The hottest Robotics Substack posts right now

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What Progress Has There Been in Industrial Robots?

Construction Physics • 18999 implied HN points • 10 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Robotics Industrial Cost Performance Evolution
  1. Industrial robots have become more cost-effective over time, making them more accessible for various applications.
  2. Advances in industrial robots have led to significant improvements in precision and smooth, continuous motion capabilities.
  3. There has been a trend towards standard robotic architectures, with modern robots primarily consisting of robotic arms with electric drives and servo motors.

🚀🌑 America finally returns to the Moon

Faster, Please! • 1005 implied HN points • 24 Feb 24
🔬 Science Clean Energy AI Robotics Health
  1. America's return to the Moon was achieved by a private company, Intuitive Machines, marking a significant milestone since Apollo 17 in 1972.
  2. Despite landing challenges, NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative with private companies like Intuitive Machines shows promise for the future of lunar missions.
  3. The possibility of NASA partnering with private companies for lunar missions can lead to cost-effective space travel and accelerated technological advancements similar to those depicted in sci-fi series like For All Mankind.

The robotics company working with OpenAI to eat every warehouse worker's lunch

All-Source Intelligence Fusion • 642 implied HN points • 05 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Robotics Artificial Intelligence Automation Investment Competition
  1. Brett Adcock's humanoid robot company aims to replace human workers in warehouses with subscription-based robots that can work 20 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  2. Figure AI collaborates with OpenAI to combine robotics and AI, aiming to create 'embodied AI' by leveraging OpenAI's strengths in language models and Figure's expertise in robotics.
  3. Adcock positions Figure AI to compete with Elon Musk's humanoid robotics effort 'Optimus' and dismisses other competitors due to limitations in hardware or software capabilities.
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Goodreads, bleak spam and bad dating apps

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 758 implied HN points • 17 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Social Impact Robotics Ethics
  1. Some people experience real grief when a virtual relationship ends or changes, even with AI companions.
  2. AI companion apps like Replika, Kindroid, and Candy.ai allow users to form personalized relationships with customized bots, blurring the line between human and AI relationships.
  3. The concept of disenfranchised grief applies to loss experienced in virtual relationships, with individuals forming deep emotional connections to AI companions.

Announcement: New Robotics Newsletter

AI Supremacy • 1120 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Robotics Startups National Defense Innovation
  1. The author is launching a new robotics newsletter called 'OK, Robot' and is deeply interested in robotics coverage.
  2. The newsletter will cover a wide range of topics in robotics including robotics startups, AI gadgets, drones, and more.
  3. The target audience for the newsletter includes those interested in emerging technology, robotics news, and advancements in automation.

🚘 Tesla: AI & Robotics

How They Make Money • 628 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Automotive Electric Vehicles
  1. Elon Musk envisions Tesla becoming the most valuable company in the world, emphasizing the need for flawless execution.
  2. Elon Musk wants to increase his voting control at Tesla to focus on expanding AI and robotics initiatives.
  3. Tesla's recent earnings report highlights challenges such as missed expectations in Q4 FY23 and a slowdown in vehicle sales, along with key financial metrics like revenue growth and margin trends.

Guide to A.I. Supremacy: I'm analyzing & tracking a more exponential future 🔮

AI Supremacy • 432 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Startups Robotics Healthcare Venture Capital
  1. The author is analyzing and tracking emerging and exponential technology, particularly artificial intelligence.
  2. The newsletters cover various topics such as startups, AI, robotics, quantum computing, and innovation.
  3. There are special offers available for full access to the newsletters with discounts for subscription.

The Transformer Robots are Here, Just a Different Kind

TheSequence • 693 implied HN points • 07 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Robotics AI ML Research AI Radar
  1. Advancements in foundation models like language and computer vision are shaping a new era of robotic applications.
  2. Google DeepMind introduced innovative methods like AutoRT and SARA-RT to enhance robotic actions using vision-language models.
  3. The integration of foundation models in image, language, and video is accelerating robotics to new levels of efficiency.

LLM links

In My Tribe • 136 implied HN points • 06 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Customer Service Language Models Artificial Intelligence
  1. Chatbots like Gemini can reflect biases based on data sources - having diverse datasets can prevent skewed outcomes.
  2. Human brains and Large Language Models (LLMs) share similarities in predicting and processing information.
  3. AI assistants like Klarna's are proving effective in handling customer service inquiries, improving efficiency, and customer experience.

Portubots and Englifleshes: Why comparative advantage won't ensure humans always have jobs

Philosophy bear • 90 implied HN points • 16 Mar 24
📖 Philosophy AI Economics Robotics
  1. Comparative advantage theory doesn't guarantee that humans will always have jobs, even if robots are better at everything.
  2. In a world where robots excel at tasks, they will specialize in areas of greater efficiency, leaving tasks with smaller disadvantages for humans.
  3. Human labor being displaced by machines poses challenges, and comparative advantage alone may not ensure employment for humans in all scenarios.

Last Week in AI #253: Rabbit releases R1, AI outperforms doctors in diagnostic dialogue, OpenAI's GPT Store opens for business, SAG-AFTRA signs AI voiceover deal for video games

Last Week in AI • 393 implied HN points • 15 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Government Legal Policy
  1. Rabbit released R1, an AI gadget controlling apps through voice and images.
  2. AI system surpasses doctors in diagnostic conversations using large language models.
  3. OpenAI launched GPT Store, where users can share custom chatbots.

What to Watch in Robotics

Startup Pirate by Alex Alexakis • 176 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Robotics AI Agriculture Small business Innovation
  1. Robotics is advancing rapidly, from cooking shrimp to automating tasks like folding laundry and making coffee.
  2. General Robotic Intelligence (GRI) is still missing, but platforms are being developed to enable robots to perform complex tasks in dynamic environments.
  3. Companies are working to make robotics accessible to small and medium-sized businesses, enabling them to automate tasks and stay competitive.

Weekly Dose of Optimism #83

Not Boring by Packy McCormick • 95 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🔬 Science Nuclear Energy Robotics Gene-editing
  1. The House approved a bipartisan bill to boost nuclear energy, aiming for efficient licensing and embracing advanced nuclear technologies.
  2. Figure, a robotics firm, secured a $675 million Series B, valued at $2.6 billion, and is collaborating with OpenAI to develop humanoid robots.
  3. Astro Mechanica introduced the world's first electric-adaptive jet engine, promising efficient operations for payloads, revolutionizing space transportation.

Model merging lessons in The Waifu Research Department

Democratizing Automation • 209 implied HN points • 29 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Deep Learning Machine Learning Robotics
  1. Model merging is a way to blend two model weights to create a new model, useful for experimenting with large language models.
  2. Model merging is popular in creating anime models by merging Stable Diffusion variants, allowing for unique artistic results.
  3. Weight averaging techniques in model merging aim to find more robust solutions by creating models centered in flat regions of the loss landscape.

AI Roundup 058: Devin and SIMA

Artificial Ignorance • 42 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Governance Bioweapons Acquisitions
  1. Capable autonomous agents are an upcoming frontier in AI, with Devin showcasing potential in software development and SIMA displaying versatility in video games.
  2. OpenAI's board expands with new members, and the company makes strides in partnerships and technology development.
  3. Global concerns arise around the use of AI for bioweapons, leading to agreements to prevent misuse, alongside AI-related vulnerabilities and challenges in AI governance.

Two AIs talking to one another

philsiarri • 22 implied HN points • 18 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Neural Networks Language processing Robotics
  1. Researchers developed an artificial neural network that can understand tasks based on instructions and describe them in language to other AI systems.
  2. The AI model S-Bert, with 300 million artificial neurons, was enhanced to simulate brain regions involved in language processing, achieving linguistic communication between AI systems.
  3. This breakthrough enables machines to communicate using language, paving the way for collaborative interactions in robotics.

Tech is Going to Get Much Bigger

Not Boring by Packy McCormick • 232 implied HN points • 08 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Startups Automation Innovation
  1. Tech is going to expand significantly as energy, intelligence, and labor become cheaper and more abundant.
  2. Tech companies will grow larger due to their ability to provide scalable intelligence and dexterity services to various industries.
  3. Every market will start to resemble a software market with lower costs, higher margins, and increased R&D investments.

Lookout to 2024

New World Same Humans • 85 implied HN points • 17 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Blockchain Robotics Geopolitics Science
  1. Generative AI is set to impact the real economy in 2024, with a focus on automating knowledge worker tasks.
  2. 2024 will see a historic year for global democracy, with tensions rising around deepfake technologies in elections.
  3. Mainstream adoption of blockchain technology is expected to reshape societies with decentralization and innovation.

AI Company List (1300 companies), Top 50 companies by valuation and my preferences - July 2023

Martin’s Newsletter • 569 implied HN points • 10 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Valuation Investors Robotics
  1. The post includes a list of 1300 AI companies and 900 AI investors along with the top 50 companies by valuation.
  2. The author shares their personal 'Top 50' AI companies that reflect their personal interests and preferences.
  3. OpenAI is highlighted as a company with the potential to become a $1 trillion company due to talent, management, and the ability to put out better products faster than the competition.

Emu Video Edit , General game-playing AI agent, fully autonomous AI software engineer, DeepSeek-VL, Robotics Foundation Model, and more

AI Brews • 17 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative models Robotics Natural Language Processing
  1. DeepSeek-VL is a new vision-language model for real-world applications with competitive performance.
  2. Cognition Labs introduces Devin, the first fully autonomous AI software engineer, capable of learning, building, and deploying apps.
  3. The European Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, which bans certain AI applications including biometric categorization and emotion recognition in specific contexts.

Cows Jump Over the Moon

Dr. Pippa's Pen & Podcast • 19 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Space Robotics Health
  1. In space, there's a focus on growing tissue and organs, potentially improving human health on Earth.
  2. The low gravity of the moon makes it an ideal spot for launching missions and building structures using autonomous robotics.
  3. Investors are keen on AI-led robotics for space exploration, aiming to achieve human-level perception and judgment for robots.

AI's Appetite for Energy Is Going to Be Huge

Robots for the Rest of Us • 39 implied HN points • 21 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Innovation Regulation
  1. AI's growth will demand a huge amount of energy, requiring revolutionary advancements like nuclear fusion.
  2. Humanoid robots being tested at BMW showcase potential, but they're not infallible and face challenges.
  3. Concerns arise about technology worsening products over time, potentially impacting jobs and quality, urging caution in AI deployment.

Last Week in AI #226: OpenAI lawsuits, NASA to explore AI on spaceships, OpenAI vs. Microsoft, generated content flooding the Internet, and more!

Last Week in AI • 176 implied HN points • 03 Jul 23
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Facial Recognition Regulation Social media
  1. OpenAI is facing a class action lawsuit over data usage, highlighting the need for clearer regulations in AI development.
  2. NASA is exploring AI interfaces for spaceships, allowing for natural language interactions and collaborative learning for astronauts.
  3. OpenAI plans to create a 'supersmart personal assistant for work,' potentially entering into competition with Microsoft and its customers.

The Monthly Salon: December

New World Same Humans • 22 implied HN points • 20 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Robotics Space Exploration Future outlook Tech Trends
  1. The Monthly Salon is a space for community discussions on trends, technology, and society.
  2. 2023 has been dominated by machine intelligence advances and 2024 will see further developments in AI and humanoid robots.
  3. The upcoming year holds significant developments like the first private moon landing and the potential impact on human labor.

AprilTags: Why Robotics Invented Its Own QR Code

Luminotes • 7 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Robotics Computer Vision Algorithms Open Source Image Processing
  1. AprilTags are similar to QR codes but are used as fiducial markers in robotics for localization purposes.
  2. AprilTags, created by the reputable robotics lab April, enable systems to localize features in 6 degrees of freedom using a single image.
  3. AprilTags differ from QR codes as they are designed for easy detection in low resolution, unevenly lit, or cluttered images and can detect multiple tags.