By now, you may have heard of Microduck and Reachy Mini by Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face. It’s startling. Yes, Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face have introduced robots and launched them in several color variations, Microduck and Reachy Mini, both below $500, excluding tax. And as per the news, people are buying them, with MicroduckContinue reading “Like it or not, Microduck Robot— it’s selling; people are buying these small young robots.”
Category Archives: Robotics
Flying Humanoid Robots for Robots as a Service (RAAS)
This is very futuristic application. They are not there in Chinas World Robot Games. There are techniques for non-humanoid robots to fly. But here we talk of humanoid robots which can fly and make Robots as a Service (RAAS) a real concept. We all know robots are costly, and we cant buy them. But whatContinue reading “Flying Humanoid Robots for Robots as a Service (RAAS)”
AI and Tech this Week!
Greetings everyone, Here are the latest this week in AI and Tech, not just products; key AI news here as well. Stay tuned! (Find my comments in italics.) OpenAI — OpenAI’s Jalapeño AI chip is said to be faster than existing chips. It beats NVIDIA chips and should be available by year-end. — ChatGPT BusinessContinue reading “AI and Tech this Week!”
In China, World Humanoid Robots Games 2026
The first version of the Humanoid Tournament was held at the same time last year. A five-day event started on Saturday. More than 2000 robots from 666 teams from around the world are participating. Why do they all look the same in the tournament? Is it actually a tournament? So many teams, but why doContinue reading “In China, World Humanoid Robots Games 2026”
World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is Not Enough-More Needed
World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) was established in July 2026 in China. It aims to discuss AI for the Global South, especially making AI open source and open-weight, so the South can keep up with rapid AI developments. WAICO’s main aim is to expand AI to the Global South. It aims to develop theContinue reading “World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization is Not Enough-More Needed”
Gemini Robotics ER 2: Making robots human-like (Gemini Apollo Duo)
Gemini Robotics ER 2 (The Gemini Embodied Reasoning (ER) model)— It’s an intelligence layer- not a robot. It’s demonstrated its performance on robots mentioned below. It makes robots think, act, and accomplish. Three major achievements are: 1- Intelligent whole-body control — walk in a house, building, or on roads to accomplish assigned tasks. Gemini RoboticsContinue reading “Gemini Robotics ER 2: Making robots human-like (Gemini Apollo Duo)”
This week with AI and Tech
AI is a race now; let’s see who is running where this week. Meta Meta Muse Glimmer is a 30-billion-parameter model that doesn’t require as much computing power. Muse Glimmer has been evaluated on multiple standard datasets. It now a open-weight model, meaning the neural network weights will be available for anyone to use. ThisContinue reading “This week with AI and Tech”
Did GPT 5.6 by OpenAI Beat Anthropic Fable 5! Can it create history?
Let’s see if OpenAI GPT 5.6 can create history! GPT‑5.6 is available now! What’s New! Released by OpenAI GPT 5.6: — GPT‑5.6 Sol, — GPT‑5.6 Terra, and — GPT‑5.6 Luna ! All in different capacities. Performance of Sol > Performance of Terra > Performance of Luna Cost of Sol > Cost of Terra > CostContinue reading “Did GPT 5.6 by OpenAI Beat Anthropic Fable 5! Can it create history?”
Helpful AI versus Dangerous AI: An illustration with Examples
Abstract: In my last article, I wrote about the double standards surrounding some AI such as Anthropic that can be deemed dangerous. Examples include Anthropic’s Mythos base model and some versions of X’s Grok AI. Why should licenses be granted to develop such Generative AI models? Are licenses even granted for such AI? Such modelsContinue reading “Helpful AI versus Dangerous AI: An illustration with Examples”
Double Standards of AI: Stop your AI Model till…
Abstract: AI and AI leaders are using double standards, and people are not looking at it. On the one hand, AI leaders say they are advancing technologies for the betterment, while they are just making humans prisoners of their apps. Human innovation is going undetected. Youths are lost with no future projections. AI companies likeContinue reading “Double Standards of AI: Stop your AI Model till…”
