Chicago-based Formic, which provides robots-as-a-service automation to manufacturers, raised $50M, including a $40M Series B and $10M in asset-backed financing (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/10/22/formic-50m-robotics-deployme…
heise | Gehaltsprognose 2027: Was IT-Fachkräfte erwarten können
KI-Skills und Security-Wissen zahlen sich aus: Der Gehaltsreport von Robert Half zeigt, welche Vergütung IT-Profis 2027 erwartet.
https://www.
Großer HomeView mit robotischem Arm geplant
Lange kursiert das Gerücht, Apple wolle eine robotische Form von Heimzentrale auf den Markt bringen. Die ist angeblich nun für einen neuen HomeView gedacht.
https://www.
Protect and serve ... who exactly?
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013541/a-woman-was-arrested-in-philly-for-blocking-a-delivery-robot
Building a robot that looks like a human is like building a car that looks like a horse.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the
Mastodonians of the Four Winds, I summon you in @…’s name to witness this #CallingForSomething—which the stellar alignment has ordained today's #ThursdayFiveList
Uit het hart gegrepen:
"Nog steeds hebben de meeste architecten en stedenbouwkundigen slechts geringe aandacht voor en kennis van de auditieve inrichting van een bepaalde plek. Terwijl geluidsoverlast na luchtvervuiling de grootste bedreiging is voor onze gezondheid."
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-waarom-is-er-zo-weinig-aandacht-voor-geluid~bbd10937/
a16z rebrands a16z Crypto as a16z Frontier and expands the fund's scope to back startups developing AI, robotics, and other emerging technologies (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/10/22/venture-gian…
Microsoft says its GPT-5-powered Diagnostic Orchestrator uses agents that mimic panels of experts to diagnose conditions up to 4x more accurately than doctors (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int