Meta–Fourier humanoid prototype Max
Meta has built a humanoid prototype named Max with Chinese robotics company Fourier: about 48 kg, assembled in three months for home-robot research, with a second version already under way. Max is…
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Amazon: one million warehouse robots, ~1.5 million workers
Amazon has confirmed more than a million warehouse robots alongside about 1.5 million workers. At its Tracy, California warehouse, workers say robots are changing their jobs and a manager answered…
Tesla Cybercab
Federal regulators are auditing how Tesla self-certified its steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxis against vehicle safety rules, and have opened separate files on school-zone speeding and on remote…
Kodiak: 75 driverless trucks for DTL Transport under a per-mile model
Kodiak has signed DTL Transport to deploy its autonomous driving system in 75 carrier-owned trucks under a per-mile pricing model. The service is planned to start on Sun Belt routes, with autonomy…
Boston Dynamics: the employee petition to block a robot-dog sale to ICE
Hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees have signed a petition asking company executives to halt a planned sale of robot dogs to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No response from the company or…