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Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is accelerating its push into humanoid robotics, leading a 500 million yuan ($73.6 million) funding round in Chinese robotics startup Zeroth as the company expands beyond fintech and artificial intelligence into one of the fastest-growing frontiers of AI-powered hardware. The investment marks Ant’s latest move to build a strategic presence across China’s…

I want to share something I've been building as an independent researcher from Indonesia. TL;DR: Face verification model that replaces cosine similarity with sliding window sign pattern matching. Achieves 96.27% on LFW (pre-aligned) with a 10.58 MB model trained on CASIA-WebFace (490k images). When applied to ArcFace embeddings without retraining, IMG Sign Score gets 99.58%…

Abstract According to the latest IndexBox report on the global Panel Thickness market, the market enters 2026 with broader demand fundamentals, more disciplined procurement behavior, and a more regionally diversified supply architecture. The World Panel Thickness market is undergoing a structural transformation from a basic dimensional specification to a critical performance parameter across multiple high-value…

Abstract According to the latest IndexBox report on the global Robot Control System market, the market enters 2026 with broader demand fundamentals, more disciplined procurement behavior, and a more regionally diversified supply architecture. The World Robot Control System market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8–12% between 2026 and…

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have unveiled a significant advance in cryogenic electronics that could help overcome key challenges in quantum computing and support future deep space missions. The team, from HKU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Centre for Advanced Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits (CASIC), developed a programmable neuromorphic…

Toshio Fukuda has been blazing trails for most of his career. He is considered to be one of the most prolific scholars in robotics, writing more than 2,000 research papers and authoring several books on the field. He’s an influential figure thanks to his pioneering work developing biomedical robotic systems, industrial robots, micro-nano robotics, mechatronics,…