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Nigerian med student Zeus with iPhone strapped to forehead, recording ironing for robot training data
AI Business

Gig Workers Strap Phones to Heads, Training Humanoid Robots in Tiny Apartments Worldwide

Everyone figured humanoid robots would learn in sterile labs or flawless sims. Nope—gig workers worldwide are filming their laundry folds and dish scrubs, handing robots the messy magic of human movement.

4 min read 1 day, 19 hours ago
Melania Trump walking with humanoid robot Figure 3 at White House summit entrance
AI Business

Melania's Robot Sidekick at White House: Global Ed Fix or Elite Photo-Op?

Parents, don't hold your breath: a robot waltzing with Melania Trump won't magically fix your school's WiFi. This White House stunt screams symbolism over substance.

3 min read 4 days, 11 hours ago
Galbot humanoid robot swinging a tennis racket on a small court against amateur player
AI Business

Galbot's Robot Smashes Tennis Serves in Hours—Humans Still Reign Supreme

Picture a clunky humanoid swinging a racket on a pint-sized court, nailing serves after just five hours. Galbot claims a robotics revolution—I'm not buying it yet.

3 min read 1 week, 3 days ago
Jensen Huang on GTC stage gesturing at holographic robot snowman demo
AI Hardware

Jensen Huang's Robot Snowman Gambit: Nvidia's Play to Own Physical AI

Jensen Huang didn't just hype chips at GTC—he sketched a world where robots build themselves. But is Nvidia's snowman fantasy the next CUDA, or corporate vaporware?

4 min read 1 week, 4 days ago
Robotic arms precisely installing a wheel on a GM truck chassis in a Shanghai warehouse
AI Hardware

China's Humanoid Robots Are Already Stealing Factory Jobs—from Shanghai to Detroit

Everyone figured the AI arms race would be all code and chat. Wrong. China's cranking out humanoid robots that bolt wheels on cars without a human touch—and GM's already shopping there.

3 min read 2 weeks ago
Unitree G1 humanoid robot performing whole-body manipulation with LeRobot v0.5.0
AI Hardware

LeRobot v0.5.0: Why Open-Source Humanoids Are Suddenly Within Reach

Ever wonder why humanoid robots still feel like sci-fi props? LeRobot v0.5.0 just shoved one — the Unitree G1 — into open-source reality, with policies that think in real time.

3 min read 2 weeks ago
AEON wheeled humanoid robot deploying at BMW Leipzig plant for battery assembly
AI Hardware

BMW's Wheeled Humanoids Hit Leipzig Floors—Europe Awakens

Europe's factories just gained wheeled accomplices. BMW's AEON robots at Leipzig signal physical AI's industrial breakout.

3 min read 2 weeks ago
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