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Japan: World-first fully automated medicine lab with humanoids, robots and no hu

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12 May
Japan: World-first fully automated medicine lab with humanoids, robots and no humans - The university plans 2,000 research robots by 2040 to automate experiments, cell culture, and scientific discovery.

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28 Apr
Thousands of RobotEra L7 humanoid robots enters service across 10+ logistics centers performing sorting tasks

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4 Oct
We will need to deploy about 70 million general purpose humanoid robots in the US to allow for UBI at a living wage without inflation.

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6 Jul
Japan is aiming to develop its own AI model and deploy 10 million robots by 2040 through a consortium called Noetra, which includes SoftBank, Sony, Honda, NEC, and other companies

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12 May
What it will take for humanoid robots to actually work on a factory floor

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17 May
Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI

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13 May
Figure AI livestream: watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hour shift at human performance levels, fully autonomous.

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29 Apr
I've Covered Robots for Years. This One Is Different | WIRED

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