Tesla will begin using humanoid robots next year, according to CEO Elon Musk. “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026,” Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on...
Skild AI has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round to build an artificial intelligence (AI) model for robotics. The company will use the new capital to expand its team and to continue scaling its model and training datasets in preparation for future...
Amazon is discontinuing its security robot designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) about eight months after introducing it. The company will instead concentrate its efforts in this field on household robots, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 3). Amazon launched the Amazon Astro robot for household...
Canada’s Sanctuary AI has landed new funding to create “humanlike intelligence in general purpose robots.” The unspecified funding amount, announced Wednesday (July 3), came from venture capital investor BDC Capital and the province of British Columbia’s InBC fund, and brings total investment in Sanctuary to more...
February 22, 2024
As on-demand delivery aggregators look to automation to reduce labor costs, Uber sees the opportunity to roll out autonomous sidewalk robots in dense cities worldwide — but only for certain kinds of orders. In an interview with PYMNTS, Noah Zych, Uber’s global head of autonomous mobility and delivery, spoke to the company’s recent partnership with Mitsubishi […]
January 22, 2024
Omnichannel commerce has transformed how we pay for things and the length of time in which we expect to get what we pay for. Delivery windows are shrinking. Where once...
January 08, 2024
Just a week ago, the smart money was on artificial intelligence to dominate the Consumer Electronics Show. But someone forgot to tell the robots. Because when the show opens on...
September 01, 2023
Despite Walmart’s better-than-expected earnings results, Reuters reported earlier this week that the mega-retailer is asking 16,000 pharmacists nationwide to voluntarily cut hours in an effort to conserve margins. According to...
July 23, 2024
Tesla is investing in artificial intelligence (AI) as it anticipates the “next major growth wave.” That wave will be driven by advances in autonomy and the introduction of new products, the company said in a presentation released Tuesday (July 23) in conjunction with its quarterly earnings call. “We’re investing in many future projects, including AI […]
July 22, 2024
Tesla will begin using humanoid robots next year, according to CEO Elon Musk. “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and,...
July 11, 2024
Skild AI has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round to build an artificial intelligence (AI) model for robotics. The company will use the new capital to expand...
July 03, 2024
Amazon is discontinuing its security robot designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) about eight months after introducing it. The company will instead concentrate its efforts in this field on...
