China installed 276,288 industrial robots in 2023. The United States installed 37,587. That gap is more than a manufacturing statistic. It is a competitiveness challenge, an industrial base challenge, and increasingly, a national security challenge. As robotics and autonomous systems continue reshaping global industry, the conversation around “robot-ready” infrastructure, workforce development, domestic manufacturing capacity, and trusted deployment is becoming more urgent across air, ground, and maritime systems. In this new Cheddar segment featuring interviews with AUVSI's President and CEO Michael Robbins and Standard Bots, the conversation focuses on what it will take for the United States to strengthen its position in robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing — and why the next era of global competitiveness will be shaped by who leads in deploying and scaling these technologies. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/e-jg6U-J These are exactly the conversations industry leaders, policymakers, defense stakeholders, and technology innovators will continue next week at XPONENTIAL Show 2026 in Detroit, including a panel titled "Robotics Policy in the 21st Century: Towards a National Strategy" led by Brendan Schulman AUVSI Board Member and VP of Policy & Government Relations at Boston Dynamics. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eZCPNE7u There's still time to register, join us, and continue the conversation: https://lnkd.in/dY3wvYMv #XPONENTIAL2026 #Robotics #Autonomy #AI #Manufacturing #IndustrialRobotics #GroundRobotics #Automation #AmericanManufacturing #AUVSI Grant B. Benjamin Haas Scott Shtofman
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As technology matures, humanoid robots are poised for explosive growth, permeating multiple aspects of people's daily lives. Some may not realize that magnets play an irreplaceable and crucial role in this process.
🏁 What does a pit stop look like for a humanoid robot during a race? Watch how this robot cools down with dry ice and lubricants during Beijing’s 2026 Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on Sunday (Apr 19). #china #robots
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This is a TWIST! It clearly opens to more collaborations for AI Robots and Human to Co exist in another dimension. Do you see what I saw? Follow the TWIST and we can create more "Strategic Partnerships" 😁👍🎉💪
🏁 What does a pit stop look like for a humanoid robot during a race? Watch how this robot cools down with dry ice and lubricants during Beijing’s 2026 Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on Sunday (Apr 19). #china #robots
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🤖Robots are increasingly taking center stage in real-world public occasions. 🏃♂️What caught my attention in this video from CNA is not only the humanoid robot running a marathon, but also the 🏎“pit stop” moment: Humans helping it refuel, cool down, and get back into the race. This reminds me of the similar moments in F1 races... Classic team work examples. That says a lot about where we are today. The future of robotics is not just about smarter machines. It is also about the full operating ecosystem around them — energy, cooling, safety, maintenance, human supervision, and real-world reliability. For me, this is also a powerful reminder: 👉🏻 #PhysicalAI is becoming real, while deployment is still a #TeamSport. 🦾 The next big breakthroughs may not come only from making robots more intelligent, but from making them more operationally ready. 🤩 Exciting to watch how fast this space is moving — especially in #Asia. 🙋🏻♀️ Follow me to receive updates on #Technology, #Inclusion, and #ContinuousLearning~ #Robotics #HumanoidRobots #PhysicalAI #EmbodiedAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #ChinaTech #FutureOfWork
🏁 What does a pit stop look like for a humanoid robot during a race? Watch how this robot cools down with dry ice and lubricants during Beijing’s 2026 Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on Sunday (Apr 19). #china #robots
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What honestly is the point of an #AI robo runner? it didnt help to pace other runners, human or otherwise. it didnt cheer or encourage other runners, as normal empathetic fellow runners would. so what was the point of this? another vanity project that shows how "advanced" the technology is, but serves no practical or functional or useful purpose? waste of much-treasured fuel and electricity in the current age of blocked Straits of Hormuz if you ask me. time to recycle that #AI robot into scrap metal like a ruler or mechanical pencil, would serve a more utilitarian function than current role lol
🏁 What does a pit stop look like for a humanoid robot during a race? Watch how this robot cools down with dry ice and lubricants during Beijing’s 2026 Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on Sunday (Apr 19). #china #robots
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Singapore SGX ranked 23rd, USD820 Bn in 2026.*Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) ranks ∼23rd globally by market capitalisation in 2026* 3665 *The numbers* - *Total market cap*: US$820 billion in 2026 - *% of GDP*: 116.5% - *Domestic listed companies*: ∼400 3665 *How it compares globally - 2026* Rank Country Market Cap ... ... ... 22 Belgium $870B **23** **Singapore** **$820B** 24 Russia $650.5B 25 Denmark $650B 3665 For context: US is #1 with ∼$60T+, China #2 with ∼$13T, Japan #3 with ∼$6T. *How it compares in ASEAN - 2025/2026* SGX is #2 in Southeast Asia: 1. *Indonesia Stock Exchange*: $942.51B 2. *Singapore Stock Exchange*: $823.76B 3. *Stock Exchange of Thailand*: $559.22B 4. *Bursa Malaysia*: $475.74B e401 *Key drivers in 2025-2026* 1. *Strong performance*: STI rose 21% in 2025, one of world's best-performing markets. Q1 2026 up another 5.1% 2. *Heavyweight banks*: DBS S$161.5B market cap, OCBC surpassed $100B 3. *Safe-haven status*: Fund inflows in March 2026 reinforced SG equities as regional safe-haven 4. *Reforms*: SGX initiatives + retail participation hit 3-year high in 2025 *Note*: Rankings shift with currency moves and market performance. SGX covers ∼95% of Singapore's free-float market cap. The top 3 stocks - DBS, OCBC, UOB - dominate the index.
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🐎🤖 Qiji T1000 by Dax Robotics: Built for Extreme Terrain & Heavy Loads This isn’t your typical robot dog… this is next-level power 😳 Dax Robotics has unveiled the Qiji T1000 — a ton-class robot capable of carrying up to 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) 🚀 💡 What makes it insane: • Over 2,000 N·m joint torque ⚙️ • Designed for heavy-duty field operations • Built for terrains where wheels fail 🌍 Ideal for: • Mountain paths ⛰️ • Snow & ice ❄️ • Steep slopes & rough ground 🪨 • Disaster zones & construction sites 🚧 📦 Use cases include: • Emergency rescue 🚑 • Industrial logistics • Security patrols This isn’t just a robot… It’s a mechanical workhorse for the toughest environments 🤯 The future of field operations is going off-road 🚀 Read Full Article Link in Bio @musicyricsmedia & media.musicyrics.com #hastag #Robotics #QijiT1000 #DaxRobotics #Automation #FutureTech #Innovation #Engineering #HeavyDuty #AI #TechNews #NextGen #SmartMachines
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Water was one of the last great barriers for ground-based industrial robots. That barrier is officially gone. DEEP Robotics just unveiled its Lynx M20S, an iterative but critical upgrade to their wheeled-legged platform. While the spec sheet shows enhancements in load capacity, speed, and environmental protection, the real story is its amphibious capability. This isn't a party trick. It's a fundamental shift in reliability. For years, the business case for legged robots has been hampered by environmental fragility. A multi-million dollar asset could be sidelined by a rainstorm or a flooded passage. The M20S treats these conditions as standard operating procedure. This unlocks applications previously considered impossible: - Inspecting infrastructure in wetlands or tidal zones - Performing search and rescue in flood-affected areas - Maintaining equipment in all-weather port facilities and open-pit mines The most important upgrade isn't the hardware; it's the confidence. We're moving from robots that can navigate complex terrain to robots that can do it reliably, 24/7, regardless of the weather forecast. As robots master amphibious operations, which sectors—from agriculture to disaster response—are most ripe for disruption? #robotics #AI #automation #RoboHorizon
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China tests humanoid robots in real tea production in Fujian 🫖 ☕️🇨🇳🤖👏🏻 The humanoids performed tea harvesting, transport, roasting, and pressing as part of preparations for the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games. One of the main challenges was navigating uneven terrain in mountainous areas, which allowed for improvements in the robots’ movement control and stability under complex conditions. #China #Asia #Fujian #Tea #Humanoids #Robot
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🤖🏃♂️ Even robots make pit stops during the race! During the robot half marathon in Beijing, some robots had to stop to recharge: 🧊 Ice to cool batteries ⚙️ Joint lubrication Technology pushed to its limits… even at the finish line. 🇨🇳🔥 #Robots #China #Innovation #Technology #DiscoveringChina
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Figure just ramped production from 1 robot per day to 1 robot per hour in under 120 days 🤖 🔜 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖 Figure AI just announced its BotQ facility achieved a twenty-four times throughput increase on its Figure 03 humanoid. CEO Brett Adcock confirmed fifty-five units shipping this week alone. The supply chain is designed to scale to three million actuators within four years. This is not a prototype story anymore. This is a manufacturing story. And manufacturing stories have a way of restructuring entire industries before most people realize what happened. 🌐 Here is what the distribution center and factory floor actually look like from here. BMW already ran the pilot. Eleven months at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant. Figure 02 robots working ten-hour shifts, picking sheet metal parts and placing them on welding fixtures with five-millimeter tolerance in under two seconds. Bank of America documented the ROI at eighteen to twenty-four months at current pricing. As unit costs fall toward seventeen thousand dollars by 2030, that payback window compresses to under fourteen months. Three forces are colliding on the warehouse and factory floor right now. 📉 The labor math is breaking. US distribution centers face a structural shortage of over eight hundred thousand workers through 2030. Turnover in warehouse roles runs at one hundred percent annually in major fulfillment networks. The robot does not call in sick, does not require benefits, and does not quit after ninety days. At eighteen months to ROI and falling, the CFO conversation is no longer philosophical. The humanoid has a design advantage fixed robots never had. Distribution centers and factories were built for humans. Aisles, shelves, stairs, loading docks. Existing infrastructure requires billions in retrofit for traditional automation. A humanoid walks through the same door your workers use. BMW proved this at Spartanburg. Figure is proving it at scale in Sunnyvale right now. Scale unlocks capability in ways pilots never reveal. Every Figure 03 that rolls off the BotQ line is a data collection engine. The fleet of three hundred fifty robots running today generates the real-world training data that makes the next software release smarter. One robot per hour means the capability curve accelerates alongside the production curve. These are not independent variables. Here is the honest assessment. The full displacement of human labor in these environments is measured in years, not quarters. But the inflection point is not coming. It already arrived. The question for enterprise technology sellers is not whether this wave reshapes distribution and manufacturing. It is which of your accounts are in the first wave and which are scrambling to catch up in the second. 💡 🚀 Repost if you think most companies are underestimating how fast this moves 🙋♂️ Follow me for more on AI, robotics, and the future of work
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Ramping Figure 03 Production Figure has moved from prototype to scale with its BotQ factory, producing 350+ third-generation humanoid robots and boosting output from 1 per day to 1 per hour, a 24x increase in under 120 days.
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