to its headquarters as the two companies begin the next phase of their collaboration. The partnership will focus on three major areas: AI infrastructure, physical AI, and robotics.
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