Sharpa Robotics has unveiled a new hierarchical framework that combines shared-autonomy data collection with a "mixture-of-experts" AI model to achieve complex, contact-rich manipulation tasks.
A global study of 18,000 people reveals that public trust in robotics is inextricably linked to real-world exposure, with security concerns now outweighing the fear of job displacement.
Rivian founder RJ Scaringe breaks stealth with Mind Robotics, a standalone startup backed by Accel and a16z aiming to bridge the gap between classical automation and human-like industrial dexterity.
With a massive seed round and a valuation of $3.5 billion, AMI Labs is building a global research powerhouse to prove that "world models" are the true path to human-level intelligence.
Palo Alto-based Rhoda AI has officially broken stealth with a $450 million Series B and a novel "Direct Video-Action" framework that uses hundreds of millions of internet videos to teach robots the laws of physics.