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Optimus tumble, Waymo robotaxi surge, Skild AI funding, and AI‑powered home robots...
Mardi 9 décembre 2025 à 12:55
Humanoid Robots
Tesla’s Optimus stumbles onstage
Gizmodo captured the viral moment when Elon Musk’s Optimus robot toppled backwards during a demo, prompting a flurry of memes while Musk reiterated his goal of mass‑producing one million units annually by 2030. The incident underscores the engineering challenges still facing large‑scale humanoid production.
Gizmodo
China’s embodied‑AI push fuels humanoid ambitions
China Daily argues that the next breakthrough lies in “embodied intelligence,” where AI is tightly coupled to physical agents. The piece highlights China’s aggressive R&D agenda, noting government backing in the 15th Five‑Year Plan and the rise of domestic startups pioneering humanoid platforms that could redefine manufacturing and service sectors.
China Daily
Robotics
AI‑enhanced robot vacuums redefine home cleaning
The Verge’s roundup shows that flagship models such as the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni and Eufy X10 Pro Omni now combine lidar navigation, AI‑driven obstacle detection, and smart dirt‑spotting to deliver near‑hands‑free floor care. These advances illustrate how consumer robotics are adopting perception and decision‑making techniques once reserved for industrial bots.
The Verge
Artificial Intelligence in Robotics
Skild AI secures near‑$14 billion valuation to build hardware‑agnostic robot brains
The Information and TechCrunch report that Skild AI is in talks with SoftBank and Nvidia for a funding round that could value the startup at $14 billion. Its flagship product is a foundation model that can be deployed across diverse robot hardware, promising a unified AI stack for everything from warehouse pickers to service androids.
The Information
TechCrunch
China earmarks AI and robotics as pillars of its 2026 economic agenda
China Daily outlines the government’s plan to place artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and “embodied intelligence” at the core of the 2026 policy roadmap. By prioritising AI‑driven robotics, the state aims to boost productivity and reduce reliance on foreign tech, signaling a strategic push for home‑grown humanoid and industrial robots.
China Daily
MIT Technology Review forecasts AI’s trajectory toward 2030 and its impact on robotics
In the final edition of its “State of AI” series, MIT Technology Review’s Will Douglas Heaven and FT’s Tim Bradshaw discuss how generative AI, reinforcement learning, and emerging “world models” will shape the next decade. They argue that while core model advances may plateau, application‑level innovations—particularly in autonomous manipulation and perception—will drive the next wave of robotic capabilities.
MIT Technology Review
Nvidia’s H200 AI accelerator cleared for export to China, opening new training horizons for robotics
Both The Verge (via a report on Nvidia’s export clearance) and CNBC note that the U.S. has granted permission for the H200 GPU to be sold to Chinese firms. The chip’s massive tensor‑core capacity is tailored for large‑scale model training, a capability that could accelerate Chinese development of high‑performance robotic AI and autonomous systems.
Tom's Hardware
CNBC
Autonomous Vehicles
Waymo’s robotaxi network scales up amid safety scrutiny and rising competition
TechCrunch reveals that Waymo’s weekly paid rides have surged past 450,000, while CNBC confirms the expansion into new U.S. metros such as Miami and Dallas. Al Jazeera adds that recent accidents and mounting pressure from rivals like Zoox have sparked safety concerns, prompting Waymo to double‑down on rigorous testing as it cements its lead over Tesla’s self‑driving ambitions.
TechCrunch
CNBC
Al Jazeera (english)
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