Google DeepMind has appointed Aaron Saunders, a 23-year veteran of Boston Dynamics, as VP of Hardware Engineering. The move signals a major push to turn Gemini into a universal operating system for physical AI.
In a new interview, Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi detail their "data-first" philosophy, the end of teleoperation, and why they believe the industry is stuck between "GPT" and "ChatGPT."
The San Francisco startup, backed by CapitalG and Jeff Bezos, is betting on reinforcement learning to solve general-purpose robotics—standing in contrast to hardware-first competitors.
A lawsuit filed by Figure’s former safety lead Rob Gruendel alleges he was fired for warning that the company’s robots were powerful enough to kill—a claim that complicates the startup’s aggressive push into the home.
Robotera claims a global first with its VLA-powered L7 humanoid, designed to automate the complex "picking" phase in warehouses that AGVs can''t handle.