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WhalesBot Announces US Launch of Pubbo AI Companion Robot
WhalesBot is bringing Pubbo to US families, pairing a touchscreen and camera with conversational AI, creative tools and app-based robot coding.
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WhalesBot is bringing Pubbo to US families, pairing a touchscreen and camera with conversational AI, creative tools and app-based robot coding.
Gremsy’s under-300g Kestrel payload combines stabilized visible-light and thermal imaging for small drones, with broader pre-orders now open.
Jim Fan has previewed an uncut, normal-speed autonomous robot demonstration for his CoRL keynote, with the robot and controlling model still unidentified.
Humble Robotics’ $51 million Series A will fund customer pilots, validation and early manufacturing of its autonomous electric freight platform.
Panasonic reports that T-Rex combined vision-language planning with faster fingertip corrections, achieving 65% average success across 12 research tasks.
Embodied AI’s AIR uses a wheeled base and lightweight tendon-driven arms, with human-guided factory deployments intended to build task-specific autonomy.
Realbotix has renamed Echo as Series 1 while keeping its prices, specifications and plans for an initial 250-unit batch in 2027 unchanged.
Tohoku researchers reproduced a knee-jerk reflex mechanically, then combined it with a higher-level controller to generate bipedal robot walking.
Sidekick’s Team beta brings shared models, on-robot reinforcement learning and coordination for up to 10 robots at $12 per person per week.
XPeng says IRON’s dedicated solid-state batteries have entered small-batch production, while cell chemistry and detailed performance figures remain unclear.
UBTECH and Ras Al Khaimah have agreed to explore humanoid climate research and live robot trials across industrial and public-service settings.
AdapTronics wins Infineon’s humanoid robotics challenge, followed by tactile-sensing startup COSMOKE and motor-control developer TECHiFAB.