The most jam-packed Dose in history includes stories from @neuralink @ModdedQuad @PamphletsY @demishassabis @GoogleDeepMind @RaianyRomanni @davidasinclair @RubenLaukkonen @faunarobotics @maticrobots @Tesla_Optimus @pipedream_labs @standardnuclear @EricTopol @pronounced_kyle @a16z
ROBOTICS
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Wayve autonomous vehicle gives visually impaired woman independence
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It was such a pleasure to host @LeePitcherMP and his wife Julie for a ride in our AV! Julie is unable to drive due to a visual impairment but says technology like Wayve's could help her get her independence back. Read more in @freddimbleby's great piece: itv.com/news/calendar/2026-0… Wayve (@wayve_ai) @LeePitcherMP and his wife Julie, who has a visual impairment, bookended their commute from Doncaster to London by taking a ride with Wayve. Watch here; itv.com/news/calendar/2026-0… Thanks to @itvnews for the feature. #Accessibility — https://nitter.net/wayve_ai/status/2016895458828849487#m
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SuperTac: Robot Touch Sensor Rivaling Human Sensitivity
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What if a robot's sense of touch could rival a human's? Enter SuperTac, a new sensor skin inspired by pigeon vision. It merges light, force, and motion sensing into one thin layer to feel pressure, texture, temperature, and even proximity. It outperforms current systems,
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Quantifying Progress in Robotics Discussion
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Glad that @chris_j_paxton is thinking along similar lines! : https://
open.substack.com/pub/itcanthink
/p/how-do-we-quantify-progress-in-robotics?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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ManipulationNet: Cable Routing Benchmark for Robotics Research
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Help measure progress in robotics research: a specific & verifiable physical benchmark for cable routing, part of a broader ManipulationNet effort by Kaiyu Hang (Rice U) and Kenny Kimble (NIST) and others from MIT, Berkeley, CMU, Columbia, UT, Tsinghua…https://t.co/srdu31HXhv pic.twitter.com/O2et7Mc99I
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 29 janvier 2026Help measure progress in robotics research: a specific & verifiable physical benchmark for cable routing, part of a broader ManipulationNet effort by Kaiyu Hang (Rice U) and Kenny Kimble (NIST) and others from MIT, Berkeley, CMU, Columbia, UT, Tsinghua… https://
manipulation-net.org/tasks/cable_ro
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Matic to Accumulate Significant Robot Data Assets
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Matic is going to hoover up a lot of good robot data.
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Robots Learn Spatial Intelligence in 3D/4D Environments
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The dream of robots helping people live and work better in the physical world begins with helping robots to become more spatially intelligent by learning from the infinitely diverse and intricate environments of the 3D/4D worlds 🤖🤩 https://t.co/AsZ77Pj4Ei
— Fei-Fei Li (@drfeifei) 29 janvier 2026The dream of robots helping people live and work better in the physical world begins with helping robots to become more spatially intelligent by learning from the infinitely diverse and intricate environments of the 3D/4D worlds
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Waabi secures $1B as robotics startups challenge Waymo
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Top stories in robotics today: – Waabi lands $1B to take on Waymo, Tesla
– Tesla kills flagship EVs to bring in robots
– Figure's Helix 02 unified robot brain – Fauna’s ‘friendly’ humanoid is here
– Quick hits on other robotics news Read more: https://
robotnews.therundown.ai/p/waabi-nabs-1
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Microsurgery Robot Demonstrates Millimeter-Level Precision Achievement
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This one really stopped me in my tracks. A microsurgery robot just stitched up a corn kernel. Not as a gimmick, but as a proof of millimeter-level precision. Think about what that means:
→ Movements smaller than a grain of rice
→ Perfect stability with no hand tremor
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Grok as real-world AI interface for Tesla, Optimus, and Robotaxi
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Grok is real world AI. It will be how you talk to Optimus. It also is how you will talk with your Tesla, or a Robotaxi, to tell it where to go. Different than the AI that Tesla is making to actually drive the car.