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RBR50 Spotlight: Robotic ventricle advances understanding of heart disease
- MIT engineers have developed a robotic replica of the heart's right ventricle.
- The robotic right ventricle (RRV) combines real heart tissue with synthetic, balloon-like artificial muscles.
- It allows scientists to study and test cardiac devices, providing insights into heart conditions.
- The RRV represents a significant advancement in understanding and treating heart disease.
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Breaking Ground in Robotics: DEEP Robotics Unveils the High-Speed Lynx Robo-Dog!
- DEEP Robotics has unveiled the High-Speed Lynx Robo-Dog, setting a new benchmark in robot automation.
- Lynx integrates the adaptability of legged robots with the speed advantages of wheeled systems, making it versatile for various applications.
- Its capabilities in search and rescue, mapping, inspection, and logistics make it invaluable in different industries.
- DEEP Robotics continues to push the boundaries of robot advancements with Lynx, showcasing the potential for autonomous navigation robots to revolutionize industries.
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Knightscope Robots Revolutionize Security with Verizon 5G Partnership
- California-based Knightscope is revolutionizing public safety with its autonomous robots.
- The Knightscope robots, connected through Verizon, provide real-time intelligence in challenging environments.
- Equipped with advanced features and sensors, the robots detect unusual activities and enhance public safety.
- The partnership with Verizon's Frontline service and future incorporation of 5G connectivity will further enhance the robots' capabilities.
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From Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg, here are the billionaires investing in robots
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently invested in a robotics startup called Physical Intelligence. The startup aims to develop software that allows robots to perform tasks like folding laundry and bagging groceries.
- Elon Musk has been working on the Optimus humanoid robot. Tesla plans to have humanoid robots in low production for internal use by 2025 and for sale to other companies by 2026.
- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has invested in Opentrons, a robotics startup focusing on the healthcare industry.
- A number of other billionaire investors have also backed robotics companies, including Vinod Khosla, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Peter Thiel.
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Connecting LLM to a Real-World Robot
- Connecting a real-world robot to an AI-powered language model offers intuitive human-machine interaction.
- Define the robot's capabilities including movement, task execution, and sensors.
- Establish a communication interface through APIs, network sockets, or serial communication.
- Map natural language commands to robot actions using a middleware layer.
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Rethinking Scaling Laws in AI Development
- A recent study has indicated that efficiency in AI models can be more influenced by precision (number of bits used to represent numbers during computations) than increasing model size or increasing training data.
- Researchers tested models with varying precisions, ranging from 3 to 16 bits, containing up to 1.7 billion parameters and trained on as many as 26 billion tokens. They found over-trained models, those involving more training data than the optimal ratio for their size, were especially affected by performance degradation when subjected to quantization (precision reduction after training).
- Scaling laws for precision have now been introduced alongside traditional variables like parameter count and training data. The study identified a precision range of 7–8 bits as being generally optimal for larger models, as this balances computational efficiency and performance, whereas defaulting to 16-bit precision often wastes resources. However, fixed-size models benefit from higher precision levels.
- Hardware compatibility poses a limitation as modern GPUs and TPUs are particularly optimised for 16-bit precision, with limited support for the more compute-efficient 7–8-bit range. Another challenge is marrying the amount of training data with correct precision in order to take advantage of lower computational budgets.
- The findings present an opportunity for AI development to consider precision as a core consideration, allowing for optimal compute budgets and more resourceful resource usage. The future of AI scaling may move towards more human-centered, specialised models directed at real-world needs, pivoting away from the relentless pursuit of larger models and amounts of data.
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Robust AI’s Carter Pro robot is designed to work with, and be moved by, humans
- Robust AI's Carter Pro robot is designed to work with, and be moved by, humans.
- The robot is designed to navigate aisles filled with standardized, modular shelving units.
- One notable feature is the ability for humans to pick up and move the robot around, ensuring safety and flexibility.
- The Carter Pro robot utilizes cameras instead of lidar for navigation, making it suitable for warehouse settings.
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Hoag medical center completes 30,000th robotic-assisted surgery
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently completed its 30,000th robotic-assisted surgery, marking a significant milestone for the health system.
- Hoag is one of the largest surgical robot programs in the U.S., using 10 da Vinci Surgical Systems from Intuitive Surgical Inc. in various specialties.
- Hoag has been designated as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery and its specialists have access to cutting-edge robotic technology.
- The da Vinci Xi surgical system offers advanced instrumentation, vision, and features, enabling better outcomes and improved patient care.
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Botinkit’s robot wants to cook for you
- Botinkit's Omni robot is designed to reduce staffing shortages in restaurants.
- The Omni system resembles a self-service kiosk and can cook, stir-fry, and stew.
- Using the Omni system can effectively halve the human labor requirements in the kitchen.
- Botinkit raised $21 million in funding to expand its international reach.
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EndoQuest Robotics submits IDE application for pivotal colorectal clinical study
- EndoQuest Robotics has submitted an IDE application for its pivotal colorectal clinical study.
- The study, called PARADIGM, will assess the Endoluminal Surgical (ELS) System.
- The company plans to conduct the study at five leading U.S. healthcare facilities.
- The IDE submission is subject to FDA review and approval.
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NRL develops robots that can service satellites in orbit
- The Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites payload can service satellites in orbit.
- The NRL and the Defense Advanced Projects Agency have completed its development.
- The organization delivered the new space capability to Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics. The company will integrate the robotic payload with its spacecraft bus, the Mission Robotics Vehicle.
- RSGS is intended to demonstrate upgrades and repairs to valuable assets using robots.
- The robotic payload developer for the RSGS program is the NRL. Should this project prove successful, satellites could receive in-orbit upgrades to extend their service lives.
- The test campaign put the robotic payload through its paces across the range of temperatures it will face while in orbit and tested all aspects of the payload including avionics, cameras, and lights.
- Following its anticipated 2026 launch on the Northrop Grumman’s MRV spacecraft bus, the robotic payload will undergo initial checkout and calibration with full operational servicing missions to follow.
- RSGS robots could demonstrate broad servicing as a precursor to building large structures in orbit such as an observatory or solar power stations,
- The NRL has longstanding relationships with academia and industry. It employs approximately 3,000 civilian scientists, engineers, and support personnel.
- NRL is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with major field sites in Stennis Space Center, Miss.; Key West, Fla.; and Monterey, Calif.
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Kassow Robots’ new cobots designed for mobile manipulation
- Kassow Robots has introduced a new line of compact collaborative robot arms (cobots) designed to integrate with mobile robots.
- The Edge Edition cobots are smaller, fully integrated manipulators designed for mobile manipulation applications.
- They feature a direct DC connection from battery power, enabling them to operate while mounted to a mobile robot.
- The cobots are modular and equipped with sensors for safe operation in shared workspaces.
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Drone manufacturer Skydio raises $170 million extension round
- American drone manufacturer Skydio has raised an extension round of $170 million.
- The funding includes strategic investors like KDDI and Axon, as well as previous investors.
- Skydio aims to diversify revenue and reach profitability through enterprise and public safety customers.
- Skydio's future relies on hardware releases and competing with rivals like Brinc and DJI.
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Advancing Embodied AI: How Meta is Bringing Human-Like Touch and Dexterity to AI
- Meta is developing open-source tools and frameworks to enhance robots' sense of touch and physical agility to create AI that can interact with the physical world much like a human.
- Embodied AI combines physical interaction with artificial intelligence, enabling machines to sense, respond, and engage naturally with their surroundings.
- Meta is focusing on three key areas for embodied AI: advanced tactile sensing technologies, creating touch perception models and building tactile development platforms.
- Meta has introduced Digit 360 fingertip, a tactile sensing technology designed to give embodied AI a human-like sense of touch.
- Meta is enhancing touch perception capabilities with Sparsh, which allows machines to interpret complex tactile signals like pressure and grip.
- Digit Plexus is the platform that combines fingertip and palm sensors to enable more coordinated touch responses, enhancing the precision and control of embodied AI.
- Meta is collaborating with organizations to accelerate the adoption of tactile sensing technologies, creating an ecosystem that could lead to innovations in healthcare, manufacturing, and domestic assistance.
- Meta is advancing embodied AI and helping accelerate the development of tactile sensing so that AI systems are more capable and responsive in real-world tasks.
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David Maher, CTO of Intertrust – Interview Series
- David Maher serves as Intertrust’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Transparency is the most important quality that will help address the growing concerns about AI. Metadata authentication helps increase our confidence that assurances about an AI model or other mechanism are reliable. AI safety and security will be critical in the widescale deployment of IoT systems. We research and design technology that can provide the kind of trust management infrastructure that is required for IoT systems that include AI components. Our PKI was designed specifically for trust management for systems that include the governance of devices and digital content.
- Intertrust developed innovations enabling distributed operating systems to secure and govern data and computations over open networks, resulting in a foundational patent on trusted distributed computing.
- Intertrust has evolved into a product-focused company offering trusted computing services that unify device and data operations, particularly for IoT and AI. Its markets include media distribution, device identity/authentication, digital energy management, analytics, and cloud storage security.
- Transparency includes features that help both consumers and technologists understand what AI mechanisms are part of systems we interact with, what kind of pedigree they have: how an AI model is trained, what guardrails exist, what policies were applied in the model development, and what other assurances exist for a given mechanism’s safety and security.
- Red teaming is a general approach to addressing these and other risks during the development and pre-release of models. It is a systems approach to risk management that can and should include the entire life cycle of a system from initial development to field deployment, covering the entire development supply chain.
- Understand how the company is going to use the model and what kinds of liabilities it may have in deployment, then understand the pedigrees of the AI mechanisms to be deployed, including assertions on a model card, results of red-team trials, differential analysis on the company’s specific use, what has been formally evaluated, and what have been other people’s experience.
- We want to use AI to automate systems that optimize critical infrastructure processes. AI safety and security will be critical in the widescale deployment of such systems. That infrastructure will also need to make it efficient to verify claims and assertions by users of systems that include AI mechanisms and by elements within automated systems that make decisions based on outputs from AI models and optimizers.
- Our PKI was designed specifically for trust management for systems that include the governance of devices and digital content. We have deployed billions of cryptographic keys and certificates that assure compliance. Our current research addresses the scale and assurances that massive industrial automation and critical worldwide infrastructure require, including best practices for “zero-trust” deployments and device and data authentication that can accommodate trillions of sensors and event generators.
- David Maher joined NIST’s AI initiatives to advocate for important standards and best practices in developing trust management systems that include AI mechanisms. NIST has tremendous experience and success in developing standards and best practices in secure systems.
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