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The system takes a CAD-style product specification and automatically generates a complete assembly plan, including factory layout, task assignments, collaborative payload transport, and collision-free navigation.
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This May Be the Creepiest Humanoid Robot Ever Built…and the Most Advanced, Too
In a lab tucked away in Poland, a group of engineers is quietly redefining what it means to build a robot. Not with circuits or gears, but with synthetic muscles, ligaments and something they’re calling a hydraulic heart.
Apptronik worked with Austin-based Argodesign to craft Apollo’s deliberately neutral aesthetic. The concave face uses LED technology that enables the robot’s “mouth” to convey visual cues, like words or an ellipsis symbol to indicate that it is thinking or processing.
Across industries, companies are feeling the squeeze from labor shortages, rising costs and nonstop pressure to boost efficiency. Robots are quickly becoming real-life solutions, and their promise has never felt more relevant. With factories and warehouses ...
Humanoid robots have been coming on leaps and bounds in recent years, and some major companies are starting to take note. Mercedes-Benz, for example, has just entered into an agreement with Texas-based robotics specialist Apptronik to collaborate on ...
Icarus just raised a $6.1 million seed round led by Soma Capital and Xtal, with participation from Nebular and Massive Tech Ventures to get there.
It’s Monday, the start of another work week and more and more of us will spending it with robots of one kind or another. In fact, the number of our robot coworkers is growing by almost 3 percent each year in industrialized countries. With that growth ...
This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday, October 9th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal. Today, we're talking ...
Astra, a 4-foot-tall silver cyborg, is still in training, and her gig at Astra Vascular so far includes waving at customers, running down the sidewalk and handing out flyers on Steinway Street. But Dr. George Bolotin has higher hopes for his robot.
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