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robotics

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Why Robotics Startups Hire Finance Chiefs Early

When a robotics startup announces a new chief financial officer, it can look like routine corporate news. It is actually…

Aug 29, 20245 min read

AI

What an “AI Engineer for the Physical World” Could Actually Mean

Software people like to say that AI will change how we write code. A bolder idea is now getting attention:…

Aug 28, 20245 min read

Science & Space

Physical AI and Robot Foundation Models: What the Term Means and Why It Is So Hard

A chatbot can write a poem in seconds. Ask a robot to fold a towel it has never seen, in…

Aug 24, 20245 min read

Robot Dogs, Drones and Dual-Use Tech: Why Startups Are Now Building for Defense

For a long time, many Silicon Valley founders avoided defense work, treating it as slow, political, and uncomfortable. That attitude…

Aug 15, 20245 min read

Gadgets & Hardware

Humanoid Robots Explained: What Factory-Ready Machines Can and Cannot Do

Humanoid robots have a strange hold on the imagination. Two arms, two legs, a head, and a promise of doing…

Jul 30, 20245 min read

Gadgets & Hardware

Robots on the Facade: Who Cleans Skyscraper Windows Now?

Cleaning the outside of a skyscraper is one of the oldest dangerous jobs in the city. Workers hang from ropes…

Jul 24, 20245 min read