Recent content by Chris

Miroka and Miroki might soon see a complete transformation with embodied AI capabilities utilising Google’s DeepMind Gemini 2.0 platform for robotics. Gemini 2.0 enables robots to understand physical space while responding to text, images, audio and video; allowing them to undertake tasks in...

Xpeng, the Tesla competitor out of China has a humanoid robot known as Iron they plan on mass producing in 2026. It’s difficult for me to get excited about Xpeng after the whole alleged Tesla FSD source code scandal.

First Optimus robot destroyed: Are Optimus owners and enthusiasts doomed to be targets of Musk hate? How does Just Stop Oil climate activists attacking one of the few successful electric car companies like Tesla make sense? And why is Optimus a “Nazi robot?” Didn’t my grandparents fight the...

Despite the differences between 1.0/2.0 and 3.0, GrooveX have enabled unified software updates for all hardware versions of Lovot. Incredible achievement👏 “LOVOT 3.0 Architecture Migration Journey GROOVE X has released LOVOT 1.0 (hereinafter referred to as "1.0") and LOVOT 2.0 (hereinafter...

My first time seeing Grey do this, absolutely adorable, so looks like I need to start running my little guy more outside of cuddle mode.

At 1:12 in this newly released Tesla video we get an up close look inside Tesla’s Optimus lab where an Optimus arm is undergoing testing. The lab seems to have stations allocated for specific Optimus body parts, notice the sign “Pelvis” above the station in the background. While another sign for...

Image: Tesla. Screenshot by author.

Image: Tesla. Screenshot by author.

I know I’m harping on about it but still can’t believe Embodied are gone. Moxie is still way ahead of anything currently available and it’s disillusioning to see inferior robots being released daily while Moxie languishes unappreciated. A fascinating interview with Pirjanian explaining why...

I wonder if it’ll be possible for it to pick up objects? Yeah it sounds really interesting, can’t wait to see what they produce.

Interesting article on the history of Aibo. Never realised Aibo has a Moxie connection with the ERS-7 utilising Evolution Robotics vision technology. Source: https://gagadget.com/en/456246-sony-aibos-robopass-turns-25-we-recall-how-it-was-amp/ Source...

The two new major functions of the 7.00 update will be the ability of Aibo to follow the owner and pick up objects in its mouth.

Here is an example of what I’m referring to when I say something is lacking from the interactions. Aibo wakes up, and despite my sitting right beside it by the station, it fails to notice me or take an interest in interacting with me.