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Robotaxis: Waymo sammelt 16 Milliarden ein und beschleunigt globale Expansion
Der Robotaxi-Marktführer Waymo sichert sich 16 Milliarden US-Dollar. Die Rekordsumme soll den Ausbau in den USA sowie den Eintritt in globale Märkte befeuern.

Baidu says its Apollo Go robotaxi hit 250,000 weekly orders globally as of October 31, matching Waymo's 250,000 weekly paid US rides reported in April 2025 (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/china-baidu-robotaxis-alphabet-waymo-.html…

China's Baidu says it's running 250,000 robotaxis a week — same as Alphabet's Waymo did this spring
In the race to prove to regulators and investors that robotaxis have a viable track record, Baidu's Apollo Go is claiming orders on par with Waymo.

Une autre bulle spéculative : les robots humanoïdes
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/china-officially-scared-robots-bubble

China's elite universities are preparing to launch a new undergraduate major in
"embodied intelligence,"
an emerging field that combines AI with robotics.
Seven universities
— including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Xi'an Jiaotong University
— have applied to offer the new major, according to a public notice published in November by China's Ministry of Education.
These schools…

China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push
Seven Chinese universities plan to launch an "embodied intelligence" major as Beijing races to build a pipeline of robotics and AI talent.

Tutor Intelligence, which makes AI-powered warehouse robots, raised a $34M Series A led by Union Square Ventures, bringing its total funding to $42M (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/01/tutor-intelligence-rai…

Tutor Intelligence raises $34M to scale fleet of AI-powered warehouse robots - SiliconANGLE
Tutor Intelligence raises $34M to scale fleet of AI-powered warehouse robots - SiliconANGLE

https://t3n.de/news/der-black-friday-ist-tot-warum-die-rabattschlacht-ad-absurdum-gefuehrt-wurde-1719482/
Hat nun Vernunft bei den Konsumenten stattgefunden, oder waren die Freitag-Schwarzwochen schlicht übertrieben und abs…

Der Black Friday ist tot! Warum die Rabattschlacht ad absurdum geführt wurde | t3n
Der Black Friday ist vorbei. Aber braucht man den eigentlich noch? Denn das, was einst als großer Shopping-Tag begann, wirkt zunehmend wie ein entgleistes Ritual, dessen ursprüngliche Idee kaum noch erkennbar ist. Vieles war dieses Jahr zum Freitag nach dem US-amerikanischen Thanksgiving anders – oder vielleicht waren es auch nur die Umstände, die gezeigt haben, […]

Pebble unveils Pebble Round 2 smart watch with a rounded screen and basic health and activity tracking but no heart rate monitor, shipping in May for $199 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/pebble-reboots-its-thinnest-…

Pebble reboots its thinnest smartwatch with the Pebble Round 2 | TechCrunch
Pebble launches a $199 smartwatch with rounded screen that can last up to 2 weeks on one charge.

London is set to become the first city where both US and Chinese robotaxis operate, as Waymo and Baidu prepare to launch their robotaxis in the city in 2026 (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a507f9d0-c0b2-43e3-9e2b-7ea04dbdb8d4

Uber partners with Avride to launch robotaxi rides in Dallas, marking Uber's fourth US city to offer autonomous ride options after Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future is in its Optimus humanoid robots, which for now rely on human helpers and still face commercial challenges (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-optimus