Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia’s defense giants with AI-powered robotics
South Korea’s major defense giants have amassed roughly $69 billion in order backlogs as of late 2024, according to media reports. Seoul is also accelerating…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan
As U.S. giants like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic race to develop the large language models that underpin their AI products, startups such as Sakana AI,…
French startup Exwayz raises €1M to develop SLAM software
Exwayz founders. The company has developed software to stitch data into large city maps. | Credit: Exwayz Exwayz, developer of 3D simultaneous localization and mapping,…
How much of the AI data center boom will be powered by renewable energy?
According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, the world will spend $580 billion on data centers this year — $40 billion more…
Micropolis builds the future of robotics in Dubai
In Episode 221 of The Robot Report Podcast, hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the major robotics news of the week. This week on…
Beyond the robot: Shaping the future of autonomous operations
The ANYmal gas-leak and presence-detection robot is an example of where autonomous operations are going. Source: ANYbotics Last month, my team and I welcomed over…
A2RL autonomous racecars take to the track in Abu Dhabi
Physical A2RL race cars lined up on the starting grid at Yas Marina race track in Abu Dhabi. Credit: SpacesuitMedia Racetracks can be proving grounds…
Leaked documents shed light into how much OpenAI pays Microsoft
After a year of frenzied dealmaking and rumors of an upcoming IPO, the financial scrutiny into OpenAI is intensifying. Leaked documents obtained by tech blogger…
Databricks co-founder argues US must go open source to beat China in AI
Andy Konwinski is concerned that the US is losing its dominance in AI research to China, calling the shift an “existential” threat to democracy. Konwinski…
California agencies eye BurnBot for wildfire prevention
The BurnBot RX 2 robot is designed to incinerate the ground with temperatures up to 1700°F. | Credit: The Robot Report Participants from various agencies…