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全国第三，公司第二，“初创黑马”灵犀智涌用ROSS Harness把机器人送进工业具身智能第一梯队
灵犀智涌用一台由Demo级本体组装而成的机器人，成为工业场景赛除行业头部企业外唯一获奖的机器人公司。
This week
- 36Kr
New da Vinci Surgical Robot Secures Marketing Approval: Entering Olympus’ Core Dominant Surgical Market
- TechCrunch
The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.
- TechCrunch
Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
George Arison is done letting Wall Street's "Grindr discount" go unchallenged — in a wide-ranging Q&A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the "gayborhood in your pocket" he's been promising since 2022.
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong can play unique role in fostering robotics industry: Paul Chan
- CHChosunbiz
Lg Electronics hires US R&D talent to drive AI, robotics and mobility growth - CHOSUNBIZ
- SESeoul Economic Daily
LG Electronics CEO Courts AI, Robotics Talent in San Francisco
- Chosunbiz
Daewoo E&C brings AI robot cafes and digital fragrance to Korea apartments - CHOSUNBIZ
- Seoul Economic Daily
Daewoo E&C to Install XYZ Barista Robots at Prugio Apartments
- TMTPost (Chinese)
【钛晨报】个人住房贷款政策有大变化，个人房贷期限延至最长40年；OpenAI将终止向Cursor提供模型服务，马斯克回应；报告称AI公司每赚100美元近40美元流向云巨头
追觅起诉小红书；硅谷知名风投a16z成立11亿美元基金，布局芯片、内存与机器人；国家数据局局长刘烈宏：要围绕国民经济重大场景，研究探索词元增值订阅、按效付费等商业模式；沪市公司半年报交卷：扣非后净利润增速创2022年以来新高；多家液冷企业订单排至年底
- CNET
Get Rid of Dust With the Narwal Freo 20 Robot Vacuum for $200 Off
- The Verge
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy
After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecedented survey of the universe. Its field of view […]
- TechCrunch
TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
- Robot China (Chinese)
中科创达携手北京人形机器人创新中心推动机器人规模化落地
- Robot China (Chinese)
亿欧报告：四足仍在探索期，具微却跑通了最难交付的工业现场
- Robot China (Chinese)
机器人赛道的下一个“宇树”，发生在感知侧
- Robot China (Chinese)
百亿投入打水漂？人形机器人该去哪里找高质量真机数据？
- Robot China (Chinese)
从搬运到具身智能：慧闻机器人深耕工业机器人的下一步
- PEDaily (Chinese)
人形机器人，真的要进厂打工了？
- PEDaily (Chinese)
首发| 弓望传感完成近亿元A轮融资，瞄准机器人的“感知神经”
- South China Morning Post
Sony Music, Warner accuse Anthropic of ‘blatant theft’ in major new lawsuit
Some of the world’s biggest music publishers have launched a fresh lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of conducting “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history”. The case adds to the legal challenges facing Anthropic as the firm eyes a potential blockbuster initial public offering, as the AI industry confronts growing pushback over its use of human-made material to train its models. Sony Music Publishing, Warner...
- Interesting Engineering
China’s 40,000-ton ‘drone carrier’ begins final trials as GJ-21 stealth aircraft reappears
According to Chinese media, China’s new GJ-21 stealth drone has been spotted in the wild...
- TMTPost (Chinese)
优必选走进窄门
当人形机器人行业的注意力，从展会舞台的后空翻，转向工厂车间的拆码垛，整个赛道的评判标尺已被彻底改写。概念炒作的红利逐渐退潮，能不能在真实物理世界创造商业价值，成为筛选玩家的重要标尺。
- TMTPost (Chinese)
人形机器人还撑不起极智嘉
基本盘还稳，第二曲线没兑现。
- TMTPost (Chinese)
自动驾驶入法后，罚单还得车主交?
“激活状态”或是未来官司的焦点。
- CNBC
Analysts like this humanoid supplier, even if the robots remain concepts — for now
- South China Morning Post
CXMT joins growing list of Chinese tech firms suing US Pentagon over blacklists
Leading chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has joined a growing list of Chinese technology companies suing the US government over their additions to Pentagon blacklists, as legal experts said US courts had shown a willingness to hold the Department of Defence to account. Recent rulings involving Chinese tech firms including lidar sensor maker Hesai Group, drone manufacturer DJI and biotech firm WuXi AppTec indicated that judges were prepared to scrutinise the US government’s eviden…
- Interesting Engineering
20kW high energy laser systems that can fry enemy’s drones at rapid speed delivered to US Army
Two powerful high energy laser systems have been delivered to the U.S. Army. Developed by...
- Interesting Engineering
From surgery to therapy: 5 robots changing modern medicine
For decades, the idea of a robot working inside an operating room belonged more to...
- Interesting Engineering
5 advanced robots supporting patients from surgery to recovery
- TMTPost (Chinese)
【数智周报】OpenAI奥尔特曼：担心AI或被少数人控制，甚至摆脱人类控制；黄仁勋：AI已抵达产业拐点，彻底告别概念阶段；腾讯高管回应“腾讯做AI慢了”质疑
（8月24日-29日）比尔·盖茨称向AI时代过渡将是人类史上最动荡时期之一，批科技行业淡化风险、呼吁对Token和机器人征税；亚马逊、苹果、微软、戴尔集体涨价，机构预测：全球内存紧缺或持续至2027年；小米发布大模型专用AI加速芯片玄戒O100
- TechCrunch
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
- The Verge
Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic
Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped. In total, the […]
- Forbes
Sanctuary AI Built A Robot Body. Now It’s Also Selling A Robot Brain
- Unite.AI
Sony and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Claude Lyric Training
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music sued Anthropic and two of its co-founders on August 28, 2026, alleging that tens of thousands of copyrighted musical compositions were copied to train the company's Claude AI models. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, names Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann as individual defendants alongside the company. The plaintiffs, a group of publishing entities filing…
- Elecfans (Chinese)
具身智能感知大战开打！激光雷达双雄“爆单”，半年卖出26万颗
- OFweek Robotics (Chinese)
英伟达发布78 TOPS机器人芯片，算力翻倍功耗降40%，国内玩家也在加速追赶
- OFweek Robotics (Chinese)
突发！发改委定调机器人产业：防止盲目跟风、一哄而上
- Fortune
ICE explores purchasing robot dogs in enforcement tech push
- Interesting Engineering
San Francisco firm that makes automated drone swarm killer system secures $7M funding
San Francisco-based Mara has secured $7 million in funding to help flesh out its proprietary...
- The Robot Report
The differences between decentralized and centralized power in swarm robotics
- New Atlas
1,430-mile range in BYD's full-size PHEV crossover
I don’t know how, but BYD manages to get these sorts of headlines almost every week. This time, it’s for the company’s latest crossover SUV – the weirdly named BYD FCB Ti 9 that promises a whopping 1,430-mile (2,300-km) combined range. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: BYD , PHEV , Hybrid , SUV , Crossover , Range
- Business Insider
A startup founded by ex-DeepMind engineers wants to turn its customers into robot teachers
- The Guardian
Hilarity, unease and relief: games show China is not over the finish line in humanoid robot race
- Interesting Engineering
Xiaomi builds its own 3nm AI chip to give future EVs powerful onboard intelligence
Xiaomi has unveiled its first self-developed high-performance chip for intelligent driving, marking a major expansion...
- The Robot Report
From teach and repeat to SelfPath AI: The next robotics leap
- TechCrunch
Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.
- BBC
Hull hospitals trust celebrates 5,000th robotic surgery milestone
- The Verge
China’s robots race ahead
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on falling robots and the US-China AI race, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started I've admitted my fondness for […]
- Business Insider
Hugging Face says its roller-skating robot duck scored $2.6 million in orders in 24 hours