Let's get physical (again) - Capgemini starts a heavyweight fight with a bantam-weight AI argument
Physical AI is a must-buy proposition. But, must we really? Putting a new Capgemini report's claims through their paces. Round one, seconds out!
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Monday Morning Moan - Educating Melania. Hey robo-teacher, leave those kids alone!
US First Lady Melania Trump envisages generations of kids being taught by robot teachers. Empowering worldview or a dystopian nightmare waiting to happen? Educate yourselves and find out.
Enterprise hits and misses - NVIDIA makes a trillion dollar proclamation at GTC, agentic commerce isn't ready (yet), and robots are scary
This week - NVIDIA makes big statements at HTC, but will they hold up? As event season kicks in, agentic commerce and robotics face market obstacles. In your whiffs, Meta backtracks on Horizon Worlds, but the new glasses are the creepshow.
Robot futures – why robophobia is a bigger problem than technologists realise
As billions of dollars pour into the robotics sector, on the back of the AI Spring, research suggests that many people’s fear of robots may be being overlooked.
CEO mea culpa on show at Ocado as management concedes its early business model is still delivering consequences today
Lessons have been learned, says Tim Steiner, and the way the company would sell to clients now is rather different...
Robot futures - from data centers to shopping centers as retail analytics helps robots understand human behavior (without crushing us!)
Data about shoppers’ movements in stores and malls are an unexpected goldmine for the training of humanoid robots, reveals an ex-NASA engineer.
Robot futures – say hello to Abi, a robot designed for lonely people
Care robots are being pitched as a solution to the loneliness epidemic among elderly people. How bad is the problem? And is it just found among senior citizens?
How generative foundation models are driving autonomous embodied AI. Wayve steers the right route
Wayve has launched GAIA-3, a generative foundation model for stress testing autonomous driving models. Aniruddha Kembhavi, Director of Science Strategy at Wayve, explains how this could advance adjacent research into warehouse robotics, household humanoids, manufacturing and more.
Robot Futures #3 – the AI 'broligarchs' may be digging their own graves. Here's why
They won't rest in peace...
Robot Futures #2 – a safe robot is one that talks to other robots? Discuss!
If you want safe robots, then they need to talk to each other, explains a robotics innovator. What’s behind this counter-intuitive idea?
Robot Futures #1 – why your dirty socks are preventing the future
Super-intelligent, general-purpose humanoid robots are within our grasp, says the hype. Not so fast, says reality. Allow meus to explain.
Can you dig it? The AgTech promise of robotics - but will the robot farmer please stand up?
A recent conference explored how robotics and AI can help transform one of the world’s oldest – and most important industries: farming. But how easy is it in the real world?
Robots (not) coming over here and taking our jobs! How one UK producer reckons that humanoid robots will be tele-operated by remote migrant workers
How to solve the problems of economic migrants and farming automation, asks a UK robotics company. Cue a controversial – and unexpectedly revealing – idea.
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Enterprise hits and misses - the CES hype rollercoaster is robotic, and enterprises get a progress report on AI fluency
This week - can enterprises achieve AI fluency in 2026? If so, how will they get there? CES is not a show for the hype-allergic, but this year, the robotics angle had enterprise relevance. We start the year with some doozy whiffs.
