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🇬🇧 Engineered Arts just unveiled Ameca Gen 3 at ICRA 2025—this humanoid now walks and interacts smoother than ever before. When your robot can act more human than human, what’s next? 🤖

Why Robots Are Making History At The AIG Women’s Open For the first time ever, robots will be used in the maintenance of the golf course during a UK Major week, with 15 robotic mowers being introduced at Royal Porthcawl

🌿 Robot Mowers at Women’s Open

⛳ For the first time at a UK Major event, 15 robotic mowers will maintain the course at the AIG Women’s Open. They’ll work overnight so greenkeepers can focus day-time on greens. Sustainable tech meets sports turf. Ready for autonomous caddies? 🤖

Ground robots to join London's NHS drone network Autonomous ground delivery robots are planned to join the drone delivery network in London to deliver NHS supplies.

🚀 UK Medical Delivery Robots

🤖 London’s NHS is now pairing ground delivery robots with drone networks to move medical supplies - no more waiting rooms or corridor traffic jams. The clinical metre just got robot-powered. Ready for triage by bot?
#Robotics #HealthTech #SmartCities

China launches world's first robot that can run by itself 24/7 — watch it change its own batteries in unsettling new footage The Walker S2 humanoid robot, which can change its own battery when it's running low on power, could potentially be left to run on its own forever.

🤖 Meet Walker S2—the world’s first humanoid robot that changes its own battery, running 24/7 without humans. It walks, detects its power, and swaps packs solo. Autonomous literal self-care? Welcome to future robotics.

Reachy Mini - The Open-Source Robot for Today's and Tomorrow's AI Builders We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Meet Reachy Mini—a pint-sized desktop robot from Hugging Face that you can buy now! With expressive gestures and open-source brain, it's the companion bot for tinkerers and educators. Who’s ready to welcome a mini teammate? 🤖

RealSense spins out from Intel, secures $50 million to drive AI vision in robotics Computer vision technology firm RealSense said on Friday it has completed its spinout from Intel Corp and secured $50 million in early-stage funding to accelerate expansion into the rapidly growing robotics sector.

🤖 Intel's RealSense tech just went independent with a $50M spinout—building AI vision systems that help robots "see" 3D environments. From warehouse bots to helpful home aides, this could be a game-changer. Will it power the next wave of robot vision?
#Robotics #AI #ComputerVision

UK and ChatGPT maker OpenAI sign new strategic partnership Britain and ChatGPT maker OpenAI have signed a new strategic partnership to deepen collaboration on AI security research and explore investing in British AI infrastructure, such as data centres, the government said on Monday.

🤝 OpenAI just signed a strategic deal with the UK government—deploying AI across justice, education, security, and more. With civil servants already using ChatGPT-powered tools, the public-sector AI shift is underway. Game changer or too big a leap?
#AI #GovTech #UKtech

New UK AI audit standard aims to crack down on ‘wild west’ operators Boutique companies have sprung up to take advantage of the demand

🛡️ BSI is cracking down on the AI audit ‘wild west’ with a new standard launching July 31—ensuring checks on fairness, safety, and independence. Finally, someone’s holding AI builders accountable. Is this what industry needs? #AI #TrustworthyAI #Standards

Britain boosts computing power in $1.3 billion AI drive Britain set out its plan to invest 1 billion pounds ($1.34 billion) in computing infrastructure to drive the development of artificial intelligence, which will increase its public compute capacity 20 fold over the next five years.

🇬🇧 UK just announced a £1 billion AI infrastructure boost—20× more public supercomputing, linking Isambard-AI and Dawn into a national research grid. Think faster cancer scans today and future breakthroughs tomorrow. Bold move or too little too late?

China's Unitree Robotics starts IPO process Chinese startup Unitree Robotics has begun the so-called "tutoring" process for a potential initial public offering, a filing with the securities regulator showed on Friday.

🧩 China’s Unitree Robotics has officially kicked off its IPO journey—just as its G1 humanoid bots enter real-world factory trials. With ~90 gov contracts and US$5.4M revenue, humanoid robots could be a public bet soon. Would you invest? 🤖

UK’s £225m AI supercomputer, Isambard-AI, launches in Bristol Hopes £225m Isambard-AI in Bristol will unleash new era of technological, medical and social breakthroughs

🇬🇧 Meet Isambard‑AI: the UK’s £225 m supercomputer—5,400 Nvidia chips, 100,000× faster than your laptop, spotting sick cows, diagnosing skin cancer, and training wearable tech to predict accidents. Public compute just got real. Meaningful or risky? 🤖💥

Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely MIT CSAIL researchers use a generative AI model to improve particular parts of 3D robot designs, helping them jump higher and land safely. The system refines its ideas in simulation before drafting a ...

MIT CSAIL used generative AI to rethink robot design. The result? A robot that jumps 41% higher and lands 84% smoother—3D-printed and tested. AI in physical design is jumping ahead. 🤖 #Robotics #GenerativeAI #Innovation

Amazon Deploys 1 Millionth Robot, Launches New AI Model In a blog post, Amazon Robotics vice president Scott Dresser announced that the company has deployed its one millionth robot at a fulfillment center in Japan and launched a new generative AI model to ...

Amazon has deployed its 1 millionth warehouse robot and introduced DeepFleet, a generative AI model that boosts fleet movement efficiency by 10%. Smart logistics at massive scale. 🤖 #Robotics #AI #Logistics

China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts Humanoid robots have captivated fans in Beijing with a fully autonomous soccer match powered by artificial intelligence.

⚽ In Beijing this weekend, humanoid robots played the first-ever 3-on-3 AI-only soccer match, controlled entirely by deep reinforcement learning. A milestone in robotic agility testing. Next stop: World Robot Games! 🤖 #Robotics #AI #RobotSoccer

Learning Quadrupedal Robot Locomotion for Narrow Pipe Inspection Various pipes are extensively used in both industrial settings and daily life, but the pipe inspection especially those with narrow sizes are still very challenging with tremendous time and manufactur...

🔍 New study introduces a quadrupedal robot trained via reinforcement learning to inspect narrow industrial pipes—crossing bends & obstacles autonomously. Robots patrolling inside piping? The future of proactive maintenance. 🤖 #Robotics #AI

Tiny robots could help fix leaky water pipes Micro-robots that can inspect water pipes, diagnose cracks and fix them autonomously—reducing leaks and avoiding expensive excavation work—have been developed by a team of engineers led by the Univers...

💧 UK researchers at Sheffield built Pipebots—tiny autonomous bots that patrol, detect and even repair cracks underground, saving billions of liters and avoiding roadworks. Infrastructure just went robotic. 🤖 #Robotics #SmartCities #WaterTech

Tiny robots unleashed in underground water pipes find and fix leaks autonomously Miniature robots that can find and fix leaky water pipes autonomously without the need to dig up roads have been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

🚰 Tiny robots are being deployed to inspect and repair water-pipe leaks underground, autonomously navigating pipes to detect damage and fix issues—no more digging required. A real-world win for robotics in urban infrastructure! #Robotics #SmartCities #Innovation 🤖

British surgical robots should operate around the world Cambridge start-up CMR Surgical has innovative technology but it needs global ambition

🇬🇧 UK’s CMR Surgical aims to scale its Versius surgical robot globally—challenging US giant da Vinci. With £1B raised and FDA-approved tech, the question remains: stay independent or sell? A pivotal moment for UK robotics. 🤖 #MedTech #Robotics

Robots that feel heat, pain, and pressure? This new “skin” makes it possible Researchers have created a revolutionary robotic skin that brings machines closer to human-like touch. Made from a flexible, low-cost gel material, this skin transforms the entire surface of a robotic...

🧠🤖 Researchers at Cambridge and UCL unveiled a low-cost robotic ‘skin’ that senses pressure, temperature—even pain—across a robotic hand. A huge step toward emotionally aware robots in healthcare and assistance. #Robotics #SoftRobotics #AI

Exclusive: Nvidia, Foxconn in talks to deploy humanoid robots at Houston AI server making plant It would be the first time that an Nvidia product would be made with the help of humanoid robots and would be Foxconn's first AI server factory to use them on a production line, sources said.

🚨 Nvidia & Foxconn are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at Foxconn’s new Houston AI‑server plant —a move that could mark a major shift in manufacturing automation. When factory floors go humanoid, what's next? 🤖 #Robotics #AI #Industry4.0

IIT Researchers Unveil Flying Humanoid Robot: A Breakthrough in Robotics In a remarkable leap for humanoid robotics, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have successfully completed the first flight demonstration of iRonCub3, a pioneering jet-powered

🚀 Italy’s IIT just unveiled iRonCub3, the world’s first jet-powered humanoid robot, lifting itself 50 cm off the ground in stable flight. A major leap in embodied AI and aeronautics—humanoids that fly? We’re closer than ever. 🤖 #Robotics #EmbodiedAI #Innovation

MIT research: Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land better By Alex Shipps, digital strategy coordinator, MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Diffusion models like OpenAI’s DALL-E are becoming increasingly useful in helping brainst…

🚀 MIT researchers used diffusion AI to design a robot that jumps 41% higher and lands 84% smoother—all tested in real-world simulations and 3D‑printed builds. Reinventing robot mechanics with generative design! 🤖 #Robotics #GenerativeAI #Innovation

Nvidia's pitch for sovereign AI resonates with EU leaders Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been pitching the idea of "sovereign AI" since 2023. Europe is now starting to listen and act.

🇪🇺 Nvidia’s pitch for ‘sovereign AI’ has EU leaders responding—UK PM Starmer pledges £1B, EU eyes $20B in AI factories, and Nvidia teams with Mistral on a data centre. The race for national AI autonomy is heating up. #AI #Europe #TechSovereignty

Lecturers are struggling with students’ use of AI | Letter Letter: A Guardian cartoon strikes a chord with a music lecturer worried about the impact of artificial intelligence on academia

✍️ Lecturers say nearly 50% of university essays now show AI influence—leaving educators stuck between policing and redesigning courses.” A stark signal that we need smarter grading tools and AI literacy, not just detectors. #AI #EdTech #AcademicIntegrity

Sanctuary AI Deploys First Humanoid General-Purpose Robot Commercially — Sanctuary AI Sanctuary AI today announced that it has successfully completed the first ever deployment of a...

🦾 Sanctuary AI just piloted a humanoid robot at a Canadian retail store, completing 110 real-world tasks like folding, tagging, packing & store prep in just one week. The leap from lab to checkout is happening. How long before they’re your store clerk? #Robotics #Automation

Millions more to have robotic surgery in NHS plan to cut waiting lists Head of NHS England to say robot-assisted surgery will become ‘the default’ for 90% of keyhole operations by 2035

🇬🇧 The NHS in the UK plans to scale robot-assisted surgery from 70k to 500k operations annually by 2035—making 9 in 10 keyhole procedures robotic. Precision, fewer beds, faster recoveries. Is this the future of public medicine? 🤖🏥 #MedTech #NHS #AI

Wandercraft snaps $75M Series D to expand AI-powered robotics portfolio — TFN Wandercraft raises $75M in Series D funding to scale its AI-powered exoskeletons and humanoid robots for healthcare and industry.

🤖 Wandercraft just raised $75M Series D to scale its self-balancing mobility robots across rehab, consumer, and industrial sectors. When exoskeletons go mass‑market, who’s ready to walk smarter? #AI #Robotics #MobilityTech

Uber self-driving robotaxis are coming to UK roads NEXT YEAR UBER is set to trial driverless robotaxis in London next spring, where passengers could be driven by artificial intelligence (AI) in place of a human. The ride-hailing app has partnered with UK AI …

🇬🇧 The UK is fast-tracking fully driverless taxi trials in London by spring 2026—backed by the £42 billion opportunity and 38,000 jobs. No steering wheel, only AI. Are we ready to ride into an autonomous future? #AI #AutonomousVehicles #Robotaxis 🤖

In over 2 months since launch, over 50 robot-assisted surgeries completed in Mumbai’s J J Hospital | Mumbai News - Times of India Mumbai: JJ Hospital has completed more than 50 robot-assisted surgeries since its introduction in April. The latest was a robotic gallbladder removal,.

🏥 Mumbai’s J J Hospital has completed 50+ robot-assisted surgeries since April—most recently, a robotic gallbladder removal through dense scar tissue. Precision meets care. This is how AI and robotics are transforming real-world medicine. #MedTech #AI #Robotics

The App Store's new AI-generated tags are live in the beta | TechCrunch Apple's plans to improve App Store discoverability using AI tagging techniques are now available in the developer beta build of iOS 26. However, the tags

The App Store’s new AI-generated tags are live in the beta