AI, robotics startups capture South Korea’s biggest VC checks – The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition

Today we’re introducing Robostral Navigate, our first model built for embodied navigation. It’s an 8B model that takes RGB images and a plain-language instruction and moves a robot through an environment: “Leave the lobby, walk through the corridor, enter the supply room, and stop to face the second shelf.” To perform such tasks, other models…

Multiple sclerosis doesn’t just take mobility. It takes places. The trail you hiked as a family. The rocky beach. The friend’s house with three front steps. Over twenty-plus years, those places quietly disappear from your life — like tabs closing in a browser nobody reopened. Jake Laser decided to reopen them. He took a Unitree…

Atlas demonstrates the deceptive Ghost Rabona kick. Source: Hyundai The FIFA World Cup is not only a showcase for global athletic competition and camaraderie; it’s also an opportunity for leading legged robots to strut their stuff. Boston Dynamics Inc. has taught its Atlas humanoid to kick a soccer ball while its Spot robots support security…

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Construction rework is not a mystery to anyone who has spent time on a job site, but the scale of it still catches people off guard. The Construction Industry Institute puts it at more than 10 percent of total construction costs. Other estimates put the annual toll upwards of $100 billion. Those numbers were the…

McLaren will deploy autonomous quadruped robots initially to capture 360° site imagery, generate data and support safety compliance patrols and quality assurance. Regular automated scans by FieldAI robots will create a visual and spatial record of work as it is installed. AI-enabled analysis will compare site data against the design model, reducing the time between install…