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Chinese military unveils mosquito-sized drones for battlefield missions https://interestingengineering.com/military/chinese-military-unveils-mosquito-sized-drones
Lately I’ve been thinking about the surprisingly short lifespan of things that still feel permanent in our lives. Especially now, in the age of AI. Googling for answers: ~26 year run Modern software as we know it: ~40 years Writing code by hand: ~75 years Manually driving cars:”” / X https://x.com/alexalbert__/status/1937526135442874651
Today Waymo covers about 2-3% of the US population. In a year it will 15%, in 3 years over 50%”” / X https://x.com/fchollet/status/1937498488352264666
Optimus is already running a Grok voice assistant. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1937780918829351198
Andrej Karpathy argues that autonomy should be built carefully with humans in the loop – think “Iron Man suit,” not “Iron Man robot.” Focus on ‘partial-autonomy products’ that gradually become more autonomous, rather than flashy demos of autonomous agents. https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1936140732643074094
Karpathy isn’t literally suggesting we build Iron Man suits (though that would be cool). It’s a powerful analogy for partial-autonomy products – keep humans in the loop as you gradually unlock more autonomy. His work with Tesla self-driving embodies this method: the autonomy https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1936480946930475373
Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-big-promises-and-unanswered-questions/
Italian Institute of Technology researchers: “Jetpack. Humanoid. You’re welcome.” Robot’s NN-based controller was trained using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation and wind tunnel data. Paper: https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1937237149608477126
What Veho learned testing delivery robots in Texas | Supply Chain Dive https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/veho-rivr-robot-deliveries-texas-trial/750204/
China’s Baidu eyes robotaxi expansion to Singapore, Malaysia | The Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/chinas-baidu-eyes-robotaxi-expansion-to-singapore-and-malaysia
