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Fujitsu has begun exploring business collaboration with three domestic robot makers—FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries—to connect business systems with physical robots through Physical OS. We examine the design of the common platform using NVIDIA technology and the safety and liability issues it raises.
Walden Robotics, a Toyota Research Institute spinout, raised $300 million and announced it has deployed general-purpose robots at Toyota's North American plants. We examine the LBM research findings and the undisclosed performance metrics behind the commercialization.
Xiaomi's humanoid robot achieved a 98% success rate in nut-feeding tasks at its own EV factory, and can now also sort large, deformable parts. While progress toward practical deployment is striking, full-scale introduction into mass production processes will require further verification of reliability factors such as operating hours, intervention frequency, and economic viability.
China Three Gorges Corporation has begun trial operation of a 1GW integrated PV-plus-CSP project in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. On top of 900MW of solar PV, surplus electricity and solar heat are stored in molten salt to deliver 100MW of output at night, helping stabilize the power grid.
Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture for the development and manufacturing of next-generation image sensors. Sony will hold a majority stake and build production lines at its new Kumamoto plant, leveraging Japanese government subsidies as well, with the aim of maintaining dominance in the physical AI market spanning autonomous driving and robotics.
Apple recently scrapped its long-running car development project, but the company's search for its next big business after the iPhone continues. If its ambitions based on new reports come to fruition, robots bearing the Apple logo might someday take over household chores from humans in the […]
