AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams

AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.
The Verge

Honor’s Robot Phone concept features a fold-out camera arm

But we’ll have to wait until next year to find out more. But we’ll have to wait until next year to find out more. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked ...
MarketWatch

SoftBank to pay $5.4 billion for robotics producer, one of four areas it’s investing to realize ‘artificial super intelligence.’

Japanese investment group SoftBank said it’s paying $5.38 billion for the robotics division of Swiss-Swedish engineering company ABB to advance a bet on what it calls artificial super intelligence.
Live Science

Robots receive major intelligence boost thanks to Google DeepMind's 'thinking AI' — a pair of models that help machines understand the world

Google DeepMind has unveiled a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) models that will enable robots to perform complex general tasks and reason in a way that was previously impossible. Earlier this ...
Benzinga.com

Tokyo-Listed SoftBank Shares Climb 13% After ABB Robotics Deal Boosts Outlook

Tokyo-listed shares of SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) jumped as much as 13% after the Japanese giant agreed to acquire Swiss engineering firm ABB‘s (OTC:ABBNY) Robotics unit in a deal valued ...
Automation World

ABB Invests in LandingAI to Apply Generative AI to Robotic Vision

ABB Robotics has invested in California-based LandingAI to accelerate its use of vision AI. A key goal of this investment involves the integration of LandingAI’s vision AI tech, such as LandingLens, ...
TechRepublic

SoftBank Acquires ABB’s Robotics Business for $5.4B

SoftBank Acquires ABB’s Robotics Business for $5.4B Your email has been sent SoftBank has struck a definitive deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, doubling down on founder ...
Digi Times

SoftBank acquires ABB robotics business, targets AI-driven industrial growth

Japan's SoftBank Group (SBG) and Swiss heavy electrical firm ABB have signed an agreement for SoftBank to acquire ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion. According to reports from Nikkei and ...
Reuters

SoftBank to buy ABB's robot business for $5.4 billion in push to merge AI and robotics

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...
TechCrunch

SoftBank bulks up its robotics portfolio with ABB Group’s robotics unit

Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...
Bloomberg L.P.

SoftBank to Buy ABB’s Robotics Arm in $5.4 Billion Deal

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in ...
Forbes

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Deepens AI Push With $5.4 Billion ABB Robotics Deal

The Pepper humanoid robot developed by SoftBank. SoftBank Group—controlled by Japan’s richest person, Masayoshi Son—has agreed to buy the robotics unit of Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd. for $5.4 ...