Topic: humanoid robotics
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Humanoids: The Future That's Not Quite Here
Experts caution that humanoid robotics faces significant technological and safety hurdles, including a lack of dexterity and risks in human environments, which may lead to an investment bubble. The development of humanoid robots is highly uncertain and complex, with slow real-world progress and c...
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Humanoid Robot Bubble Will Burst, Warns Top Roboticist
Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks warns that massive investments in humanoid robots are misguided, criticizing the use of video-based training as unrealistic due to the immense complexity of replicating human biology. Brooks highlights a critical data deficit for touch sensation in robotics and p...
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Meta's Next Big Bet: Humanoid Robots
Meta is making a multi-billion dollar strategic investment in humanoid robotics, viewing it as a priority on par with augmented reality and led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth. The company's primary focus is on overcoming the software challenge for dexterous manipulation, not hardw...
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AI Startup Figure Hits $39B Valuation in Major Funding Round
Figure, a humanoid robotics company, has secured a significant Series C funding round, achieving a $39 billion valuation and highlighting growing confidence in automation for industrial use. The investment, led by Parkway Venture Capital with major backers like Nvidia and Intel, will expand Figur...
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Tesla Proposes $1 Trillion Pay Package for Elon Musk
Tesla has proposed a new compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion, tying his earnings to the company's growth and expansion into robotics and AI. The package includes performance milestones to increase Tesla's market valuation to over $8 trillion, which would gran...
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Why Automation Still Needs Humans: The Unlikely Trio of Bananas, Champagne & Robots
Humanoid robots at China's Robot Humanoid Games showed both progress and limitations in robotics, highlighting that automation is already reshaping industries in more practical ways. Picnic Technologies uses automation to efficiently compile grocery orders, but human workers remain essential for ...
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Wave Function Ventures Raises $15M for Deep Tech Fund
Wave Function Ventures raised $15.1 million for its inaugural deep tech fund, focusing on early-stage investments in sectors like nuclear energy, robotics, and aerospace. Founder Jamie Gull leverages his engineering background from SpaceX and Scaled Composites, along with angel investing experien...
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AI Hardware Trends: Humanoids & AVs at Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will highlight AI hardware innovations, focusing on robotics and autonomous vehicles, with over 10,000 attendees and key sessions led by experts Raquel Urtasun and Jeff Cardenas. Jeff Cardenas (Apptronik) and Raquel Urtasun (Waabi) are pioneering AI hardware advancements i...
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Humanoid Robot Hacked via Bluetooth, Data Sent to China
The Unitree G1 humanoid robot has critical Bluetooth vulnerabilities that allow unauthorized root access and remote code execution due to shared hardcoded encryption keys and improper data validation during setup. Weak encryption in the robot's configuration files and unsecured communication prot...
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Meet the AI Innovators & The Hidden Risks of AI Therapy
AI is being used covertly by some therapists in sessions without patient consent, raising ethical concerns about privacy and transparency. Current AI tools lack specialized training in psychology, crisis handling, and confidentiality protocols, making their unvetted use risky. Responsible innovat...
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