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NVIDIA releases Cosmos3-H-Dreams for real-time generative surgical simulation
NVIDIA released Cosmos3-H-Dreams, a real-time surgical simulator trained on clinical video and robot kinematics.
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NVIDIA released Cosmos3-H-Dreams, a real-time surgical simulator trained on clinical video and robot kinematics.
Amulya Vishwanath says physical AI is in a 'LEGO era,' with foundational parts still being built and talent a key moat.
Eka Robotics, founded by an MIT professor and a former DeepMind researcher, has raised a $150 million Series A led by a16z and F-Prime at a $1.45 billion post-money valuation, betting that a force-driven model can make robot hands reliable enough for general use.
Antigravity’s Follow Me kit replaces the A1 drone’s FPV headset with a watch and ring, cutting the US price to $799.
Ex-OpenAI research chief Bob McGrew’s Arda raises $230M at $1.5B valuation for AI manufacturing software used by Anduril.
South Korea’s Navy plans a 30,000-ton-class manned-unmanned carrier and nuclear attack submarines by the early 2040s, alongside new destroyers and interceptors, to counter North Korean threats.
Peking University’s Dong Hao team and Qiyuan Robot have launched HIL-UMI, a human-in-the-loop handheld collection system that flags when a model’s predicted actions diverge and prompts targeted corrections without a robot arm. Reported tests show average task progress rising to 94.8 from 58.0 and 5.63-fold collection efficiency.
Dream Labs raised $90M and launched a public API for Dream-1, a robot model trained on video and language.
TechRadar reports France's Foreign Legion may get thousands of XXL robot mules built from retired tanks.
Gurman: Apple is developing a robotic-arm HomeView, code J595, for 2027-2028, to turn its screen toward speakers.
DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash-1017, Nvidia improved Kimi K3 inference by 1.68 times, and Chinese chip and embodied-AI startups announced funding, while JD and OpenAI outlined robotics plans.
California's athletic commission has sent a cease-and-desist order to the promoters of a September human-versus-humanoid robot cage fight in San Francisco, saying the unsanctioned event violated state combat-sports rules.
UCLA researchers have developed PhoneBot, an open-source humanoid that uses cheap Android phones for vision and walking control, with about $400 in robotic hardware excluding the handset.
Carolyn Marvin was arrested in Philadelphia for blocking an Uber delivery robot, The Verge reports.
Apple reportedly plans a robotic-arm HomeView for 2027-28 and may launch its first touchscreen MacBook Pro on Nov. 6.
Hyundai Motor Group is expanding robotics and physical AI at its Uiwang R&D center and factories to cut costs and sharpen competitiveness as its shares slump and Chinese EV competition intensifies.
A Philadelphia woman was arrested and charged after blocking a delivery robot in a jobs protest, a local newscast reported.
Altman says OpenAI will build a humanoid robot, targeting a 2027 demo, but the main challenge is the AI 'brain' that controls it.
Kyutai releases REKI, a 2.4B vision-language-action robot model trained on public data only, with cached memory and open weights.
Vinci4D detailed physics AI for chip design; ex-Nvidia exec Amulya Vishwanath said robotics is still in a 'Lego era'.
Chinese drone-display company Damoda is moving from light shows into equipment sales, overseas markets and low-altitude swarm embodied intelligence, and expects to file for an IPO in 2027, Leiphone reports.
TechRadar on Oct. 16, 2026 published a 43%-off manual espresso machine deal and a review of the Mova V70 Ultra Complete robovac.
Cologne police seized a robot and are investigating two teens after it allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl on camera.
Ukrainian bureau says its balloon-launched Mara drone can strike beyond 1,000 km for up to $6,000; independent verification is lacking.