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Uber testet Lucid-Robotaxis in San Francisco
Anfang des Jahres stellten Lucid Motors, Nuro und Uber eine Robotaxi-Version des Lucid Gravity vor. Jetzt testen Uber-Beschäftigte das Fahrzeug.
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Google DeepMind introduces Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 robotic reasoning model, says it shows significant spatial and physical reasoning improvements over ER 1.5 (Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-er-1-6/

Gemini Robotics ER 1.6: Enhanced Embodied Reasoning
Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 upgrades spatial reasoning and multi-view understanding, unlocking new capabilities like instrument reading for autonomous robots.

Adding even more cameras for a surveillance state: 'autonomous' delivery robots, and 'autonomous' taxis.
Can be combined with facial recognition, of course.
https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robot…

Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show
Serve Robotics, which delivers food for Uber Eats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for surveillance.

FLAMINGO hits over 1000 km, ROBOTS replace INFANTRY – Russia can't break through!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/flamingo-hits-over-km-robots.html

Expectable, sorta.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/11-month-old-russian-outfit-clai…

11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core chips, flaunts Cyrillic-badged chips — chips appear to be sanctions-swerving rebadged Chinese Loongson processors
Chinese Loongson 3C6000 CPUs now have heat spreaders with words in Cyrillic?

The first electronic surrender was during Gulf War 1 and now the machines are taking prisoners and territory.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-latest-putin-troops-surrender-military-robot-first-time-11825010 …

Putin's Troops Surrender Position To Robots For First Time: Zelensky 
Volodymyr Zelensky has said that robotic systems have carried out more than 22,000 missions on the front line in just three months, saving thousands of lives.

Eine neue Analyse sieht in Deutschland ein technologisches #Wertschöpfungspotenzial von 1,7 Billionen Euro.
Chancen entstehen in #KünstlicheIntelligenz, #Robotik

Deutschland: Studie sieht Technologiepotenzial von 1,7 Billionen Euro - Golem.de
Von KI bis Fusion: Eine Studie sieht große Wachstumschancen, warnt aber vor fehlendem Kapital und zu langsamer Kommerzialisierung.

Japan investiert weitere 4 Milliarden US-Dollar in Chip-Startup Rapidus
Der erst 2022 gegründete Chiphersteller Rapidus erhält weitere Investitionen für 2-Nanometer-Chips und eine eigene Packaging-Fabrik.

Tether, flush with cash, has been investing in diverse sectors ranging from sleep tech company Eight Sleep to humanoid robotics company Neura Robotics (PitchBook)
https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/stablecoin-issuer-tether-has-so-much-cas…

OpenAI says it issued a request for proposals to US-based hardware manufacturers as it seeks to push into consumer devices, robotics, and cloud data centers (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/o…