Excited to receive the first copies of the new edition of "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future." Available on June 2. I have extensively updated the book to cover the latest advances in generative #AI and robotics and to examine the future
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Boston Dynamics Spot Uses AI for Whole-Body Tire Manipulation
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Boston Dynamics’ Spot Masters Whole-Body Manipulation — Using AI to Drag, Roll, and Stack 15 kg Tires with Precision
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @rai_inst#Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology pic.twitter.com/nQf4l1xOGSBoston Dynamics’ Spot Masters Whole-Body Manipulation — Using AI to Drag, Roll, and Stack 15 kg Tires with Precision
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LimX Tron2 Humanoid Robot Designed for High-Volume Data Capture
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Meet Tron2: LimX’s Next-Gen Humanoid for High-Volume #Data Capture
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
via @CyberRobooo#AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #Technology pic.twitter.com/LUOABYXT4sMeet Tron2: LimX’s Next-Gen Humanoid for High-Volume #Data Capture
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Robotics and AI Convergence: Automation of Complex Human Gestures
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Top stories in robotics today: – Meta snaps up robotics startup ARI
– 1X opens massive NEO humanoid factory
– Figure claims it can build a robot every hour
– Uber to turn its drivers into an AV sensor grid
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Telepresence Robots Enable Remote Doctors to Make Hospital Rounds
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Telepresence #Robots Transform #Healthcare: Remote Doctors Now Make Hospital Rounds
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @sutoroveli_news#MedTech #HealthTech #TechForGood #Tech pic.twitter.com/fS31GfoXwTTelepresence #Robots Transform #Healthcare: Remote Doctors Now Make Hospital Rounds
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Surgeon in Rome Performs Remote Robotic Surgery on Patient in Beijing
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Surgeon in Rome performs remote #Robotic surgery on patient 8,000 km away in Beijing
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @InterestingSTEM
#Healthcare #Healthech #Tech #Technology #EmergingTech #TechForGood pic.twitter.com/d2OJ7mZgD8Surgeon in Rome performs remote #Robotic surgery on patient 8,000 km away in Beijing
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AGIBOT Unveils Genie G2 Next-Generation Wheeled Humanoid Robot
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AGIBOT Unveils Genie G2: Next-Generation Wheeled Humanoid #Robot
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @CyberRobooo
#Robotics #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology pic.twitter.com/qraoYnN3RMAGIBOT Unveils Genie G2: Next-Generation Wheeled Humanoid #Robot
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Sansei SR-02 Quadruped Robot Carries Passengers Like a Rhino
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Rhino #Robot Ride: Sansei’s SR-02 Quadrupled Beast Carries Passengers in Style
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @gigadgets_#Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology pic.twitter.com/Vo5knWcd8aRhino #Robot Ride: Sansei’s SR-02 Quadrupled Beast Carries Passengers in Style
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Multimodal Hexapod Robot Adapts Locomotion for Any Terrain
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Multimodal Hexapod #Robot Switches Locomotion Modes to Adapt to Any Terrain
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
via @ZappyZappy7
#Robotics #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation #TechForGood pic.twitter.com/kNNP4WSY78Multimodal Hexapod #Robot Switches Locomotion Modes to Adapt to Any Terrain
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Porcospino Flex Robot Navigates Unreachable Areas Inspired by Nature
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From Nature to #Robotics: Porcospino Flex Navigates the Unreachable
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 4 mai 2026
by @rohanpaul_ai#Robots #Engineering #EmergingTech #Innovation pic.twitter.com/PxkIo2kf24From Nature to #Robotics: Porcospino Flex Navigates the Unreachable
by @rohanpaul_ai #Robots #Engineering #EmergingTech #Innovation