Last Week in Robotics (06.02-06.08)
🤖 Traditional Robotics
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@HelloRobot shipped Stretch 4, a $30K wheeled home-assistance robot designed for real homes with people with mobility challenges
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@nvidia partnered with LG Group (
@LGE_Global ) on humanoid robotics and data centers, after Huang visit in Seoul
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@GeneralistAI raised $400M at a $2B valuation, led by Radical Ventures and backed by Nvidia and Bezos Expeditions
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@LumaLabsAI launched an open science Physical AI Lab to build open-source world models for generalizable robotics
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@1x_tech hired ex-Luma AI researcher Samarth Sinha to lead a new World Model Lab powering its NEO humanoid
👾 Web3 Robotics
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@xmaquina acquired a $540K position in Genki Robotics (founded by Android creator) after BOT-12 passed with 96% approval
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@GEODNET opened StableHex deployment slots in Japan and Iceland ahead of GIP-13 rewards going live; they also released GEO-MEASURE 1.0.5
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@qvac by
@tether launched on
@peaqnetwork's robotic./sh, on-machine AI inference that keeps robot data local
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@BitRobotNetwork launched collaborative AI training tasks on SN/04 with
@axisrobotics, letting users earn rewards from both ecosystems
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@psdnai expanded Numo tasks to Filipino, Indonesian, and Malay speakers