
Google DeepMind has launched a three-month accelerator program for early-stage robotics startups across Europe, selecting 15 companies to participate. The program provides intensive mentorship, technical support, and access to Google DeepMind's AI tools and expertise to help these startups integrate artificial intelligence into their robotics products. The selected companies are working on applications ranging from industrial automation and manufacturing to healthcare, waste management, and ocean exploration. This initiative reflects the growing focus on using AI advances in language, vision, and action models to create intelligent machines that can interact with the physical world in practical ways.

The Robot Report Podcast · Insights Behind Kinisi’s Acquisition by Bear Robotics Episode 250 of The Robot Report Podcast features Bren Pierce of Kinisi Robotics. Podcast guest: Bren Pierce, Kinisi Robotics Brennand Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi. | Credit: Kinisi Robotics With a Ph.D. in humanoid robotics from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and a decade of global research, Kinisi Robotics founder Bren Pierce has scaled multiple companies, raising more than $180 million and deploy

Figure 03 adds tactile-sensor hands, palm cameras, wireless charging, and speech-to-speech audio over its predecessor. | Source: BMW Group BMW Group is doubling down on its deployment of Figure.AI’s humanoid robots. The automaker last week announced that, following its successful deployment with Figure 02 at its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., it will deploy the company’s latest Figure 03 robot. “Plant Spartanburg is the birthplace of humanoid robotics in BMW Manufacturing’s operational

Deployments of service robots using MBody AI Orchestrator are spreading. Source: MBody AI MBody AI Corp., which is developing an operating system for enterprise service robots, is expanding its North American operations, said Check-Cap Ltd., which is planning to merge with the company. “Reaching eleven states and entering Canada shows how the Orchestrator platform scales across new markets,” stated John Fowler, CEO of MBody AI. “The value of Orchestrator compounds with each dep
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