The Robot Report

RealMan Robotics open-sources its RealSource robot dataset

The dataset is built from 10 real-world simulated environments in the RealMan Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.
Yahoo

Alphabet's Intrinsic acquires DARPA-backed firm behind open source robotics software

Just a few months after buying fellow robotic software firm Vicarious, Alphabet-owned Intrinsic has acquired several divisions within Open Robotics, the company behind the widely used robotics ...
Business Wire

Acceleration Robotics Announce and Open Sources ROBOTCORE®, the First Robotic Processing Unit – Specialized in ROS Computations

ROBOTCORE® is a processing unit for the robotics architect that maps robotics computations efficiently to its CPUs, GPU and FPGA to obtain faster robots and with additional real-time capabilities.
Forbes

Open Source Humanoid Robots That You Can 3D Print Yourself: Hugging Face Buys Pollen Robotics

The open source AI community Hugging Face has bought open source humanoid robots company Pollen Robots, Hugging Face announced this morning. That’s great news for pretty much every country that is not ...
TechCrunch

Open Robotics’ ROS is safe despite Alphabet buying OSRC, says Intrinsic

“The aim of Intrinsic is to democratize the access to robotics,” Wendy Tan White, CEO of Intrinsic, told me at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, where she appeared alongside Brian Gerkey, director of Open ...
SiliconANGLE

AI startup Hugging Face is looking into open-source robotics

Artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face Inc., best known for operating a hub for hosting open-source machine learning and AI models, is launching a new project focused on robotics under the ...
SiliconANGLE

With new open models and simulation libraries, Nvidia aims to accelerate robotics R&D

As Nvidia Corp. announced new robotics innovations at last week’s Conference on Robot Learning in South Korea, the company continues to extend its product line with new capabilities and enhancements. ...
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Ai2 unveils MolmoAct: Open-source robotics system reasons in 3D and adjusts on the fly

The Allen Institute for AI released a new AI robotics system that uses novel approaches to help robots navigate messy real-world environments, while making all of the model’s code, data, and training ...
New Atlas

Boston Dynamics and other firms pen open letter against weaponized robots

As robots from Boston Dynamics and the like continue to find more widespread applications, concerns are growing around their misuse. In a bid to prevent the spread of killer robots in society, a group ...
TechNode

China launches first open robot leasing platform BOTSHARE in Shanghai

China’s first open robot leasing platform, BOTSHARE, was launched to the public in Shanghai. Jiang Qingsong, partner at ...
Business Wire

Universal Robots and MiR open new robotics hub in Denmark

Global robotics leaders Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), both Teradyne Robotics companies, will share headquarters to increase synergies and accelerate innovation within ...