The uncomfortable truth in robotics: Better tech does not... win. Execution does. A small French team raised $20M and deployed in 100+ factories with ZERO hardware or manufacturing background. Here is how they did it 👇 [If you build robotics, save this thread. 🧵]show more

Learn How To Build a Gemini-Powered Robotics Simulator in... the Browser with MuJoCo WASM. MuJoCo (WebAssembly) + Three.js + Gemini ER Thanks for sharing, Omar Sanseviero! 📍Tutorial: Demo: —— if it matters in AI or Robotics you'll see it here first:show more

You don’t need expensive hardware to build something that... feels like real robotics. An Arduino, a servo, and an ultrasonic sensor can scan space and turn echoes into a simple radar view. It sweeps, measures distance, and visualizes it in real time. Cheap, simple, and a solid way to understand how machines sense the world. Limits show up fast, which is where better sensing and smarter software come in. Original build by SunFounder —— Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free:show more

AI in robotics gets all the attention right now,... but sometimes the most interesting work is very practical. Viet built a small vision system that counts potatoes on a conveyor belt. No giant dataset. No huge model. Just a clear problem and a smart setup. He used Ultralytics’ ObjectCounter, trained a tiny YOLO11 nano model, and because there was no potato dataset, he annotated a single frame with SAM 2 and trained from that. One frame. Still works across the whole video. It is a good reminder that useful AI in industry often looks like this. Focused. Lightweight. Solves a real task. If you work in manufacturing or robotics, these small systems are usually the fastest wins. They save time, reduce errors, and do not need massive infrastructure. Nice work, Viet. His projects: —- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free:show more

I spent a month in Shenzhen visiting factories and... robotics companies, and the contrast with the U.S. was striking. While Figure and Boston Dynamics hide their humanoids behind closed doors, Chinese companies have massive showrooms open to the public. But what really stood out wasn't just the transparency, it was how good they are at selling. Take UBTech: they've already sold 1,200 humanoid units at $200k each to factories. And here's the kicker, these robots aren't even that useful yet. They can only pick up and drop boxes at 1/10th the speed of a human, and factories still need to hire system integrators to train them for specific tasks. My theory is that these factories are terrified of getting left behind in the robotics/AI wave. They're investing in new tech not because it's ready, but because they can't afford to wait. The second surprise was the breadth of their robotics portfolio. These companies aren't just building humanoids, they're deploying service robots everywhere: restaurants, hotels, apartments. Consumer robots are cleaning houses, pools, pet waste, dishes. They're covering the entire spectrum. But the education piece shocked me most. I picked up what I thought was a high school or college robotics textbook, it was for primary school. The government mandated AI and robotics education starting in elementary school. Almost every single school in China now has AI and robotics curriculum, complete with education robots so kids can learn by building. They're creating a generation that grows up fluent in robotics and AI. China owns the supply chain and the hardware stack. But here's what I think people are missing: the race isn't just about who can build robots faster or cheaper. The U.S. advantage has always been in the layer between hardware and human, the interaction design, the software intelligence, the intuitive interfaces that make complex technology feel natural. China is building the physical infrastructure, but they're also learning fast. Every deployed service robot, every classroom full of kids building with education kits, every factory running humanoids, that's all data collection at scale. The window for the U.S. to establish its wedge is narrowing. It's not enough to be better at AI or software anymore. We need to be building the integration layer, the intelligence that makes physical AI actually useful, not just impressive in a showroom. Because right now, China isn't just manufacturing robots. They're manufacturing a robotics-native culture, and that might be the most defensible moat of all.show more

Once I enter a ride, the first thing I... ask the driver is if he has Bluetooth🤲. And I connect my sound immediately. If he does not have, I will just tell him to turn off the music if it is something that makes me uncomfortable. Better to ride in silence than feed my spirit with polluted sounds just because I am on a ride. It does not matter how long or short the ride is.show more

China is scaling humanoid robotics at an insane speed.... Super realistic robots from Ex-Robots are now reportedly entering mass production 🤖 - Not prototypes. - Not lab experiments. - Actual production. The biggest shift happening in robotics isn’t just intelligence anymore. It’s making robots look and behave socially acceptable around humans. And honestly… we’re reaching the point where some people may not immediately realize they’re talking to a robot. Exciting future or uncomfortable future? Media : Ex-Robots ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

What if you could turn a single 360° photo... into a production-ready Isaac Sim environment in minutes? That's exactly what we did here. Using World Labs' Marble and an Insta360 X5 capture (rotating on top), we generated a complete navigable 3D environment and populated it with Lightwheel Sim Ready assets (bottom view). The result? A fully interactive scene in Isaac Sim, ready for sim2real testing,. Navigation, manipulation, or any robotics task you need to validate. What used to take weeks of manual 3D modeling and asset placement now takes minutes. Capture once in the real world, simulate everywhere in your training pipeline. This is the future of robotics development with world models. NVIDIA Robotics NVIDIA Omniverse #Sim2Real #Robotics #Simulationshow more

This is what the industry does not want you... to see 👺 A bleeding and suffering milk slave 💔 Don’t even think or say this does not happen in your country ..the fHarmers in ‘civilized’ countries hide the truth from you this happens everywhere #EndAnimalSlavery #LiveVegan 🌱🙏✌️show more

1/2 🧵🏛 The truth does not change. Only those... who try to distort it. Plato said: The truth is the only thing that no one can change. No matter how hard they try, history has already been written in stone and not on fake papers. ➡️show more

Thread: How China bought Germany's robotics crown jewel Quick... story: I recently called Kuka German in a thread and got called out - "Kuka is Chinese now." This sent me down a rabbit hole. What I found was straight out of Succession, and it reshaped how the West thinks about tech sovereignty. This is the story of how a Chinese appliance company bought Kuka & kick-started China's robot dominance. ⬇️show more

Almost every robot you see... runs on this equation.... Not AI. Not machine learning. PID. For over 100 years, this simple control algorithm has been quietly keeping robots balanced, drones stable, industrial machines precise, and even rockets on course. Most people never hear about it. Yet without PID, many of today's robots wouldn't even stand upright. If you could only learn ONE control algorithm in robotics... this would be it. What's the most impressive application of PID you've seen? 🎥 Media: medcorreia ( Instagram ) ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

Palletizing in the real world! 📦🤖 How do you... stack 65 unique SKUs on a pallet when they arrive in random order? Here’s how an on-the-fly algorithm solved it in a real logistics use case with only a single-digit buffer. Every placement was checked for stability, not just for itself, but for every other box it touched. The result? A rock-solid 2.05 m (6.5 ft) pallet. Robotics in logistics keeps improving. Hardware matters, but without smart software your robots won’t know what to do and you’ll waste money and time. Credit: Progressive Roboticsshow more

spent my Sunday evening reading every Serve Robotics SEC... filing. $712M market cap, "leader" in the delivery robot market Q3 2025: $687K revenue. $35.5M spent they have 1,000+ robots deployed. that's $7.50/robot/day across the fleet. my MetroCard generates more revenue than these things raised $280M in 2 years. 3x diluted the shares. all to fund $2.5M/yr in revenue. this is peak capital markets they quietly merged "delivery" and "branding" revenue into one line. what's branding? ads on the robots. they made rolling billboards and called it AI does anyone even read small cap filings? Shkreli, might want to take a look at this beautyshow more

Engineers: “This is a breakthrough in soft robotics.” Twitter:... “Bro built an AI vibrator.” 🤦‍♂️ Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark created a soft robot that moves by inflating and contracting its body like a worm. Jokes aside… robots like this could actually be useful for rescue missions and environments where traditional robots fail. But let’s be honest: you already know what most comment sections are going to talk about 💀 🎥 Media: SDU Soft Robotics ⚠️ This content is shared for informational purposes only. CTO Robotics Media is a media platform and does not own or develop the technology shown. Credit belongs to the original creators.show more

The robotics industry is about to go through the... same shift software did 10 years ago. Here's why the next billion-dollar robotics company will be built by a creator — not a corporation 👇 1/ Corporate robotics requires millions in capital, years of R&D, and a massive team just to ship a product. Creators with the right platform can prototype an idea in weeks, validate with real customers, and iterate fast. 2/ This isn't theory. It's the same pattern we saw with: GitHub → software developers App Store → mobile creators YouTube → video creators Every major platform shift minted a new class of independent builders. Robotics is next. 3/ The barrier isn't talent. There are brilliant engineers everywhere — Ohio, Lagos, Mumbai, Berlin. The barrier is access. Access to tools, infrastructure, and a platform that lets them build and monetize. 4/ That's exactly what $ROBA is building — an open platform where creators build, train, share, and monetize robotic behaviors. No corporate gatekeepers. No vendor lock-in. Just creators owning their innovations. Join the revolution today.show more

Don't care what they say. It doesn't matter if... the WR and TE ran the wrong route. Dillon Gabriel SHOULD NOT have thrown this ball. He does the same thing in practice. You practice how you play. He is a turnover machine. #NFLshow more

After 7 hours of continually loading into a custom... private match, I found the Stick Of Truth. This clip is me claiming it. If you want to see exactly what it does and how it looks, the full video is here: #southpark #stickoftruth #fortniteshow more

SoftBank is reportedly in early talks to back a... massive $800M funding round for Munich-based Agile Robots, with a contribution of over $ 300M. The move signals a major escalation in Masayoshi Son's "brains and bodies" strategy to dominate physical AI infrastructure. Why this matters for the robotics industry: 🤖 The Flywheel: Agile Robots isn't just hardware. Founded by German Aerospace Center (DLR) alumni, they vertically integrate AI software with humanoids, warehouse automation, and robotic arms. 🧠 Frontier Ecosystems: Agile ONE was recently named a founding member of NVIDIA’s Cosmos Coalition and is deep in a research partnership with Google DeepMind to bring Gemini to the factory floor. 💰 The Capital Race: Global investment in robotics more than tripled in 2025. SoftBank is pairing this hardware play with its recent $1.4B investment in Skild AI and its $5.4B acquisition of ABB Robotics. While both companies have declined to comment on the early-stage talks, the deal highlights a furious shift toward deploying foundational AI in physical manufacturing and logistics.show more

We’re building a new original series IN REAL-TIME showing... everything here. Our in-house short-form director, Demian, is documenting the entire production process in this thread, so don't forget to bookmark it. This is a clearly fresh workflow with fresh SOTA models, it will 100% boost your AI filmmaker skill to a whole new level. Be very attentive with everything written here (a thread) 🧵👇show more