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As you'd expect, there were robots aplenty at the AI Engineer World's Fair Expo, although with mixed results. Many companies had little four-wheeled box robots, such as those used to deliver shopping in some cities. One would dispense small swag gifts in exchange for a QR code, while others just jer
Is half a million dollars really worth a bad Nikola Tesla impersonation?
Two Chinese general-purpose and embodied artificial intelligence firms, AI2 Robotics and X Square Robots, today announced funding rounds that pushed their respective valuations beyond 50 billion RMB, or about $2.8 billion. These Chinese firms continue to push the envelope in developing the next gene
Sony is halting sales of its robotic puppy "aibo" in Japan, the company said, eight years after the latest model of its interactive android pet became an instant hit. Sony said in a short statement Thursday that Japan sales of the current ERS-1000 model will be discontinued once stock runs out.
Introduction Selecting the right transmission for a robot joint is one of the most consequential decisions in actuator design. The gearbox determines the joint's precision, stiffness, torque capacity, and cost — and the choice between harmonic drive and planetary reducers is rarely straightforward.
