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After years of patient investment, China is on the cusp of a robotics revolution.

If embodied intelligence
— think AI-powered robots that can navigate the real world
— is the next frontier of AI, then China appears poised to dominate.
Though the United States still has distinct advantages in software, advanced AI chips and foundational research, China leads in robot hardware, deployment and policy support.

Last year, China installed nearly 300,000 robots in its fact…

The Chinese robots are coming
China is miles ahead in the race to dominate a technology that could define the 21st century.

🦾 Robotic frames offer new insights into honeybee behavior and honey storage
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Robotic frames offer new insights into honeybee behavior and honey storage
EPFL researchers are developing robotic beehive frames that help locate honey stores inside of beehives over time, without relying on cameras. The aim is to develop new observation tools to study honeybee behavior that better fit the bees' natural way to occupy space compared to current methods.

Nvidia debuts new Omniverse SDKs and Cosmos world foundation models for robotics devs, including Cosmos Reason, a 7B-parameter reasoning vision language model (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/11/nvid

Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses | TechCrunch
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter "reasoning" vision language model for physical AI applications and robots.

Softbank kauft Robotikunternehmen ABB Robotics für rund 5,4 Milliarden Dollar
Softbank will stärker in KI-Roboter investieren. ABB Robotics kommt als Übernahmekandidat gerade recht. Eigentlich sollte das Unternehmen an die Börse gehen.

This time we look at China’s advance in decarbonisation, India’s efforts to get a slice of the semiconductor pie and why the robots are coming to Japanese convenience stores.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/the-robots-are-coming-to-7-eleven

The robots are coming to 7-Eleven - Asian Tech Roundup
Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at China’s advance in decarbonisation, India’s efforts to get a slice ...

A Novel Theoretical Approach on Micro-Nano Robotic Networks Based on Density Matrices and Swarm Quantum Mechanics
Maria Mannone, Mahathi Anand, Peppino Fazio, Abdalla Swikir
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08002

A Novel Theoretical Approach on Micro-Nano Robotic Networks Based on Density Matrices and Swarm Quantum Mechanics
In a robotic swarm, parameters such as position and proximity to the target can be described in terms of probability amplitudes. This idea led to recent studies on a quantum approach to the definition of the swarm, including a block-matrix representation. Here, we propose an advancement of the idea, defining a swarm as a mixed quantum state, to be described with a density matrix, whose size does not change with the number of robots. We end the article with some directions for future research.

Chinesisches Robotik-Start-up Unitree soll 7 Milliarden Dollar wert sein
Der chinesische Hersteller humanoider Roboter Unitree will an die Börse gehen. Das Unternehmen bewertet sich selbst mit 7 Milliarden Dollar.

Lyft partners with Ann Arbor-based May Mobility to let riders in Atlanta request an autonomous minivan, with a safety driver, first in a seven square-mile area (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/775074/lyft-may-mobility-robotaxi-atlanta…

Lyft’s first ‘robotaxis’ are live in Atlanta
Lyft is launching its first commercial robotaxi service with May Mobility in Atlanta. The vehicles will have safety monitors in the driver seat who may manually operate the vehicle in the initial stages.

#heiseshow: rabbitOS 2, Cariad-Neuanfang, E-Scooter-Gesetz
In der #heiseshow: Rabbit R1 bekommt mit rabbitOS 2 ein großes Update, VW-Tochter Cariad stellt Software-Entwicklung um und neue Regeln für E-Scooter.

Cobots, or robots that collaborate with humans, are bringing automation to even the smallest US factories, amid a push to bring manufacturing back to the US (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bus…