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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Forward-looking: Are you the kind of person who hates having blood drawn? In a decision that could potentially make that phobia worse or better, the FDA has approved the use of a robotic device
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Results were not particularly impressive. With both organic and synthetic debris, the Poolease X1 was only typically able to collect 70 to 80 percent of leaves and other matter on the floor of my pool, leaving material scattered randomly all around. That’s better than I expected, but worse than
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Save $200: The Narwal Freo 20 robot vacuum and mop launches today at $900, $200 off its regular $1,100 price as a launch discount. The deal is available on Narwal’s website and Amazon from August 20 through September 3. The discount applies automatically on Narwal’s site but
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Koenigsegg's Dark Matter electric motor has one of the highest power densities ever recorded in an automotive electric motor. It delivers: -800 horsepower (600 kilowatts) -1,250 newton-meters of torque From a unit that weighs just 39 kilograms and measures about 383 millimeters in diameter and 135.5
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China’s robot traffic police can direct cars, scold jaywalkers, and give a lost tourist directions to the nearest metro station. What they cannot do is stop anybody, and that limitation is written into the design rather than left to the machine’s discretion. The clearest deployment sits in Hangzhou,
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My first experience of a Unitree robot was, fittingly enough, in China. At Tencent’s Global Digital Ecosystem Summit last September, Unitree G1s waved at passers-by in the vast hall at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center. The 1.3m humanoids have been regular fixtures in TikTok and Instagram
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Diageo is best known as the manufacturer of global beverage brands such as Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, but it’s also an award-winning AI firm. Earlier this year the firm picked up the Gartner Power of the Profession Award for Technology Innovation, winning for its its Spirits Intelligence Platform
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Wang Xingxing spent Thursday morning at the World Robot Conference in Beijing telling the room that humanoid robots are approaching their “ChatGPT moment”. He spent another part of the same appearance explaining why that moment might still be a decade away. The Unitree founder and chief executive was speaking the
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* Ukraine’s new ground robot can carry 210 kilograms across rough terrain * The Gnom L2 can travel 50 kilometers on one charge * Remote control keeps operators away from dangerous frontline supply routes Ukrainian robotics company Temerland has rolled out a new Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) called the Gnom L2, engineered
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HoverAir drones always have intriguing gimmicks. This one folds flat to fit in your pocket. This one can land on water. Another can charge inside its carrying case. But the brand’s latest trick might be its riskiest: it’s attempting to sneak a drone past the FCC. In December
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The newest White House tech strategy pushes faster development of emerging technologies for the military, gives defense innovators more room to experiment, and will broaden the federal market for young defense tech startups. But it also doubles down on a particular approach to developing AI—one that favors a handful
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Travis Kalanick certainly has had a love-hate relationship with VCs over his career. As the founder of Uber he was a VC darling, raising what was then an unprecedented roughly $15 billion in venture funding during his tenure. Then, a boardroom battle with key investor Bill Gurley of venture firm
