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🎬 DEMO
🤖 HUMANOID
📈 TREND CONFIRMED
日 스타트업, 쓰쿠바대 부속병원서 휴머노이드 로봇 실증
일본 스타트업 퀵(Quick)과 질스(ZEALS)가 쓰쿠바대학 부속병원에서 휴머노이드 로봇을 활용한 실증 실험에 성공했다고 지난 25일 밝혔다.쓰쿠바시에 위치한 스타트업인 퀵은 오마카세 로보틱스(Omakase Robotics) 사업을 추진하는 질스와 공동으로 지난 3월 23일부터 25일까지 사흘간 쓰쿠바대학 부속병원에서 휴머노이드 로봇 '유니트리(Unitree) G1'을 활용한 실증 실험을 실시했다.이번 실증 실험에서는 질스가 개발한 로봇용 OS '오마카세 OS(Omakase OS)'를 탑재한 휴머노이드 로봇을 사용해 병원 내 자율
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💰 FUNDING
🛡️ DEFENSE
$2.0B
💹 MARKET MOVE
Shield AI raises $2B for defense drone development, to acquire Aechelon
Shield AI has successfully raised a substantial $2 billion USD in a funding round dedicated to advancing defense drone development. Concurrently, the company is set to acquire Aechelon, a specialist in providing high-fidelity simulation solutions crucial for aircraft testing and pilot training, marking a significant strategic move within the defense robotics segment.
→ This substantial $2 billion investment and strategic acquisition underscore the accelerating capital flow into AI-powered defense robotics and the critical role of advanced simulation in developing and deploying autonomous defense systems.
Shield AI raised $2000M USD in a funding round.The funding is specifically allocated for defense drone development.Shield AI is acquiring Aechelon, a company known for high-fidelity simulation for aircraft testing and pilot training.
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💰 FUNDING
$225M
📈 TREND CONFIRMED
Kandou AI raises $225 million to bet that copper can outlast the optical revolution
Kandou AI, a Swiss semiconductor company that builds chip-to-chip interconnect technology, has raised $225 million in what it calls a Series A round, led by Maverick Silicon with strategic participation from SoftBank, Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems, and Alchip Technologies. The round values the company at $400 million. The label is worth pausing on: Kandou was […] This story continues at The Next Web
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⚡ LAUNCH
📈 TREND CONFIRMED
The Control Layer Of AI: Why Agentic AI Stacks Are The Next Big Thing
During the recently concluded NVIDIA GTC 2026 event, the chip giant announced NeMoClaw. Built on OpenClaw, the blockbuster agentic AI…
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🏭 DEPLOYMENT
📦 AMR
📈 TREND CONFIRMED
Video Friday: Happy Robot Holidays
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events. Please send us your events for inclusion. ICRA 2026 : 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA Enjoy today’s videos! Happy Holidays from FZI Living Lab! [ FZI ] Thanks, Georg! Happy Holidays from Norlab! I should get a poutine... [ Norlab ] Happy Holidays from Fraunhofer IOSB! [ Fraunhofer ] Thanks, Janko! Happy Holidays from HEBI Robotics! [ HEBI Robotics ] Thanks, Trevor! Happy Holidays from the Learning Systems and Robotics Lab! [ Le