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23,171 views • 11 months ago

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242,770 views • 3 months ago

China has unveiled a next-generation fire truck equipped with a built-in drone for extinguishing fires in high-rise buildings The drone is integrated directly into the vehicle’s roof. It can ascend to 200 meters and put out fires in areas unreachable for conventional fire engines. The copter deploys in under a minute and sprays water up to 45 meters. According to the developers, the system will allow for much faster response to fires in tall structures. Deployment of these vehicles will begin this month.

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109,076 views • 2 months ago

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17,266 views • 1 year ago

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🇨🇳CHINA WANTS ROBOTS THAT LOOK LIKE US China is pouring money into humanoid robots. Nearly 900,000 companies are working on them, and they are already showing up in car factories, tech expos, and even student competitions. The big advantage is flexibility. Unlike machines built for one task, humanoids can adapt to different jobs in human-designed spaces, from assembly lines to dangerous tunnels. Analysts expect China’s humanoid robot market to hit $1 billion this year, almost half of the global total. With an aging population, robots could become essential helpers. Source: CGTN

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68,677 views • 11 months ago

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🇰🇷While the BTS concert was underway in Gwanghwamun, firefighters were busy searching for missing people after a deadly fire in Daejeon, about two hours from Seoul. The blaze broke out on March 20, 2026, at an auto-parts manufacturing plant in Daejeon, South Korea, leaving 14 people dead and 60 injured (25 seriously), for a total of 74 casualties. The fire was fully extinguished after about 10 hours and 30 minutes, but recovery operations to retrieve the victims’ bodies are still ongoing. Around 46–70 fire vehicles and up to 240 firefighters were deployed, including unmanned firefighting robots and large-capacity water cannon systems. The incident sparked controversy after reports that about 800 firefighters were deployed to BTS’s Gwanghwamun concert at the same time.

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206,389 views • 3 months ago

500 humanoid robots replacing humans in high-voltage operations What does that look like? Steel against steel,instead of flesh and blood. This marks a turning point for China’s State Grid, shifting from human-based maintenance to autonomous operations. This year, State Grid announced plans to procure 8,500 embodied AI robots, with a total budget of RMB 6.8 billion (~$1 billion). These robots will be deployed across four major scenarios: power inspection, live-line operations, emergency response, and warehouse logistics,covering more than 600 specific task scenarios. Among them, humanoid robots for live-line operations are the most expensive and strategically critical: 500 units with a budget of RMB 2.5 billion (~$370 million). They will be deployed in distribution network live-line work and ultra-high-voltage (UHV) projects, replacing humans in high-risk tasks. Workers will transition into supervisory roles, ready to take over remotely when needed. As early as last year, State Grid had already validated the feasibility of humanoid robots for substation inspection. Tienkung can autonomously perform inspection tasks at a State Grid substation in Beijing. Of course, suppliers are not limited to X-Humanoid,players like Unitree, AGIBOT, DeepRobotics, UBTECH, and Fourier are all involved. These 500 humanoid robots will also collaborate with 5,000 inspection quadruped robots and 3,000 dual-arm wheeled robots for indoor substation maintenance,together forming an intelligent, automated, and collaborative network for autonomous grid operations. What does this change? According to State Grid, each embodied AI unit can save RMB 500,000 to 800,000 (~$70,000–$110,000) in annual labor costs, with a payback period of around 2–3 years. Inspection efficiency increases by 5x, fault response time is reduced by 60%, and power supply reliability improves by 0.5 percentage points. More importantly, over 90% of human exposure to high-risk operations can be eliminated, reducing safety incidents by 80%. At another level, for humanoid robot companies, the center of R&D and iteration is shifting to the customer site. Real-world physical interaction becomes the fastest feedback loop,accelerating innovation and evolution. And 8,500 units are just the beginning of scaled deployment. Based on current plans, embodied AI robots will cover 30% of key areas in State Grid by 2026, 80% of high-risk operation scenarios by 2027, and enable fully autonomous operations by 2030. The demand roadmap is clear: define use cases ->deploy at scale->improve models and robots->expand further. 8,500… 50,000… 100,000… But remember,power grids are just one part of China’s vast infrastructure system. The experience of autonomous robotic operations here can be replicated across other sectors, such as broader energy systems. That, in itself, is another story. P.S.The video shows Tienkung 1.0 autonomously performing substation inspection tasks (2025).

500 humanoid robots replacing humans in high-voltage operations What does that look like? Steel against steel,instead of flesh and blood. This marks a turning point for China’s State Grid, shifting from human-based maintenance to autonomous operations. This year, State Grid announced plans to procure 8,500 embodied AI robots, with a total budget of RMB 6.8 billion (~$1 billion). These robots will be deployed across four major scenarios: power inspection, live-line operations, emergency response, and warehouse logistics,covering more than 600 specific task scenarios. Among them, humanoid robots for live-line operations are the most expensive and strategically critical: 500 units with a budget of RMB 2.5 billion (~$370 million). They will be deployed in distribution network live-line work and ultra-high-voltage (UHV) projects, replacing humans in high-risk tasks. Workers will transition into supervisory roles, ready to take over remotely when needed. As early as last year, State Grid had already validated the feasibility of humanoid robots for substation inspection. Tienkung can autonomously perform inspection tasks at a State Grid substation in Beijing. Of course, suppliers are not limited to X-Humanoid,players like Unitree, AGIBOT, DeepRobotics, UBTECH, and Fourier are all involved. These 500 humanoid robots will also collaborate with 5,000 inspection quadruped robots and 3,000 dual-arm wheeled robots for indoor substation maintenance,together forming an intelligent, automated, and collaborative network for autonomous grid operations. What does this change? According to State Grid, each embodied AI unit can save RMB 500,000 to 800,000 (~$70,000–$110,000) in annual labor costs, with a payback period of around 2–3 years. Inspection efficiency increases by 5x, fault response time is reduced by 60%, and power supply reliability improves by 0.5 percentage points. More importantly, over 90% of human exposure to high-risk operations can be eliminated, reducing safety incidents by 80%. At another level, for humanoid robot companies, the center of R&D and iteration is shifting to the customer site. Real-world physical interaction becomes the fastest feedback loop,accelerating innovation and evolution. And 8,500 units are just the beginning of scaled deployment. Based on current plans, embodied AI robots will cover 30% of key areas in State Grid by 2026, 80% of high-risk operation scenarios by 2027, and enable fully autonomous operations by 2030. The demand roadmap is clear: define use cases ->deploy at scale->improve models and robots->expand further. 8,500… 50,000… 100,000… But remember,power grids are just one part of China’s vast infrastructure system. The experience of autonomous robotic operations here can be replicated across other sectors, such as broader energy systems. That, in itself, is another story. P.S.The video shows Tienkung 1.0 autonomously performing substation inspection tasks (2025).

CyberRobo

46,782 views • 2 months ago

Elon just dropped a MAJOR nugget on how Tesla is going to be training Optimus to do real world tasks. They are building an Optimus Academy, which is a large scale, dedicated real-world training facility to accelerate the development of Optimus. The Academy will deploy thousands of Optimus units, potentially 10,000 to 30,000 robots, in a controlled realistic environment where they perform self-play, experiment with tasks, iterate on behaviors, and continuously generate training data through trial and error. The Tesla bots will also run millions of simulations in Tesla’s high-fidelity physics-accurate engine, allowing Optimus to close the “sim-to-real gap” by using these real-world observations to refine and validate the simulations! “You’re actually highlighting an important limitation and difference from cars. We’ll soon have 10 million cars on the road. It’s hard to duplicate that massive training flywheel. For the robot, what we’re going to need to do is build a lot of robots and put them in kind of an Optimus Academy so they can do self-play in reality. We’re actually building that out. We can have at least 10,000 Optimus robots, maybe 20-30,000, that are doing self-play and testing different tasks. Tesla has quite a good reality generator, a physics-accurate reality generator, that we made for the cars. We’ll do the same thing for the robots. We actually have done that for the robots. So you have a few tens of thousands of humanoid robots doing different tasks. You can do millions of simulated robots in the simulated world. You use the tens of thousands of robots in the real world to close the simulation to reality gap. Close the sim-to-real gap.”

Elon just dropped a MAJOR nugget on how Tesla is going to be training Optimus to do real world tasks. They are building an Optimus Academy, which is a large scale, dedicated real-world training facility to accelerate the development of Optimus. The Academy will deploy thousands of Optimus units, potentially 10,000 to 30,000 robots, in a controlled realistic environment where they perform self-play, experiment with tasks, iterate on behaviors, and continuously generate training data through trial and error. The Tesla bots will also run millions of simulations in Tesla’s high-fidelity physics-accurate engine, allowing Optimus to close the “sim-to-real gap” by using these real-world observations to refine and validate the simulations! “You’re actually highlighting an important limitation and difference from cars. We’ll soon have 10 million cars on the road. It’s hard to duplicate that massive training flywheel. For the robot, what we’re going to need to do is build a lot of robots and put them in kind of an Optimus Academy so they can do self-play in reality. We’re actually building that out. We can have at least 10,000 Optimus robots, maybe 20-30,000, that are doing self-play and testing different tasks. Tesla has quite a good reality generator, a physics-accurate reality generator, that we made for the cars. We’ll do the same thing for the robots. We actually have done that for the robots. So you have a few tens of thousands of humanoid robots doing different tasks. You can do millions of simulated robots in the simulated world. You use the tens of thousands of robots in the real world to close the simulation to reality gap. Close the sim-to-real gap.”

Teslaconomics

42,563 views • 5 months ago

Robots moving railcars! 🚃 Did you know that KUKA is also in the autonomous mobile robots business? Yes, you heard that right. And not just any robots. Robots that carry up to 56 tons! 🏋🏼 The railcar production process is highly complex, particularly when moving massive cars sideways within a plant. This challenge has been addressed at the Siemens facility in Germany using the OmniMove system from KUKA. The system allows for precise positioning, enabling the units to lift, move, and lower railcars with remarkable accuracy. With Mecanum wheels, the OmniMove units can move seamlessly in any direction, making the process incredibly efficient. Together, these units are capable of lifting up to 56 tons, streamlining heavy railcar production. What a great use case for mobile robots! 😮‍💨

Robots moving railcars! 🚃 Did you know that KUKA is also in the autonomous mobile robots business? Yes, you heard that right. And not just any robots. Robots that carry up to 56 tons! 🏋🏼 The railcar production process is highly complex, particularly when moving massive cars sideways within a plant. This challenge has been addressed at the Siemens facility in Germany using the OmniMove system from KUKA. The system allows for precise positioning, enabling the units to lift, move, and lower railcars with remarkable accuracy. With Mecanum wheels, the OmniMove units can move seamlessly in any direction, making the process incredibly efficient. Together, these units are capable of lifting up to 56 tons, streamlining heavy railcar production. What a great use case for mobile robots! 😮‍💨

Lukas Ziegler

92,254 views • 10 months ago

Elon Musk: Goods and services will be available to everyone. It's going to be a very different world. “Once you have humanoid robots and deep intelligence, you basically have quasi-infinite products and services available. With Tesla building the most advanced humanoid robot, then those humanoid robots can be directed by deep intelligence at the data center level. You can produce any product or provide any service. There's really no limit to the economy at that point. At that point, will money even be meaningful? It might not be. Because the economic output is productivity per capita times capita. And if you have no meaningful limit on the number of robots and the robots can basically do anything, then you'll have a universal high-income situation. Anyone will be able to have as many products and services as they want, except for things that have artificial scarcity, like a particular piece of art. But for any goods and services, they'll be available to everyone. It's going to be a very different world.” Dubai World Government Summit, February 13, 2025

Elon Musk: Goods and services will be available to everyone. It's going to be a very different world. “Once you have humanoid robots and deep intelligence, you basically have quasi-infinite products and services available. With Tesla building the most advanced humanoid robot, then those humanoid robots can be directed by deep intelligence at the data center level. You can produce any product or provide any service. There's really no limit to the economy at that point. At that point, will money even be meaningful? It might not be. Because the economic output is productivity per capita times capita. And if you have no meaningful limit on the number of robots and the robots can basically do anything, then you'll have a universal high-income situation. Anyone will be able to have as many products and services as they want, except for things that have artificial scarcity, like a particular piece of art. But for any goods and services, they'll be available to everyone. It's going to be a very different world.” Dubai World Government Summit, February 13, 2025

ELON CLIPS

32,893 views • 1 year ago

Overland AI Rolls Out Autonomous Multi-Mission Military Vehicle | Christine Casimiro, The Defense Post Seattle-based Overland AI, specializing in advanced off-road autonomy solutions, has unveiled a fully autonomous tactical ground vehicle: the Ultra. With a top speed of 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour and a 1,000-pound (453-kilogram) payload capacity, Ultra can take on a variety of missions across multiple terrains and conditions, including GPS-denied and other extreme environments. The modular and attritable platform can be deployed for reconnaissance, direct support of maneuver forces, counter-drone protection, contested logistics, and humanitarian aid supply. Additionally, the military vehicle is integrated with local mesh networks, 5G, and satellite uplinks for “resilient, networked communications that extend reach and reduce risk,” according to COO and co-founder Greg Okopal. “ULTRA gives commanders an immediately deployable solution for reconnaissance, counter-UAS, and logistics operations.” This unveiling follows after the US Army and Defense Innovation Unit awarded Overland AI an $18.6-million contract in 2024 for the Robotic Combat Vehicle Program, a Pentagon initiative to complement warfighters with unmanned systems acting as escorts or scouts. Features Ultra is integrated with the company’s OverDrive software stack, SPARK hardware infrastructure, and modular payloads, including uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS systems. The 155-inch (393-centimeter)-long vehicle measures 72 inches (182 centimeters) wide and 60 inches (152 centimeters) tall, with a gross weight of 3,500 pounds (1,587 kilograms) — making it a light and compact vehicle suitable for rapid and flexible operations in challenging environments. It has a cruising range of up to 100 miles (160 kilometers), enabling extended missions or operations without frequent stops. Equipped with 14.5-inch (36-centimeter) ground clearance and a 114-horsepower engine, the “ULTRA can navigate environments ranging from dense forests to volcanic ridges,” said company CEO and co-founder Byron Boots. Read more:

Overland AI Rolls Out Autonomous Multi-Mission Military Vehicle | Christine Casimiro, The Defense Post Seattle-based Overland AI, specializing in advanced off-road autonomy solutions, has unveiled a fully autonomous tactical ground vehicle: the Ultra. With a top speed of 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour and a 1,000-pound (453-kilogram) payload capacity, Ultra can take on a variety of missions across multiple terrains and conditions, including GPS-denied and other extreme environments. The modular and attritable platform can be deployed for reconnaissance, direct support of maneuver forces, counter-drone protection, contested logistics, and humanitarian aid supply. Additionally, the military vehicle is integrated with local mesh networks, 5G, and satellite uplinks for “resilient, networked communications that extend reach and reduce risk,” according to COO and co-founder Greg Okopal. “ULTRA gives commanders an immediately deployable solution for reconnaissance, counter-UAS, and logistics operations.” This unveiling follows after the US Army and Defense Innovation Unit awarded Overland AI an $18.6-million contract in 2024 for the Robotic Combat Vehicle Program, a Pentagon initiative to complement warfighters with unmanned systems acting as escorts or scouts. Features Ultra is integrated with the company’s OverDrive software stack, SPARK hardware infrastructure, and modular payloads, including uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS systems. The 155-inch (393-centimeter)-long vehicle measures 72 inches (182 centimeters) wide and 60 inches (152 centimeters) tall, with a gross weight of 3,500 pounds (1,587 kilograms) — making it a light and compact vehicle suitable for rapid and flexible operations in challenging environments. It has a cruising range of up to 100 miles (160 kilometers), enabling extended missions or operations without frequent stops. Equipped with 14.5-inch (36-centimeter) ground clearance and a 114-horsepower engine, the “ULTRA can navigate environments ranging from dense forests to volcanic ridges,” said company CEO and co-founder Byron Boots. Read more:

Owen Gregorian

33,194 views • 1 year ago

Just pin it! 🗜️ What a great idea for a gripper and custom-shape machine! Pin fixtures from Matrix are something else 😮‍💨! These tools help robots handle tricky tasks, like working with delicate or oddly shaped parts, by holding and positioning them precisely. They’re easy to set up and can be used in many manufacturing processes. Robotic arms can quickly and accurately grab, move, and work on parts with pin fixtures. This technology speeds up work and reduces mistakes, making production more reliable. Factories can create more advanced, flexible, and efficient systems by combining robots with tools like pin fixtures. P.S. Where would you use it in your factory? ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Just pin it! 🗜️ What a great idea for a gripper and custom-shape machine! Pin fixtures from Matrix are something else 😮‍💨! These tools help robots handle tricky tasks, like working with delicate or oddly shaped parts, by holding and positioning them precisely. They’re easy to set up and can be used in many manufacturing processes. Robotic arms can quickly and accurately grab, move, and work on parts with pin fixtures. This technology speeds up work and reduces mistakes, making production more reliable. Factories can create more advanced, flexible, and efficient systems by combining robots with tools like pin fixtures. P.S. Where would you use it in your factory? ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Lukas Ziegler

209,861 views • 6 months ago