Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Physical Intelligence, the San Francisco-based startup that has raised more than $400 million , has open-sourced its Pi0 robotic foundation model. “We believe that general purpose models that can control any robot to perform any task will be the future of robotic control,” the company said.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This image was created with Adobe Firefly’s AI image generator. Next year, well also hear much about the importance of human-robot collaboration, market consolidation and the fate of robotics foundation models (RFMs). They can ease this process by involving laborers in AI and automation adoption discussions.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2025

Googles RT-X is an example of a general-purpose robotics model that can control many different types of robots and perform basic reasoning about complex tasks. This is often called “embodied AI,” and it is one of the most profoundly transformative opportunities in the global economy. Register now so you don't miss out!

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Source: Duality AI Duality AI yesterday launched an EDU license and subscription for its Falcon simulation platform. The company said it designed this new program to equip aspiring artificial intelligence developers with the synthetic data skills needed to create advanced AI vision models.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Rockwell Automation said this integration will enhance factory operations through artificial intelligence (AI) and physics-based simulation technology. As equipment is connected into lines, models scale and challenges arise from siloed expertise and integration issues between separately engineered components.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 31, 2025

New level measurement process device profiles for EtherNet/IP network-capable level sensors support NE 107 diagnostics and are aligned with the Process Automation – Device Information Model (PA-DIM).

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The AgiBot World humanoid manipulation dataset includes foundational models, standardized benchmarks, and a collaborative framework. AgiBot World is an ecosystem that includes foundational models, standardized benchmarks, and a collaborative framework aimed at democratizing access to high-quality robotic data.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Just this month, Citis leading investment analysts published The Rise of AI Robots: Physical AI is Coming for You. This past week, I sat down with Nic Radford of Persona AI , one of the newest entrees into the humanoid arena. While Persona AIs website is deliberately vague about its approach, Radford said, Persona has its niche.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 10, 2025

This facility will enable Fleet Space to accelerate the production of its pioneering space technologies and scale its end-to-end exploration platform, powered by space and AI, ExoSphere. Getting there requires a vertically integrated manufacturing model optimised for the rapid advances in these technologies.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Helm.ai’s GenSim-2 allows users to modify video data using generative AI. Autonomous vehicle developers could soon use generative AI to get more out of the data they gather on the roads. this week unveiled GenSim-2, its new generative AI model for creating and modifying video data for autonomous driving.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 16, 2025

The RLWRLD team is made up AI researchers, roboticists, product engineers, business strategists, operators, and more. a physical AI startup building robotics foundation models, this week said it has raised $15 million in its seed round. Source: RLWRLD RLWRLD Inc., “Silicon Valley is building brains for the Internet.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

At the same time, accelerating advances in AI have been a tailwind for the industry. Investors include traditional VCs, corporate players, and AI darlings. We’ve also seen a lot of interest in the software layer this year — particularly foundational models. These trends are showing in the investment data.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 21, 2025

.” In other words, IntuiCell created a physical AI agent capable of autonomously learning in a manner that mimics a biological nervous system. “For decades, AI has excelled at processing vast amounts of data but has fundamentally been incapable of real intelligence,” stated Viktor Luthman, co-founder and CEO of IntuiCell.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2025

The company demonstrated the models capabilities in a closed-loop environment using its proprietary GenSim-2 generative AI foundation model to re-render realistic sensor data in simulation. In December, it unveiled GenSim-2, its generative AI model for creating and modifying video data for autonomous driving.

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Automation Mag

MAY 13, 2025

Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA, unveiled a number of physical AI and industrial autonomy solutions NVIDA is currently developing during his Tuesday keynote address at Automate 2025, titled Industrial Autonomy in the Era of Physical AI.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Physical Intelligence raises $400M for foundation models for robotics Foundation models promise to give robots the ability to generalize actions from fewer examples than traditional artificial intelligence approaches. Don’t let outdated navigation hold your business back. The post Who let the robodogs out?

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Robotics Automation News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Nvidia has unveiled its Cosmos World Foundation Model platform for the development of physical AI systems such as autonomous vehicles and robots. Physical AI models are costly to […]

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2024

She joined Scale Venture Partners about 2 years ago to lead their investment thesis on robotics, AI applications, and cybersecurity. Juliette emphasizes the importance of understanding the customer ROI and business model as key criteria. Some of Jasmeet’s investments include Orange Wood Labs, Brisk AI, and Rural Hologram.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Standard Bots will use READY Robotics APIs to make its AI control software usable with multiple robot models. READY Robotics’ set of APIs is the perfect piece for deploying our AI platform,” he said. “By StandardOS provides developers and AI researchers with tools for building applications, integrations, and more.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Two news items from the OPC Foundation were announced at the ARC Forum in Orlando this week. An agreement with the Digital Twin Consortium and welcoming the Foundation’s 900 th member. Procter & Gamble the 900 th Member The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Procter & Gamble as the 900th OPC Foundation member.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Nasa and IBM have joined forces to promote a new application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to Nasa Earth observation satellite data. The AI is expected to analyse petabytes of satellite data to identify the impact of natural disasters and rising temperatures on crop yields, and wildlife habitats.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Shenzhen, China-based company said it is working on hardware, software, and a foundation model for applications in manufacturing, household, and other sectors. LimX legged robots march on Last year, LimX posted a video showing its W1 wheeled quadruped standing on two legs. It has raised $27.5 million.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · AI at the Edge: How perception and AI are shaping mobile robotics In Episode 173 of The Robot Report Podcast , co-host Steve Crowe and I catch up on the news of the week, including several recent stories about mobile manipulators. Featured interview with RGO Robotics and Wheel.Me

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 1, 2025

Rus will discuss the challenges of transformer-based foundation AI models. She will also introduce alternative physics-based models and explain how they can efficiently achieve performance. Generative AI’s Impact on Robotics: This panel discussion will kick off at 1:30 p.m. in Room 258ABC. in Room 257B.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 18, 2025

Just as shops can start with AI to achieve quick wins, build momentum and scale solutions, AI was used to generate this illustration to fill in for a missing image. What sets today’s AI apart is its ability to operate within your current systems and processes, often without the need for costly infrastructure upgrades.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 13, 2024

. | Source: Adobe Stock, Photoshopped by The Robot Report Collaborative Robotics, a developer of cobots for logistics, today announced the establishment of a Foundation Models AI team. Foundation models offer the promise of generalizing behaviors and reducing the effort to build and maintain special-purpose models.

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 16, 2024

Domain experts in fields such as engineering and manufacturing, as well as logistics, insurance or banking will be able to create new and upgrade existing applications with the most advanced generative AI technology. This innovation allows Mendix customers to apply generative AI to drive productivity within their workforce.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 19, 2024

link] New foundation for humanoid robotics The big news from the robotics side of the house is that NVIDIA launched a new general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots called Project GR00T. Project GR00T training model.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Xu Bin, general manager of the state-backed center, told Chinese media outlet Yicai Global that like autonomous vehicles, “humanoid robots require large volumes of high-quality data for development, and advanced models demand even stricter data standards.” Bear Robotics expands from restaurants to warehouses with Carti AMRs Bear Robotics Inc.,

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It said this could double scaling robotics simulation and accelerate AI model training. Isaac Sim is a reference application built on NVIDIA Omniverse for developers to simulate and test AI-driven robots in physically based virtual environments. What is ‘physical AI?’ Apply to speak.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 29, 2024

The company said it is providing a suite of services, models, and computing platforms to enable robotics and AI designers “to develop, train, and build the next generation of humanoid robotics.” The company claimed that they can reduce model deployment times from weeks to minutes.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 7, 2025

With the rise of large language models and generative AI, researchers have spent the past few years figuring out how to apply that technology to robotics. To achieve effective physical intelligence, the industry needs energy-efficient AI systems that can run reliably on robots, sensors, and other edge devices.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 19, 2025

NVIDIA is all in on what it defines as AI Factories, the next iteration of data centers optimized for running AI workflows based on NVIDIA architecture. This part of the keynote highlighted the new Blackwell chip and new Dynamo software designed to make AI reasoning 40x faster than previous generations.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 6, 2024

Intrinsic, a software and AI robotics company that spun out of Alphabet, now integrates with NVIDIA AI and Isaac platform technologies in hopes of advancing the state of autonomous robotic manipulation. NVIDIA recently introduced a foundation model for humanoids called Project GROOT.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 20, 2025

AI can enhance shopfloor operations in many ways, including by aiding in the creation of CNC programs. Standing at the cusp of the AI revolution, this has never been truer. While there are concerns about AI replacing workers, applying AI to part manufacturing doesn’t mean automating away people and processes.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

For instance, Figure AI last month unveiled its Figure 02 robot, which used NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) and Omniverse to autonomously conduct tasks in a trial at BMW. Demand and AI create inflection points for humanoid robots What do you think of the potential for humanoids, and why have they captured so much attention?

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