The toughest known structure ever has been discovered by a robot lab
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The automation of lab work using robots has its benefits, and in this case researchers have found the hardest material ever. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
DeepMind’s robots are learning from the internet with ChatGPT brains
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are always finding new ways to train robots in new ways, and when it comes to create general purpose robots this is one of the most effective. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Humans and AI fight it out using remotely controlled robots that adapt as they fight
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Is this a glimpse into the future where humans and AI will actually battle one another via Terminators? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. People...
DeepMind’s RobotCat AI generates its own data to learn new skills by itself
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you have to teach robots and AI everything then you’ll need huge amounts of data, so companies are trying to get them to learn for themselves. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
The world’s first Pneumatic computer works using pressure not electricity
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are inventing all kinds of new computing platforms and this is just a latest in a vast range of interesting ones. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
In vivo robotic surgery gets closer after mini robot breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Decades ago keyhole surgery was considered an amazing breakthrough because it left little scaring, but what if robots in your body could repair you instead? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Disney’s clumsy new bunny bot finds ways to create instant human connections
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By being imperfect and “human-like” robots are finding new ways to connect with humans. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. A robot that will “bring...
Self-aware robots that recognise themselves and have a sense of self are getting closer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Humans and robots are still very different and there are advantages to being self-aware which is why researchers are cranking up their efforts in the field. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
This terrifying unstoppable Lego sized robot melts its way through prison bars to escape
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Asides from being the grand daddy of the T-1000 in time this unstoppable robot could kill all humans … or something like that. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Swarms of millions of molecular sized robots get busy building nanoscale stuff
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Molecular sized robots already exist, in nature and in the lab, but now the ones in the labs are getting smart and organised and that could change many things … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential...
McDonalds opens it’s first mostly automated restaurant in Texas
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day all McDonalds could be fully automated … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. One day your local McDonalds could be a so called...
The world’s smallest synthetic lifeform can now move by itself
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Synthetic bacteria aren’t natural, and now scientists are starting to give them new abilities. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Japanese scientists have “engineered the...
Microscopic robots manage to restructure products at the micro level
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to assemble products at the nano or microscopic scale has huge implications for the future of manufacturing. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Legislators vote to let San Francisco police use robots to remotely kill suspects
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In a controversial move San Fransisco police can now use robots to remotely kill suspects in extreme situations. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Even...
The world’s first tunnel dug by an autonomous robot swarm was just completed in the UK
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today digging tunnels is slow – as slow as a snail – but this new method makes it exponentially faster and cheaper opening up all manner of possibilities. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Clone’s robotic hand gets deep into uncanny valley
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By changing the robots muscles to hydraulics and making some basic design mods Clone’s robots look very lifelike … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog....
Tiny autonomous brainy robots get ready to explore your body from within
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Robots of all sizes are starting to loose their cables and tethers which means they’ll soon be free to do what they want. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
Google trials new home robots that do your bidding and your housework
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As AI gets more robust and better at handling everyday tasks Google is setting its sights on your home as their next frontier. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
The worlds first virtual CEO takes the reigns at a Chinese gaming company
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why should it be humans that run companies, especially when some of us are good at running those companies into the ground? Now it’s AI and the robots turn. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
China is using autonomous 3D printers and robots to print a giant hydroelectric dam
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China has huge ambitions to be able to print buildings, and this is its biggest project so far. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
