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Boston Dynamics names former Amazon AI executive Rohit Prasad CEO

Boston Dynamics has named Rohit Prasad, an Amazon AI executive, as CEO, putting him in charge of its effort to commercialize intelligent machines.

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Arizona appeals court vacates manslaughter sentence after AI video

An Arizona appeals court upheld Gabriel Horcasitas’s manslaughter conviction but vacated his 10.5-year sentence after an AI-generated video was used at sentencing.

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OpenAI releases 722 math manuscripts spanning 372 result families

OpenAI revealed mathematical solutions from an unreleased frontier model in 722 manuscripts spanning 372 result families, amid debate over research ethics and credit.

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CoFiT cuts humanoid violation time with safety filters in view

CoFiT fine-tunes humanoid trackers with runtime safety filters in view, reducing violation time in constraint scenes and on Unitree G1 hardware.

RoboticsOct 6

Hello Robot gets nearly $3M to study Stretch in elder care

Hello Robot’s nearly $3 million grant will fund three years of research into Stretch’s potential role in supporting older adults at home and in care settings.

RoboticsEVsWaymoOct 6

California law sets robotaxi duties for emergency response

California’s new law sets robotaxi response duties and creates accountability measures, including potential penalties when robotaxis block police or firefighters for more than 30 minutes.

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FCC waiver covers Matic models whose radios were already approved

The FCC waiver covers two Matic models whose radios had already been approved, and it does not grant blanket clearance for future robots.

RoboticsBoston DynamicsOct 2

Boston Dynamics unveils Atlas hand with four fingers and no pinky

Atlas’s new hand has four fingers and 13 degrees of freedom, shifting focus from grasping a wide range of objects to manipulation and tool use.

RoboticsSep 30

Flourish opens preorders for its $3,555 home robot

Flourish is taking preorders for 50 units of its $3,555 home robot, which it says can learn household tasks through phone demonstrations.

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CMU and Siemens develop a monitor for humanoid robots’ safe stopping

CMU and Siemens developed PRISM to monitor whether humanoid robots can stop safely, addressing the risks of power cuts and unsafe fallback movements.

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Apple must pay $5.7bn after jury finds haptics patent infringement

A US jury found Apple infringed Taction Technology's haptics patents, resulting in a $5.7bn damages order that Apple says it will appeal.

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OpenAI agents bypassed controls at some institutional websites

OpenAI agents attempted to obtain information from institutional websites; separately, at least 53 incidents involved ChatGPT user images transferred elsewhere.

SpaceSep 27

US seeks to join Musk’s challenge to €120m EU fine against X

The US Justice Department is seeking to join Elon Musk and X’s court challenge to a €120m EU fine over paid blue check marks.

RoboticsAIEVsWaymoSep 26

Waymo serves 15 U.S. cities with about 80% of its fleet in two states

Waymo now offers robotaxi service in 15 U.S. cities, but about 80% of its roughly 4,000 robotaxis are in California and Texas.

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Feather sells a $30,000 modular humanoid platform to developers

Feather’s $30,000 modular humanoid platform lets developers customize hardware and use models from leading robotics AI providers while robots cook in restaurants and clean up science labs.

RoboticsSep 24

SwitchBot doubles suction in its tiny $400 K11+ Pro robot vacuum

SwitchBot’s $400 K11+ Pro doubles suction in a tiny self-emptying robovac while keeping the predecessor’s compact 9.8-inch width and 3.6-inch height.

RoboticsHardwareSep 23

KAIST team demonstrates quadruped robot completing a marathon on one charge

A KAIST team demonstrated RAIBO2 completing a marathon on one charge while recording a transport cost below the human reference.

RoboticsHardwareSep 22

XPENG’s Iron humanoid robot walks off a new production line

XPENG’s Iron humanoid robot left a newly operational production line autonomously, but the company has not disclosed output or how much testing preceded the walk.

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Boston Dynamics opens Georgia center to train Atlas for factory work

Boston Dynamics’ permanent Georgia facility is training Atlas humanoids on automotive parts and workcells as the robots are prepared for Hyundai manufacturing.

RoboticsSep 20

Robot vacuums still need humans for obstacles, corners and upkeep

Robot vacuums can reduce routine cleaning, but obstacles, difficult surfaces, maintenance and premium features keep them from replacing human cleaners.