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Robots now take crypto payments before they move a muscle Fabric Foundation (Fabric Foundation) has wired its RoboPay rail into physical hardware for the first time, demoing x402 payment verification on three platforms: Deep Robotics' M20 Pro quadruped, the AGIBot X2 humanoid, and a DOBOT CR5V robotic arm. A...

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