From Horsepower to AI Power: The Uncharted Road of Unmanned Taxis

Taxi history: Medallions to AI. Unmanned taxis bring 85% safer injury rates in controlled zones, but face crash rate and privacy concerns.

The Million-Dollar Question: Deconstructing the Cost of the Humanoid Dream

Humanoids robots are costly because they blend complex engineering, AI and design—machines built not just to move and look like us, but to understand the world.

Kai Dong, Chia
28/10/2025
The $1,400 Humanoid: Noetix' Bumi Broke the Price Barrier

Noetix launched Bumi, the first $1,400 humanoid robot. It democratizes robotics for education & consumers, shocking the market with an unprecedented low price.

Kai Dong, Chia
24/10/2025
Major Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outage in October 2025

The recent AWS outage highlights the critical dependency of AI and robotics on the cloud. How can we build a more resilient, less centralized future?

Alexander
20/10/2025

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The Robot Muscle: The Actuators and Gears That Animate Robots

Learn how actuators (muscles), reducers (strength), and servos (brains) give robots like Sophia their precise motion and strength.

17/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The Architects of Motion: An Odyssey into Robot Kinematics

Learn robot motion! Understand how Forward Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics are used in robotic arms and manipulators.

16/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The New Factory Floor: How Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are Redefining Logistics and Warehousing

Harness the power of AMRs to transform logistics. Discover the shift from rigid AGVs to flexible robots, the role of SLAM, and port automation.

15/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The Story of Learning: How a Humanoid Finds Its Feet

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a machine learning process where an agent learns optimal actions via trial-and-error, maximizing cumulative rewards.

14/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
From Miniature to Penthouse: Meet the Machines Printing Your Next Home

Robotic construction is here, Charlotte and Alquist cut carbon, slash cost and use 3D printing advanced tech to create affordable and sustainable homes.

11/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The Unboxing of Tomorrow: Figure 03 and the Quest for the $20,000 Humanoid

Figure 03: General-purpose humanoid for home help. Powered by Helix AI, it uses 3g tactile sensing & wireless charging for daily tasks.

10/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The Robotic Hand: From Simple Gripper to Bionic Masterpiece

Robotic dexterity is key. From simple grippers to bionic hands, the future of automation and human-robot interaction relies on advanced end-effectors.

9/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
Escaping the Blind Spots: Ditching LiDAR for a Smarter Vision?

Sensor fusion boosts robot perception, but each 3D camera has weakness, from environmental limits to security concerns.

6/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The Imagination Machine: How AI is Painting and Filming Our Dreams

Learn the magic of Generative AI. We explain Diffusion Models and Sora v2's leap from image to world-simulating video.

4/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
The Robot That Refused to Die: Skild AI's Omni-Bodied Brain Allows Robots to Walk Away From Catastrophic Limb Loss

Skild AI's omni-bodied brain gives robots unprecedented resilience, adapts almost instantly to severed limbs, allowing on AI to control robot body of any kind.

4/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
Boston Dynamics' Spot Secures a "spot" in Dutch EOD Squad

Boston Dyanmics' Spot secures a multi-year contract with Dutch EOD team, providing agile remote reconnaissance and bomb disposal abilities.

2/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.
NVIDIA's Dual Thrust: A New Era of Open-Source AI and Physics for Robotics

Newton Physics Engine, a GPU-accelerated physics engine developed by NVIDIA, Google DeepMind and Disney Research, aimed to close the sim-to-real gap for robotic

1/10/2025
Kai Dong, Chia
Editor at Aparobot.

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