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Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction

news.ycombinator.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-07-25 05:48:48

Bedrock Robotics, an autonomous vehicle technology startup founded by veterans of Waymo and Segment, has been operating quietly for more than a year. Now, it’s breaking cover with an $80 million funding round from investors Eclipse and 8VC. Bedrock Robotics is focused on developing a self-driving kit that can be retrofitted to construction and other worksite vehicles, according to the company. The announcement confirms some of TechCrunch’s reporting in May. Bedrock is “upgrading existing fleets

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Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-26 09:07:46

In his genre-defining 1950 collection of science fiction short stories "I, Robot," author Isaac Asimov laid out the Three Laws of Robotics: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Ever since, the elegant

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Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-07-26 10:39:07

Bedrock Robotics, an autonomous vehicle technology startup founded by veterans of Waymo and Segment, has been operating quietly for more than a year. Now, it’s breaking cover with an $80 million funding round from investors Eclipse and 8VC. Bedrock Robotics is focused on developing a self-driving kit that can be retrofitted to construction and other worksite vehicles, according to the company. The announcement confirms some of TechCrunch’s reporting in May. Bedrock is “upgrading existing fleets

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Humanoids, AVs, and what’s next in AI hardware at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-02 02:00:00

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to 29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of bold ideas, groundbreaking tech, and future-shaping conversations. One of the most highly anticipated sessions happening on one of the two AI Stages will spotlight where AI hardware is heading next, featuring a live look at the robotics and autonomous systems pushing boundaries in real time. In this session, two of the field’s most visionary builde

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Intel spins out AI robotics company RealSense with $50 million raise

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-08-02 22:00:01

Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., right, shows the collision avoidance feature of an AscTec Firefly drone with Intel RealSense cameras during the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Intel is spinning out its artificial intelligence robotics and biometric venture as more companies bet big on automation tools. The new company, known as RealSense, was announced Friday and comes alongside a $50-million Series A funding round that includes MediaTek Innov

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Hugging Face just launched a $299 robot that could disrupt the robotics industry

news.ycombinator.com Michael Nuñez 2025-08-06 22:14:46

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Hugging Face, the $4.5 billion artificial intelligence platform that has become the GitHub of machine learning, announced Tuesday the launch of Reachy Mini, a $299 desktop robot designed to bring AI-powered robotics to millions of developers worldwide. The 11-inch humanoid companion represents the company’s boldest move yet to democratize r

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Hugging Face just launched a $299 robot that could disrupt the entire robotics industry

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2025-08-07 16:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Hugging Face, the $4.5 billion artificial intelligence platform that has become the GitHub of machine learning, announced Tuesday the launch of Reachy Mini, a $299 desktop robot designed to bring AI-powered robotics to millions of developers worldwide. The 11-inch humanoid companion represents the company’s boldest move yet to democratize r

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New WYBOT S2 Solar robotic pool cleaner gets massive Prime Day price drop!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-09 06:26:52

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority We were mightily impressed when we tried the new WYBOT S2 Solar robotic pool cleaner. One of the few issues we had with it was the premium price tag compared to some other competitors, but this Amazon Prime Day deal blows that concern out of the water. While the sale lasts, you can pick up the high-end pool cleaner for $1,199.99, saving you a hefty 40% on retail. WYBOT S2 Solar Cordless Robotic Pool Vacuum Cleaner for $1,199.99 ($800 off) Having only launche

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Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-08-20 22:56:52

Genesis AI, a startup that aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with a giant $105 million seed round co-led by Eclipse Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Founded last December by Zhou Xian (pictured above, left), a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, and Théophile Gervet, a former research scientist with the French AI lab Mistral, the startup wants to build a general-purpose model that will enable robots to automate a wide range

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US surgeons complete first-ever heart transplant using robotics

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-08-23 04:54:00

What just happened? Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston have performed the nation's first fully robotic heart transplant, a milestone in American medicine. Completed in March, the procedure marks a significant leap in robotic cardiac surgery and offers new hope for patients with advanced heart failure. The patient, a 45-year-old man hospitalized for months with severe heart failure, became the first in the United States to receive a heart transplant using a minimally invasiv

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Chinese Military Shows Off Fly-Sized Drones for Covert Ops

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-31 02:39:36

When it comes to robotics, nobody's doing it quite like China. Despite not truly industrializing until the 1950s — some 75 years after the United States — the nation has surged to the global forefront of robotics development. Between 2022 and 2023, China installed over half of all global robotics installed throughout the globe, scoring the second-highest annual robot deployment ever recorded — a close runner up to its own previous record, which it set between 2021 and 2022. Since then, the sec

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Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-31 17:05:10

We’re introducing an efficient, on-device robotics model with general-purpose dexterity and fast task adaptation. In March, we introduced Gemini Robotics, our most advanced VLA (vision language action) model, bringing Gemini 2.0’s multimodal reasoning and real-world understanding into the physical world. Today, we’re introducing Gemini Robotics On-Device, our most powerful VLA model optimized to run locally on robotic devices. Gemini Robotics On-Device shows strong general-purpose dexterity an

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Google’s new robotics AI can run without the cloud and still tie your shoes

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-31 22:00:41

We sometimes call chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT "robots," but generative AI is also playing a growing role in real, physical robots. After announcing Gemini Robotics earlier this year, Google DeepMind has now revealed a new on-device VLA (vision language action) model to control robots. Unlike the previous release, there's no cloud component, allowing robots to operate with full autonomy. Carolina Parada, head of robotics at Google DeepMind, says this approach to AI robotics could make robot

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Google DeepMind’s optimized AI model runs directly on robots

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-31 22:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google DeepMind is rolling out an on-device version of its Gemini Robotics AI model that allows it to operate without an internet connection. The vision-language-action model (VLA) comes with dexterous capabilities similar to the one released in March, but Google says “it’s small and efficient enough to run directly on a robot.” The flagship Gemini

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Google rolls out new Gemini model that can run on robots locally

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-31 22:00:00

Google DeepMind on Tuesday released a new language model called Gemini Robotics On-Device that can run tasks locally on robots without requiring an internet connection. Building on the company’s previous Gemini Robotics model that was released in March, Gemini Robotics On-Device can control a robot’s movements. Developers can control and fine-tune the model to suit various needs using natural language prompts. In benchmarks, Google claims the model performs at a level close to the cloud-based

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Robots are transforming warehouse automation and ending back-breaking truck loading

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-09-01 06:46:00

The big picture: As the warehouse floor becomes increasingly automated, robots now handle the most punishing aspects of logistics, while people focus on oversight, problem-solving, and continuous improvement. With companies like DHL, FedEx, UPS, and Walmart investing heavily in robotics, the era of the backbreaking warehouse job may soon be history. The last stronghold of human labor in warehouses – the grueling job of loading and unloading trucks – is rapidly giving way to a new generation of

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Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 14:12:17

Hi HN — I’m Charles from Vassar Robotics ( https://vassarrobotics.com/ - not much there but you can order the robot at https://shop.vassarrobotics.com/products/navrim-robot-that-l... Edit: the entire run sold out thanks to HN today—thank you all! And sorry to anyone who missed out. You can get in on the next batch here: https://vassarrobotics.com/newsletter. We are bringing an upgraded version of the long beloved SO-101 robot arms to a $219 price point with improved mechanical design and added

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This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We've Ever Seen

futurism.com Unknown 2025-06-04 08:07:33

Forget valleys; we're now entering veritable Grand Canyons of uncanniness. Behold the robot known as "Protoclone," built by Clone Robotics. It's supposedly the world's first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. But it's mostly just got people extremely creeped out. In a promotional video shared on X this Wednesday, the startup — of which little is known — makes every effort possible to subvert the industry's favored image of robots as servile little helpers there for the good of humankind. Nope.

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Can somebody let this robot down?

engadget.com Unknown 2025-06-04 11:20:13

It's not clear that anyone was asking for a company to build a muscular, sinewy robot or to see a video of it dangling, helpless from a hook, but life is full of surprises and this YouTube video of Clone Robotics' "Protoclone" is here all the same. The Protoclone appears to be a prototype version of the "Clone" robot the aptly named Clone Robotics is working to build. The video shows the Protoclone flexing its arms and legs, with visible artificial muscle fibers moving underneath its white "ski

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Latest Tech News

Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construction

Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics

Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction

Humanoids, AVs, and what’s next in AI hardware at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Intel spins out AI robotics company RealSense with $50 million raise

Hugging Face just launched a $299 robot that could disrupt the robotics industry

Hugging Face just launched a $299 robot that could disrupt the entire robotics industry

New WYBOT S2 Solar robotic pool cleaner gets massive Prime Day price drop!

Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

US surgeons complete first-ever heart transplant using robotics

Chinese Military Shows Off Fly-Sized Drones for Covert Ops

Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices

Google’s new robotics AI can run without the cloud and still tie your shoes

Google DeepMind’s optimized AI model runs directly on robots

Google rolls out new Gemini model that can run on robots locally

Robots are transforming warehouse automation and ending back-breaking truck loading

Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills

This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We've Ever Seen

Can somebody let this robot down?

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