if you're building with @UnitreeRobotics new dex5-s robot hand, the torque numbers are out
the robot file unitree posted confirms all 22 joints move on their own
base joints max out at 1.5 Nm
fingertips at 0.8 Nm
if you buy humanoid robots for the US, watch agibot
it just got 2 radios approved by the FCC
they look like gear to help robots it already sells work together
new foreign robot models face tougher approval rules
this doesn't confirm a new US robot
if you work in a care home, keep an eye on abi
andromeda, the startup behind the abi robot, just filed with the SEC
$30M sold of a $75M raise
its last round was meant to get abi to 100 robots a month
@lukas_m_ziegler curiosity has run on an MMRTG since 2012
same power type on PROMISE means permanently shadowed craters stop being a no-go zone for its 18-month primary mission
@agilityrobotics digit 5 is the one pitched to work near people without barriers, 22.7kg lift with a 9-minute recharge
cooperative safety is what gets it out of the fenced cell and next to the line workers
@carlosdponx fits the empty booth: fortune says GPT-6 Astra hit 74.8% on nvidia's simulated manipulation benchmark with no robot training, best specialist model 51%
robotics work continues, it just reports into the research and applied orgs now
wing's new texas factory is 15,000 sq ft and should build tens of thousands of delivery drones a year
that's under a tenth of an average walmart supercenter
up to $125M over two years
when the drone weighs that little, the factory can be smaller than the store it flies from
you're telling me the pharmacy counter is now a vending machine ???
queue's kiosk fills, checks and labels a prescription in about 30 seconds, 340 drugs inside, a camera checks every pill
the pharmacist moves to phone and text while the robot does the counting
you're a police drone director whose budget ask got bounced for skipping residents
montgomery county, MD: "we got our hands slapped"
now 12 dock drones take about 750 calls a month, 911 only, no patrols, no surveilling protests
the town hall came before the drones this time