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2024: The year humanoids woke up

Robotics Business Review

Source: Citi GPS Eight years ago, not even $1 million went into startups focused exclusively on humanoids. Contributing researcher Rob Garlick supported Wenyans bold statement by justifying that the biggest difference today is the speed of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Were building a truck.

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Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots with AI

Robotics Business Review

Source: Apptronik A year full of humanoid robot news is ending with more developments. The companies said the strategic partnership will combine artificial intelligence with robotics hardware, enabling humanoids to be more helpful to people in dynamic environments. The Apollo robot combines humanoid hardware and AI.

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State of the Industry: Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizes Manufacturing

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Imagine Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools empowering the design and manufacturing processes in your shop to essentially function with a one-click experience, condensing the various phases of the design-to-make process. The manufacturing sector is notoriously slow when it comes to implementing new technologies.

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Figure AI ships Figure 02 humanoid robots to a paying customer

Robotics Business Review

Source: Brett Adcock via LinkedIn Humanoid robots are starting to move from development and trials to commercial use. ” Figure 02 continues fast pace Figure AI won a 2024 RBR50 award for its rapid pace of innovation. In February 2024, Figure closed its Series B round of $675 million. Figure AI Inc.

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Serve Robotics raises $86M for last-mile delivery expansion

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Source: Serve Robotics Serve Robotics Inc. today said it secured $86 million in December, bringing its total gross proceeds raised in 2024 to $167 million. in 2021, Serve Robotics has developed low-emissions, artificial intelligence-powered robots with the goal of making sidewalk delivery economical and sustainable.

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China launches data-sharing initiative for humanoid developers

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These standards classify robots across four technical levels (L1 to L4) and five intelligence levels (G1 to G5), assessing capabilities such as perception, cognition, decision-making, and autonomy. The NLJIC was established in May 2024 in Shanghai. Fourier Intelligence launched the second-generation GR-2 in September 2024.

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Teradyne robotics group lays off 10% of global staff

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UR and MiR consolidated R&D facilities and headquarters in 2024. Source: Universal Robots Economic uncertainty has taken a toll on the robotics industry, including leading vendors. “In 2024, we combined UR and MiR operations into a unified robotics operations group.” Teradyne Inc.’s based company.

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