How much real-world data do you need to train robots? A billion dollars worth? Antioch’s latest funding is an argument that you don’t, in fact, need that much.
FreePlay is Andover Audio’s first portable Bluetooth speaker. It features a stereo configuration, minimalist design and element-proof build.
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Body or brain? When you’re building a humanoid robot, you have to build both. But sometimes, as Sanctuary AI found out, you don’t have to ship both at the same time.
As tickets for ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ go on sale — there is one clear benefit of Disney’s new ‘Infinity Vision’ cinema certification branding — but can it be trusted?
Which countries are best at physical AI and advanced robotics. According to a new report, it’s China, and not by a small margin.
Humanoid robot company Figure will spend a billion dollars to get robot training data from humans doing gig work in homes and businesses.
Apple’s new Mac Studio computer can run fairly large local LLMs. But can it replace Claude or ChatGPT and save you money?
In Record Roundup 38, CD and Vinyl sales are up again (with CDs staging a surprise surge), plus new turntables from Crosley, Flaunce and Andover Audio.
Will the FCC foreign robot ban help the American robotic industry or hurt it? And, will it explode domestic robot prices up 3X? 8 experts weigh in …