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- Building a Company-Specific User Assistance Robot with Generative AI https://medium.com/@developer-relations/building-a-company-specific-user-assistance-robot-with-generative-ai-9e0a0de50af1 2 comments
- Amazon acquired robotics company Dispatch to build Scout https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/meet-the-tiny-startup-that-helped-build-amazons-scout-robot/ 11 comments
- Why Is It So Hard to Build Profitable Robot Companies? https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robotic-dreams-robotic-realities 164 comments
- Robotic companies: we'd like to build you a generative simulation environment https://pitch.com/v/dynamic-1-pager-a9itz3 2 comments
- Clearpath Robotics, Kitchener-Based Company, Is Building A Robotic Workforce http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/24/its-a-robots-world-can_n_6742832.html 4 comments robotics
- Robotic Dreams, Robotic Realities: Why Is It So Hard to Build Profitable Robot Companies? https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robotic-dreams-robotic-realities 3 comments robotics
- I Quit My Job to Protest My Company’s Work on Building Killer Robots https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/targeted-killing/i-quit-my-job-protest-my-companys-work-building-killer 28 comments politics
- New company run by former NASA leader aims to build robotic outpost near the Moon https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22914873/quantum-space-lunar-robotic-outpost-nasa-artemis 37 comments space
- New company run by former NASA leader aims to build robotic outpost near the Moon https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22914873/quantum-space-lunar-robotic-outpost-nasa-artemis 3 comments futurology
- A British company plans to send spider robots to the moon in 2021. They will eventually map lava tubes to build lunar bases using LIDAR. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/we-are-sending-spider-robots-to-the-moon-in-2021 530 comments space
- GreyOrange's Akash Gupta: Inside a young Indian engineer's very human struggle to build a global robotics company https://qz.com/1037297/greyoranges-akash-gupta-inside-a-young-indian-engineers-very-human-struggle-to-build-a-global-robotics-company/ 8 comments india
- Startup company builds robotic bricklaying machine the size of a garbage truck; robot can build a hose in two days with an accuracy of half a millimeter http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/fastbrick-robotics-bricklaying-machine-builds-investor-interest/story-fn91v9q3-1227457832808 11 comments robotics
- Elon Musk confirms his threat: give me 25% of Tesla or you don't get AI and robotics. Musk confirmed what can be seen as a threat to Tesla shareholders: give me 25% of the company or I won’t build AI and robotic products at the company, after making clear that the company is worthless without those. https://electrek.co/2024/05/20/elon-musk-confirms-threat-give-me-25-of-tesla-or-no-ai-robotics/ 35 comments economy
- 5B targets solar farm building robots in $33m push to ultra low cost PV - Australia seeking 30% efficient solar installed at 30¢/Wdc with costs of 1.5¢/kWh, gives grant to high speed installation company https://reneweconomy.com.au/5b-targets-solar-farm-building-robots-in-33m-push-to-ultra-low-cost-pv/ 3 comments futurology
- How do you come back from “we like your skills but you’re too independent”? Over 40, skilled in software, electrical, and mechanical engineering, company builds robot vending machines. None 15 comments robotics
- This former Apple prodigy just got $25 million from Google Ventures to build giant paper-reading robots - robotic systems for scanning huge quantities of paper, with customers including big companies and universities. http://www.businessinsider.com/ripcord-ceo-alex-fielding-interview-on-gv-investment-2017-12/?r=au&ir=t 3 comments technology
- To mine the Moon, private company Moon Express plans to build a fleet of robotic landers https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958164/moon-express-robot-landers-private-mining-outpost 4 comments space
- To mine the Moon, private company Moon Express plans to build a fleet of robotic landers https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958164/moon-express-robot-landers-private-mining-outpost 3 comments technology
- Inspired by Star Wars, the BB-8 Droid costs $150. The purpose? So households can have a robot in the family. "We want you to have a relationship with a robot," says the company Sphero, which aims to bring simple robots that complete small tasks while building relationships with your family. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-03/-star-wars-150-bb-8-droid-takes-stage-with-aid-from-disney-ceo 3 comments business
- Japan: Company builds exoskeleton robot to help elderly staff, the exoskeleton helps employees to carry out their jobs, which include constantly loading, unloading, carrying and bending. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/japan-company-builds-exoskeleton-elderly-staff-160804122751454.html 18 comments worldnews
- A former Google engineer was charged Tuesday with stealing self-driving car technology from the company before he joined Uber’s efforts to build robotic vehicles. Anthony Levandowski, was charged with 33 counts of trade secrets theft, could be sentenced up to 10 years and fined $8.25 million https://apnews.com/2cb2709f58dc484ab423c3520ed7f979 208 comments worldnews