Just spent a week in China deep diving the general-purpose robotics ecosystem. Key takeaway: while we’re vibe-coding… China is vibe-manufacturing ! A few things that stood out: 1) China has cracked “vibe manufacturing” Startups are spinning up hardware like we spin up code. AGIBot (3 years old) has already built ~10,000 robots. 2) The entire stack is being built in parallel. Every serious robotics company is full-stack: hardware controls foundation models. 3) Data factories are real and massive. Hundreds to thousands of people teleoperating robots 24/7 to generate training data. In some cases, the government is literally buying robots, generating data, and selling it back to companies. 4) The supply chain is overwhelming. Foxconn, BYD, LYitech - everyone is plugged into the same dense, hyper-responsive manufacturing base. This is why iteration speed is so high. 5) Structural paradox: Labor is both tailwind and headwind. Cheap, abundant skilled labor powers the supply chain… But it also makes automation harder to justify domestically. → Weak ROI for robotics inside China → Strong incentive to export 6) Hardware is impressive. Intelligence is not (yet). Amazing kinematics—dancing, acrobatics. But limited ability to execute simple instructions reliably. 7) Everyone is moving up the stack Every major CM/ODM is building their own robots—humanoids wheeled. Today’s suppliers will be tomorrow’s competitors. 8) Dexterity remains unsolved Lots of prototypes. Very few real demos. So what does this mean? Physical AI requires strength in both bits and atoms. Right now: China → dominates atoms (manufacturing, supply chain, scale) US → leads in bits (models, autonomy, software) We are dangerously behind in atoms. If we want to compete, incrementalism won’t cut it. We need to: - Build depth and breadth across the electro-mechanical supply chain - Scale CMs / ODMs / JDMs domestically - Move 100x faster, think 100x bigger on scaling manufacturing infrastructure Hats off to those doing their part to advance domestic manufacturing supply chain - @makematterco, @VulcanForms, @brightmachines, @thebotcompany @gs_ai_ , @MytraUS, @mind_robotics, @tesla_optimus, @atomic_inc, @Senra_Systems, @pathrobotics, @machinalabs_,@figure_robot, @HadrianInc , @agilityrobotics

In parts of Nyanza, specifically where I reside Usenge in Siaya county, they are walking house to house spraying chemicals in the name of controlling mosquitoes. Instead of spraying the bushes around they're doing it in houses. Are they not killing us silently?

Ziko kila pahali ! Those who licensed Bill Gates and gave him Diplomatic Immunity should know that they will not be spared either by these dangerous Bill Gates experiments

Can @icipe give an answer on Nairobi mosquitos?

@gatesfoundation:Our Capital City Nairobi is now flooded with mosquitoes released from your laboratories to eliminate the malaria-carrying ones we're told.We believe your genetically modified mosquitoes are designed to harm us. They're now busy biting children and the elderly

Previous Junior Academy experiences

Kwani migori hakuna cell,,why this ,,a matter of time God will answer

Asante. I'll DM you

Karibu sana

We are not taking on interns at present. However, ypu could make a request through the website. Please do so tomorrow as we're having a problem with the email at present.

Yea. Please email your enquiry to info@gearbox-europlacer.com

Hi Steve. Sorry you seem to have had a bad experience - i apologise in advence. Please share details, even here publicly. I assure you, we DO manufacture PCBs, ie surface mount technology. We've been doing this for almost 5 years in Nairobi.

We are mostly supporting small innovators who we believe are tomorrow's corporates with made in Kenya products for Africa and the world. We're also very proud to be manufacturers of Raspberry Pi Pico for the African marker. We have clients in Europe, Japan and US

Hi! Yes we do. We have a high-mix,low-volume lime well suited to printing a variety of board for a variety of clients. Besides cobtract manufacture we also do contract design. We are often cheaper than going t China because of responsiveness and versatility since time is money.

Hi Nashon, and thabks for your interest. We can do multilayer boards, we design or take your gerber and manufacture. Our resolution is down to 5 microns and we can place 01005 components. Our pick and place is of the high mix, low volume variety and places up to 14k components/hr

Thanks for your interest. The best way to engage is to send.an email with upurnqueries to info@gearbox-europlacer.com We welcome all queries

Kind words Kevin 🙏🏾