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There are many who believe that years of failure or limited success for Tesla FSD and other robotaxi projects are evidence for their belief that it will take more years from today for Tesla FSD to achieve robotaxi level. Chess Computer Programs Chess programs were under serious development for decades before they finally succeeded in ... Read more

The world of research into autonomous vehicles has thrown up a fascinating new approach to traffic management with a “white light” being proposed to reduce congestion. A modelling study conducted by the North Carolina State University (NCSU) was based on how autonomous vehicles (AVs) could communicate with each other. The researchers believe  that adding a […]

How do you inspire young girls to overcome the barriers to becoming scientists, researchers, engineers, and astronauts? Australian space engineer Sarah Cannard has some experience in that. “In year 10, I went to my career counsellor at school and said: ‘I want to be an engineer and scientist working in space’. And they had a […]

Humanioid Robot company, FigureAU, has received $675 million in funding from a group of investors, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, OpenAI and Microsoft. They are not only powerful investors but strong partners for the development and rollout of humanoid robots. I, Brian Wang, described the massive investments coming into humanoid bot from all of the Big Tech ... Read more

Testing on mini tumours to improve bowel cancer treatment Australian researchers have shown a way to use a patient’s own cells to test which drugs will be effective for bowel cancer patients before they start treatment, according to new paper in Cell Reports Medicine. The team grew tumour organoids – miniature 3D cancer models about the […]

Drones have done to modern warfare what muskets did to the age of the armoured knight. And Australia wants in on the action. The Minister for Defence Industry, Mr Pat Conroy, has issued a $1.21 million “strategic capabilities accelerator challenge” inviting Australian industries to build a prototype drone aircraft and demonstrate how it can be […]

Figure CEO, Brett Adcock, revealed their plans for real-world humanoid robots. There will be more details in a video coming tomorrow. Excited to share: Figure has entered into a commercial agreement with BMW 🤝 They hope to ship in 2024. Figure’s humanoid robots will automate difficult, unsafe, and tedious tasks throughout the manufacturing process. This ... Read more

Although most of the attention at Las Vegas’ annual Consumer Electronics Show focuses on product releases from the big companies – LG, for example, debuted an OLED television fabricated on a completely transparent substrate, so you can peer through it like a window – the most interesting and innovative takeaways can reliably be found amongst […]

Part 1 of 2. Part 2 will be available to My Cosmos members later this week. At just the moment most of us have packed away our shiny new Christmas toys, next year’s toys get their big reveal at one of the world’s biggest trade fairs. The Consumer Electronics Show fills Las Vegas – the […]