📅 Date & Amount On June 11, 2025, Wandercraft announced it secured $75 million in combined equity and debt via its Series D funding round. 🔹 Key Investors & Strategic Backers Led by a mix of investors including Renault Group, the PSIM Fund (through Bpifrance and France’s France 2030 program), Quadrant Management, Teampact Ventures, LBO France, Mutuelles […]
Unveiling the Future of Robotic Skin and AI Robotics
Summary Scientists have developed a novel, single-material electronic robotic skin mimicking human touch. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and UCL are pioneering cost-effective, durable robotic sensing solutions. This breakthrough in electronic skin opens new avenues for sophisticated AI applications and advanced human-robot interaction. This tool is a gelatin-based hydrogel, serving as the foundation for […]
Swarm Robotics: Unlocking Transformative Potential for Medical and Essential Human Services
The concept of swarm robotics, where multiple simple robots work together to achieve complex goals, has long captivated the imaginations of scientists and futurists alike. Inspired by the collective intelligence observed in ant colonies or bird flocks, these systems promise unprecedented resilience, scalability, and adaptability. However, despite significant advancements in research, the widespread practical application […]
AI Robotics Integration: Creating Intelligent Systems for the Real World
Introduction to AI Robotics Integration, Part 1 The fusion of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics is reshaping industries and revolutionizing how we interact with technology. This integration is not just about combining two powerful technologies; it’s about developing intelligent systems capable of interacting with and adapting to the complexities of the real world. In this […]
Exploring the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Human-Like Reasoning
Machines Like Us: A Deep Dive into AI and Common Sense Ronald J. Brachman and Hector J. Levesque’s Machines Like Us: Toward AI with Common Sense is a thought-provoking exploration of one of artificial intelligence’s biggest challenges—developing machines that can think with common sense rather than just specialized expertise. This book provides a compelling argument […]
How Microsoft’s AI Agent Advances Are Shaping the Future of Autonomous Robotics
At Microsoft Build 2025, the tech giant unveiled a vision for an “open agentic web,” powered by AI agents capable of performing complex, autonomous tasks. While the focus was squarely on software and cloud-based systems, the implications for autonomous robotics are profound. As robotic engineers, researchers, and developers push the envelope in intelligent machines, Microsoft’s […]
AI Power Demand: How Energy “Hallucinations” May Disrupt AI and Robotics Growth
As the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution accelerates, its AI power demands are rising at an unprecedented pace. The exponential growth of data centers—fueled by AI workloads such as training large language models, running autonomous robotics systems, and processing vast amounts of real-time data—has introduced a new kind of bottleneck: electricity. A recent Reuters Breakingviews article […]
🤖 Robotic Automation Is Changing the Game: What’s Next for the Future of Work?
From Tesla’s factory floors to AI-powered security bots in China, robotic automation is no longer on the horizon—it’s here, and it’s transforming the future of work faster than many expected. Robotics enthusiasts, we’re living in an era that’s every bit as fascinating—and a little bit unsettling—as the sci-fi stories we grew up reading. Let’s unpack […]
Achieving Robotics Real-Time Processing: Engineering Low-Latency Control Systems
AI robotics engineers live and breathe robotics real-time processing performance. The ability of a robot to perceive its environment, process that information, make intelligent decisions, and actuate a response within stringent time constraints is fundamental to its effectiveness and often, its safety. The key problem robotic engineers constantly grapple with is achieving low-latency processing to […]
How Multimodal AI Is Making Machines More Emotionally Intelligent in the Cloud Computing Age
Understanding Multimodal AI and Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions effectively. In the realm of artificial intelligence, integrating EI allows machines to interact with humans more naturally and empathetically. Multimodal AI enhances this capability by processing and interpreting data from various sources—text, audio, and visual inputs—to gain […]