Teknik-News – AI, robotik, humanoida robotar och automation – sida 17

Eclipse's $1.3B Fund Makes Physical AI a Standalone VC Category

Eclipse Ventures closes a $1.3B fund dedicated to physical AI, combining robotics and embodied AI investment with a startup incubation model.

RobotikAIHårdvaraProgramvaraNVIDIA23 apr.

Antioch Raises $8.5M to Build the Developer Tools Layer for Physical AI

Antioch raised $8.5M to build Cursor-style developer tooling for physical AI simulation, targeting robot builders underserved by NVIDIA Isaac and MuJoCo.

RobotikAIHårdvaraIntel23 apr.

Physical Intelligence's π0.7 Robot Brain Handles Tasks It Was Never Trained On

Physical Intelligence's π0.7 model claims zero-shot task generalisation for robots — executing unfamiliar tasks without task-specific training.

RobotikAIProgramvaraRymd23 apr.

Embodied AI in Orbit: How ISS Robotics Is Reshaping Humanoid Development

Icarus Robotics is deploying embodied AI on the ISS — and the manipulation lessons from microgravity are reshaping how humanoid robots are built on Earth.

RobotikAI1X23 apr.

1X Neo Costs $20,000 and Still Needs a Human Inside

The 1X Neo humanoid home robot costs $20,000 but still relies on remote human operators — raising serious questions about value and privacy.

RobotikAI23 apr.

AI-Powered Robotic Fingertips Are Giving Surgeons Back Their Sense of Touch

EU-funded PALPABLE project builds an AI-powered soft robotic fingertip that restores tactile feedback to robotic surgery via fibre-optic sensing.

RobotikHårdvara23 apr.

Grafentaktil hud ger humanoida robotar människoliknande känsel

Forskare i Cambridge publicerar grafentaktil sensor som detekterar 3D-kraft, glid och textur med fingertoppsupplösning – avgörande för humanoida robotar.

RobotikProgramvara23 apr.

Imitation Learning Goes Commercial: RoboTwin Lets Workers Train Robots in Minutes

Czech startup RoboTwin lets factory workers train industrial robots by physical demonstration in under a minute, no coding required — bringing imitation learning to SME manufacturers.

RobotikAI23 apr.

MIT:s väggseende AI löser lagerrobotars största perceptionsproblem

MIT:s Wave-Former och RISE använder generativ AI med mmWave-radar för att rekonstruera dolda objekt och hela rum – och förbättrar robotarnas noggrannhet med 2×.

Robotik23 apr.

Driverless Trucks Are Here: Volvo Autonomous Solutions on the Driver Shortage Fix

Volvo Autonomous Solutions moves driverless trucks into early commercial deployment as a 60,000-driver US shortage makes autonomous freight economics unavoidable.

RobotikAIOpenAIMicrosoft23 apr.

GPT-4 Powered Robotic Guide Dogs Can Navigate and Narrate in Real Time

Binghamton University's GPT-4 robotic guide dog narrates routes and surroundings in real time, tested with 7 blind users at AAAI 2026.

RobotikRymdBoston Dynamics23 apr.

Locus Array Launches as Mobile Manipulation Enters the Lights-Out Warehouse Race

Locus Robotics launches Array, a fully autonomous mobile manipulation system for aisle picking, competing with Boston Dynamics Stretch in the race to lights-out warehousing.

RobotikAIHårdvaraProgramvaraRymd23 apr.

AGIBOT Genie Studio Agent Brings Zero-Code Deployment to Physical AI

AGIBOT launches Genie Studio Agent, a zero-code platform enabling non-engineers to deploy robot applications through drag-and-drop workflows, already validated in semiconductor manufacturing.

RobotikHårdvaraIntel23 apr.

Stereolabs ZED X Nano: Wrist-Mounted Camera Benchmarked Against RealSense and OAK

Ouster's Stereolabs ZED X Nano delivers 1920×1200 stereo vision at 120fps with sub-millimeter depth accuracy and GMSL2 connectivity for robotic wrist mounting.

RobotikAIBoston Dynamics23 apr.

This Week in Robots: Atlas Bows Out, a Collective That Cannot Die, and a Home Robot That Folds Laundry

Atlas retires, an EPFL collective robot grows more reliable as modules fail, and Weave Robotics ships a laundry-folding robot to homes in February 2026.

RobotikUnitree17 apr.

Humanoid Robot Performance Showdown: Spring 2025's Best Demos Ranked

Unitree, PNDbotics, Engine AI, and Humanoid UK all drop spring 2025 demo footage — here's how they stack up on performance, price, and deployment readiness.