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Humanoid worker robots blueprint

Humanoid worker robots blueprint

Plus! Moon data centres to backup Earth’s knowledge

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard · Rachelle Abbott

March 3, 20236m 58s

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Show Notes

Tech start-up Figure's "general-purpose" concept droid design resembles a slick, next-generation version of parkour-jumping Atlas - with a computer for a face. Former Boston Dynamics and Tesla Engineers aim to build the “first-of-its kind” worker robot to undertake “unsafe and undesirable jobs”. Houston, where’s the USB port...race for moon data centres with US tech lunar tech firm Lonestar. Genetic variants 'link to human infertility'. Is Xiaomi’s new 12S Ultra Concept a DSLR camera-killer?


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