wayve UK Startup Wayve Secures $1.05 Billion to Expand AI Self-Driving Tech Wayve raises a record-breaking $1.05 billion led by SoftBank to advance its self-learning autonomous driving system. The company plans to sell its hardware-agnostic AI platform to various automakers and robotics firms globally.
nvidia Nvidia Unveils Powerful Blackwell AI Chip at GTC 2024 Nvidia reveals its next-generation Blackwell AI chip at GTC 2024, promising massive performance gains for generative AI workloads alongside new software and robotics initiatives.
figure Figure and OpenAI Unveil Highly Advanced Humanoid Robot Figure and OpenAI showcase a new humanoid robot with impressive conversational and physical capabilities. The demonstration highlights a significant leap in robotics that surpasses current competitors.
figure Figure Raises $675M at $2.6B Valuation for Humanoid Robots Bay Area robotics startup Figure secures a massive $675 million Series B round backed by OpenAI, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The company focuses on building general-purpose humanoid robots for industrial workplaces.
figure ai Humanoid Robot Startup Figure AI Raises $675 Million From Tech Giants Figure AI secures a massive $675 million funding round at a $2.6 billion valuation, backed by Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and Microsoft. The startup partners with OpenAI to advance the AI capabilities of its general-purpose humanoid robot.
figure BMW Partners with Figure to Test Humanoid Robots in South Carolina Figure signs a commercial deal to bring its Figure 01 humanoid robot to BMW's high-yield Spartanburg manufacturing plant. The robots will initially tackle five specific tasks, focusing on repetitive warehouse duties that are difficult to staff with human workers.
autonomous vehicles Off-Road Industries Lead Autonomous Vehicle Breakthroughs in 2024 Twenty years after the first driverless motorcycle, autonomous vehicles are finally thriving in off-road industries like mining and agriculture. These rugged robots handle dangerous, dull, and difficult jobs while increasing profits and reducing environmental impact.
artificial intelligence AI Industry Faces Pressure to Find Profitable Killer App in 2024 Artificial intelligence companies face immense pressure this year to prove that generative AI can generate real profits and deliver a killer application. Meanwhile, global AI regulation shifts from vision to concrete action.
ai Robotics Industry Approaches Its Transformative GPT Moment Artificial intelligence experts are applying the foundational model strategies that powered language tools like ChatGPT to the physical world of robotics. This shift promises to bring unprecedented efficiency to industries like manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare.
ai AI Drone Outmaneuvers Human Champions in High-Speed Racing Debut An autonomous quadcopter powered by artificial intelligence successfully defeats human world champions in drone racing. This technological breakthrough highlights how AI systems now master complex physical tasks that require split-second decision making.
techcrunch disrupt TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Unveils Dedicated AI Stage Agenda TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 features a dedicated AI Stage to explore the rapidly evolving and largely unregulated artificial intelligence industry. The upcoming September event in San Francisco hosts leading experts to discuss AI ethics, enterprise integration, and autonomous technology.
autonomous vehicles Robotics Pioneer Rodney Brooks Highlights Repeated Failures in Self-Driving Predictions Rodney Brooks draws on his 44 years of mobile robotics experience to explain why the autonomous vehicle industry consistently misses its deployment targets. He argues that overly optimistic executive predictions harm public trust and misrepresent the true difficulty of the technology.
google deepmind Google DeepMind Showcases Multimodal AI Advances at NeurIPS 2023 Google DeepMind presents over 180 papers at NeurIPS 2023, highlighting multimodal AI that bridges language, video, and physical actions. The team also demos groundbreaking tools for weather forecasting, materials discovery, and AI watermarking.
boston dynamics Boston Dynamics Reaches Millions of Milestones in 2023 Boston Dynamics celebrates a landmark year as its Stretch and Spot robots achieve massive deployment milestones, moving millions of boxes and capturing millions of data points.
google Google and Berlin Researchers Unveil PaLM-E AI Model for Autonomous Robots Google and the Technical University of Berlin introduce PaLM-E, a massive 562-billion-parameter AI model that combines vision and language to control autonomous robots. The system understands voice commands and adapts to environmental changes in real time without needing human retraining.