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Chinese startup Agibot announced ambitious plans to produce up to 5,000 humanoid robots in 2025. This production volume is comparable to Elon Musk’s goals for Optimus robots production. Over the past year, Agibot has manufactured about 1,000 humanoid robots. The company intends to increase production to 400 units per month. To achieve this, they plan […]
The Chinese company Unitree has once again become the center of attention in global technology, setting a new milestone in the development of humanoid robots. Its most recent development, the H1 bipedal robot, has now made history by becoming the first humanoid to perform a backflip without the aid of hydraulic systems. This significantly differs […]
Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said that mass production of robotic ground platforms is starting in Ukraine. The Brave1 cluster for the development of military technologies has already tested more than 50 such systems at the test site. According to Fedoriv, the Kamikaze and Turret platforms were tested accordingly. They destroy the positions and […]
Ukraine conducted demonstration tests of unmanned ground evacuation platforms. This was announced by Yaroslav Oliynyk, a representative of the Ministry of Strategic Industries. It is reported that after the tests, the doctors chose several samples of platforms that suit them. The tests were attended by various platforms with different specifications designed to perform different tasks. […]
The world’s smallest humanoid robot was created by a group of four teenagers in Hong Kong. Its height is only 14.1 centimeters, which is 11.3 millimeters less than the previous record holder, created by Zain Ahmad Qureshi from Pakistan in 2022. The record was officially registered by the Guinness Book of Records. To meet the […]
For the first time in history, the ability of surgeons to remotely control a surgical robot in space was tested. The tests were conducted on the ISS. Communication with the station occurs with small delays, which gives automation a special role. In the future, surgical robots should be able to perform operations on their own, […]
The developers said that the cars will be able to drive and shoot without crews and compared their product to the Terminator. The Russian holding company High-Precision Complexes, which is part of Rostec, has completed the development of a software and hardware complex called Prometheus and is already testing it. The developers say that the […]
Figure AI may become the first robotic “unicorn” Microsoft and OpenAI are exploring options for investing up to $500 million in a humanoid robotics startup, Bloomberg reports. This is Figure AI, a company that wants to “deploy autonomous humanoid robots” around the world, according to its website. A Bloomberg source reported that Figure AI could […]
Red Sea Global (RSG), a Saudi Arabian company, has created a robot to clean beaches, the Saudi Press Agency reports. The electric robot was designed specifically to improve the appearance of the sand and solve the problem of plastic waste and litter on beaches. In addition, due to its flexibility, it can easily maneuver around […]
Drones have definitely become game changers in this war. However, defense tech is a huge industry that focuses not only on UAVs. When the Brave1 cluster was created, the General Staff identified 12 priority verticals of technological development relevant to the front line. These include automated communication and information security management systems, munitions, cybersecurity, artificial […]