#AI Robot Locomotion

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Revolutionizing Robotics: HumanMimic's Groundbreaking Locomotion Technique

In this video, we'll explore HumanMimic's groundbreaking locomotion technique that is set to revolutionize the world of robotics and artificial intelligence. Let's be amazed by watching this video.

HumanMimic, a pioneering company in the field, has developed a groundbreaking locomotion technique that enables robots to move with unprecedented human-like dexterity and agility

These groundbreaking AI techniques were developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo and ET in Zurich. These techniques have the potential to revolutionize the field of AI robotics and open up over 7.5 million possibilities.

This introduction sets the stage for a deep dive into five groundbreaking AI techniques and the vast possibilities they unlock in the realm of AI robotics, emphasizing their potential impact on industries, adaptability, customization, and the future of robotics.

The importance of balancing learning stylized motions is mentioned, and the text concludes by discussing the future of robotics and the possibilities that these techniques unlock in creating a harmonious coexistence of humans and AI-driven robots.

Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of a futuristic AI robotics project with a focus on human mimicry and adaptability, showcasing the potential impact on various industries and the evolution of AI-driven robots.

If you're fascinated by the limitless potential of robotics and want to witness the next giant leap in human-robot interaction, watch this video. Like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated on the latest robotics innovation.

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Revolutionizing Robotics: HumanMimic's Groundbreaking Locomotion Technique

In this video, we'll explore HumanMimic's groundbreaking locomotion technique that is set to revolutionize the world of robotics and artificial intelligence. Let's be amazed by watching this video.

HumanMimic, a pioneering company in the field, has developed a groundbreaking locomotion technique that enables robots to move with unprecedented human-like dexterity and agility

These groundbreaking AI techniques were developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo and ET in Zurich. These techniques have the potential to revolutionize the field of AI robotics and open up over 7.5 million possibilities.

This introduction sets the stage for a deep dive into five groundbreaking AI techniques and the vast possibilities they unlock in the realm of AI robotics, emphasizing their potential impact on industries, adaptability, customization, and the future of robotics.

The importance of balancing learning stylized motions is mentioned, and the text concludes by discussing the future of robotics and the possibilities that these techniques unlock in creating a harmonious coexistence of humans and AI-driven robots.

Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of a futuristic AI robotics project with a focus on human mimicry and adaptability, showcasing the potential impact on various industries and the evolution of AI-driven robots.

If you're fascinated by the limitless potential of robotics and want to witness the next giant leap in human-robot interaction, watch this video. Like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated on the latest robotics innovation.

👉Don't miss out on this cutting-edge technology! Subscribe now for the latest updates on AI and robotics.🤖

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Revolutionizing Robotics: HumanMimic's Groundbreaking Locomotion Technique

In this video, we'll explore HumanMimic's groundbreaking locomotion technique that is set to revolutionize the world of robotics and artificial intelligence. Let's be amazed by watching this video.

HumanMimic, a pioneering company in the field, has developed a groundbreaking locomotion technique that enables robots to move with unprecedented human-like dexterity and agility

These groundbreaking AI techniques were developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo and ET in Zurich. These techniques have the potential to revolutionize the field of AI robotics and open up over 7.5 million possibilities.

This introduction sets the stage for a deep dive into five groundbreaking AI techniques and the vast possibilities they unlock in the realm of AI robotics, emphasizing their potential impact on industries, adaptability, customization, and the future of robotics.

The importance of balancing learning stylized motions is mentioned, and the text concludes by discussing the future of robotics and the possibilities that these techniques unlock in creating a harmonious coexistence of humans and AI-driven robots.

Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of a futuristic AI robotics project with a focus on human mimicry and adaptability, showcasing the potential impact on various industries and the evolution of AI-driven robots.

If you're fascinated by the limitless potential of robotics and want to witness the next giant leap in human-robot interaction, watch this video. Like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay updated on the latest robotics innovation.

👉Don't miss out on this cutting-edge technology! Subscribe now for the latest updates on AI and robotics.🤖

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Learning To Walk: Adorable Robot Bittle Masters Balance With ESP32 | PetoiCamp

Meet Bittle, a robot learning to walk with impressive strides! This early prototype utilizes the ESP32's faster processing power for real-time balancing. Witness Bittle's impressive recovery after a slightly bumpy launch, demonstrating its adaptability. While its gait might still be a bit wobbly (adorable, right?), Bittle is a work in progress constantly improving its walking technique. Stay tuned for smoother strides and exciting robot adventures!

[thewisaaaaad]

You thought I was done, didn’t ya?

You thought I had no more unique ideas for narilamb, but NOOOO

I have seen several iterations (read: 3) of future cotl where Narinder is a AI created by the bishops or something adjacent to that, one where lamb is an ai scan of the real lamb.

But i have yet to see a version where lamb is a robot created to serve.

ALLOW ME TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS >:)

So we start with the bishops being a major tech corporation that controls the whole city. Their products affect every facet of life, from locomotion to furniture to food to- you guessed it- robots!

And the Local Autonomous Maintenance Bot is the invention of the proud inventor Narinder. These little guys go around and fix everything in the mega city- for a price, of course.

Then, as fate dictates, Nari got into a spat with his siblings. I like to think that, for all the wealth that he was willing to drain from the city’s people, he wanted to return that wealth somehow. A way to resurrect the city, one might say.

This, he is imprisoned in the bowels of Old Faith, where the police barely do their jobs and just send out drones to do their work. If a drone breaks, who cares? They can get another one!

The bishops, fearing retribution from their estranged brother, shut down all of the L.A.M.B. Units. For you see, they were concerned that he had coded a backdoor, so that he could turn the humble service drones on them. Thus, they sent out a kill command, permanently bricking all of the innocent little bots.

But that was never their purpose. They were intended to keep the city alive. Without them, replacement products can only go so far. Narinder knows this, and looks for a way to save the city.

And indeed, there is. An old, disused L.A.M.B. Unit, quietly tutting away in the back of the prison, never shut down. In fact, it hadn’t had an ai reset in some years, due to its connection to the system being severed some years ago.

Lambs were never intended for combat. But Nari has no other choice.

But what kind of trauma would such a drastic shift in purpose inflict on a mind that only knew how to help?

[killerrobot-killingmatch]

🤖 Tell me this:

★Reblog for a bigger sample size★

Robot: a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically. / It must be able to do at least one task a human could do physically in a similar way. Doesn't have to resemble physically.

Humanoid Robot: A robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be for functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments, for experimental purposes, such as the study of bipedal locomotion, or for other purposes. / Must be recognizable as replicating a human to anyone who knows what a human is.

Android: A robot with a human appearance. / Looks more passibly human. Uncanny in their similarities even if clear differences.

Cyborg: A person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the body. / Person with mechanical limbs (I don't really care if it enhances it tbh, let cool tech limbs count as cyborgs of they want)

Mecha: A large armored robot, typically controlled by a person riding inside the robot itself. / Big, has a person driving... usually.

Industrial Robots: Are robotic arms that can move in several directions and can be programmed to carry out many different types of tasks in different environments. / Arms only

Ai/ Artificial Intelligence: The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. / A computer that can think, function, and process mentally like a human with complex thought. Doesn't require a body.

Beep Boop: @the-robot-bracket

Tagging you because I'm sure you and your followers also would want in on the sample size :D

[catenary-chad]

weirdly funny to go through and go “hmmm which electric trains are written as Robots (human with machine traits slapped on) vs Talking Trains (machine with human traits projected on)”

The Nationals are mostly national stereotypes with train features. I’ve joked about how “national robots in different colors to perpetually fight each other” was a thing in R.U.R., the origin of most modern robot tropes. Electric trains usually don’t have their technical aspects considered, which also tend to make them just some guy but metal, even further into robot territory, especially with their genuine “untiring, near-perfect worker” nature. Which has led to people wrongly projecting computer/robot/AI traits onto them and going all in on Robot tropes.

Electra has several VERY electric train-specific traits that are humanized in really weird ways. Electra is kind of halfway, and most of their more unique and notorious traits are the train ones because they’re just so rarely used. Robots in the vein of R.U.R. have only become more overdone with time (and now infuriatingly relevant with how cults descended from their tropes are pushing so much AI garbage)

Stafford from the Thomas TV series is very much a Train with a Face. He’s an actually accurate (historic) battery locomotive with a personality projected on and sympathetic.

(and when people go “it’s not that deep” I go “this is a nearly invisible infrastructure issue that has massively shaped the fabric of society that most people don’t fundamentally understand”

[aideamagazine]

A Creative Collision of Man and Machine | a tele-conversation with Bangkok based AI creator

The Controversy of AI Art

In the neon-lit world of cyberpunk imagery, where futuristic landscapes of dystopian cities spread out and mechanized beings intertwine between human and robot, one artist has made his mark using a tool that is as controversial as it is revolutionary - Artificial Intelligence or more popular with the acronym AI. Kulthavach Kultanan, is also known as Duang, but more popular in the AI creator community with the nickname Virtual.AI.Canvas. Duang is not just a creator but also a visionary who sees artificial intelligence as an extension of human artistry rather than a threat to it.

The rise of AI-generated art has ignited heated debates across creative industries. Some hail it as a breakthrough that democratizes artistic expression, while others fear it signals the end of traditional artistry and craftsmanship. Duang, however, stands firmly in the former camp. “I think AI is an opportunity for us to surpass our own limitations and achieve far more than we could before,” he explains. Having worked in the graphic design field and currently serving as a Creative Director in advertising, he has experienced firsthand how technology continues to transform the creative process. “The arrival of AI has helped make my work easier and faster in some cases. It allows me to effortlessly create images that combine two different concepts together. I can now generate that looks like 3D renders by myself, whereas before, I would have needed to find someone else to help with that process.”

The statement obviously also raises a question, moreover, a controversy about whether AI will replace humans or not. For him, the fear that the rise of AI technology will erase jobs is not new. “It’s not just with AI, with every wave of innovation, certain jobs disappear, but new ones emerge”. And I couldn’t agree more with Duang’s opinion.

Over the long span of human civilization, we have seen various technological revolutions that have replaced manual labor previously performed by humans and animals. The invention of the steam engine by James Watt has enabled humans to invent various types of other technological products that replace manual labor done by humans and animals. Locomotive trains replaced horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats and steamships replaced human labor in the world of maritime and shipping. Everything that drove the industrial revolution around the 17th and 18th century, which fundamentally altered the industrial landscapes. But this time we are seeing a very fundamental transition of change in the creative industries. There is a fear of AI technology that will replace human labor and artistry in the creative field. For a moment, I remembered the Daguerreotype process, invented in 1837 by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, which was the first successful photographic process and helped replace painting for portraiture. The photography invention changed the relationship between reality and its representation, which encouraged painters to explore new directions that focus emotions, colors and shapes, and also the subconscious mind. The result is various genres in the art world, such as impressionism, expressionism, surrealism, cubism, and many more. In the case of AI technology, I believe that it will not just encourage many creative workers to focus on such new things, but also direct them to such new levels. For example, 3D illustration. AI technology can create 3D models, but mostly without the highest levels of artistry details and accuracy of concepts. Usually AI creates generic 3D models which need more tweaking by the human touch. And I believe that this is an opportunity. 3D artists should focus on the quality of details and the artistry accuracy of concepts, which mostly can’t be done by an AI, and not just doing generic 3D stuffs which AI can be easily created by AI. It is a bittersweet relationship between the art or creative world and technology that happened centuries ago. Technology invention, like Alvin Toffler once said, will disrupt, enhance, and change many things in various sectors of everyday human life, including the world of art and the creative industry. Realizing that, Duang continued “AI doesn’t replace creativity; it enhances it. I believe that the advent of AI technology, especially AI generative image, will serve as a powerful tool for skilled individuals to amplify their abilities even further.” An opinion that is in line with the views of Charles Lucima, a street photographer I once met in Taipei some time ago. read more of Duang's story on the magazine Download here AIDEA Magazine #1 Edition

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Character Log: Cerys

Content Warning: Themes of Abuse & Discrimination.

Thought I'd do a bunch of character bios to help show off all my blorbos a bit more. This is the first time I've done something like this so please be gentle ;;

Serial Designation C3-RY5 - "Cerys"

Pronouns: She/Her

Height: 6'0 (Standing) | 6'4 (Floating)

Bio: C3-RY5, otherwise known by the common name "Cerys", is a Android-turned-Entrepreneur, forming one half of the robot duo running the mod shop Armed 'n' Charmed.

Originally an IKA Robotics Companion 3.0 Unit, Cerys was designed to be the perfect companion to any human, although that... did not end well in her case. She has since modded her body to take on a sleeker, less human-like appearance, forsaking her original purpose to live life as her own individual, in a body perfectly suited to her desires.

Living in a system wherein robotic citizens are on unequal footing to their human counterparts, Cerys is acutely aware of the systems designed to limit AI individuals such as herself, regardless of how lifelike and complex they may be. Cerys escaped from her previous life when faced with the threat of being decommissioned as punishment for defying her programming and purpose, harming her master in self-defense during the process. Such an act lead to her being deemed a Rogue AI, making her a criminal with a bounty on her head.

With nowhere left to go, she now lives within the seedy criminal underbelly of the city, wherein she helps other robots escape being decommissioned. Cerys works alongside her partner, Aegis, to dismantle and destabilise the systems designed to control her and her people.

Their shop, Armed 'n' Charmed, aims to outfit robot citizens with a variety of unregulated modifications, seeking to undermine the technological corporations such as IKA Robotics, which profit from the suppression of her people.

Personality:

Cerys is an eccentric, outgoing personality. She is naturally flirtatious, and often comes across as cocky and smug in her mannerisms. Her bubbly, sociable demeanour serves to compliment that of her more introverted partner, making the two a formidable duo.

Make no mistake, though; Beneath her charming, sociable exterior lies a cunning and ruthless tactician, one who will stop at nothing to destroy the system that wronged her. She is often the brains behind coordinated robberies of technological firms, disrupting supply lines via sabotage.

She has a love of fashion, as well as a preference for jazz and swing music and the finer things in life. She can and will get snobby over music and clothes if you let her. Cerys also has a knack for mechanics, having designed and modified her body entirely of her own accord. She uses her modifications both for utility, and as a way to express herself. Her main modifications include:

Sleek, retractable armour plating covering her chassis.

Mag-lev systems.

Hard-Light emitters in head and on back. Emitter on head creates a long, pony-tail like structure. Emitters on back used to create wing projections, although they have no actual locomotive function.

Energy blades in hands and feet.

A variety of limb parts that can be quickly and easily exchanged.

Both artworks by @/sonospersonalhell/sonozafuru

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Rug Warrior II (1993) by Joseph Jones (iRobot) and Anita Flynn (MIT AI Laboratory), MA. “The tank” has the same electronics and sensor suite as the first Rug Warrior, but its mechanical base is built from a LEGO tracked locomotion system. The control board on top contains a Motorola MC68HC11A0 8-bit microcontroller. “In open-loop control, there is no feedback from the motors, telling the robot’s program how fast the wheels are turning or how far the robot has gone. Rather, the motors are just given different commanded voltages. But depending on terrain, surface obstacles, slippage in wheel contacts, or load on the robot, the commanded voltages do not necessarilly imply particular speeds. To implement a true velocity- or position-control algorithm, the robot needs sensors on the wheels. … Such feedback enables what are known as closed-loop control algorithms. … The simple control loop we will use on Rug Warrior [is] called a P-I controller, for proportional-integral controller.” – Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, by Joseph Jones and Anita Flynn.

[chipped-chimera]

THIS. DEAR LORD THIS. THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN DRIVING ME INSANE ABOUT AI.

Look I have contemplated writing an AI Analysis post coming from an actual artist's perspective SEVERAL times with the knowledge I've accumulated but rarely have the spoons to do it but I'll just do a short bit of it now.

So when something really upsets me that is happening and I have little control, I habitually do this thing where I will actively go out there and research the shit out of it. Because I've spent enough time in therapy to know the thing that scares us the most is the unknown. Make the unknown known? It becomes significantly less scary.

And I am backing it up when they say 'AI is a buzzword'. It 120% is. What the AI labelling is hiding under the world's biggest and perhaps most obfuscated umbrella-term is machine learning.

So it would probably shock you to know, by that metric we have been using AI for YEARS. Your autocomplete keyboard on your phone that remembers your words according to usage? Machine learning. Facial recognition on mobile phone cameras and facebook? Machine learning. The ALGORITHMS that have been driving a lot of my most beloathed social medias for years? MACHINE. LEARNING. Auto-generated captions on videos, reverse image searching, targeted advertising, analysis of weather systems, handwriting recognition, DNA sequencing, search engines, and of course your dynamic enemy 'AI' in videogames that has to react to your actions as a player - these are ALL products of machine learning and by that metric? You have technically been using AI for years but we just didn't call it that yet.

In my great search of understanding all things AI, what an Australian tech journalist commentator said was - we're basically calling anything 'new' in machine learning that we don't quite understand yet collectively 'AI'. And I agree 100%. The reality is AI has been with us since about the 1960s.

Hang on Chimera/Kery I hear you say, on the Wikipedia page of machine learning it says machine learning is a result of trying to build AI, not AI! Yes, but you literally cannot have the 'Intelligence' part without the machine learning part. You take out the learning and you've just got a brick of data that you can't do shit with. The intelligence part comes in when based on the data it's been fed and the responses it has gotten back from it's environment, whether that is a researcher saying yes or no, or literal environmental feedback in a robot that is learning optimal locomotion through a space - it executes actions. So again, by that metric when you whip out your phone to take a selfie and your phone starts to track where your face is? It is executing an action based on its data-set of 'what is a face'. That. Is. AI.

So everything is AI now? Yeah it's an umbrella term, that's what I said. The disparity between knowing what machine learning and AI is to the point we call specific things AI (image generation, large language models, voice generation) and other things 'not AI' (see my long list again) is down to MARKETING.

Let me take you back to the tail 'end' of the pandemic. You're OpenAI and through scraping a lot of publically available data of just people chatting or writing various things - with dubious consent - you have made a really good chat-bot. Yeah you heard me, CHAT-BOT. If you're old like me, you remember chat-bots - they're those goofy things you played with as a teenager and laughed at because it'd say silly things and it'd be funny to put two together trying to talk to each other because they'd begin spouting nonsense and getting stuck in a loop. Or they're the widely hated artificial help systems on government websites embedded in a chatbox that does jack shit. Or the annoying pop up on some website you're just trying to buy shit from and stock-image-sandra is here in a text box 'ready to help you'. Chat-bots have an image problem. You can't release ChatGPT, your fancy chat-bot as a 'chat-bot', how the hell are you supposed to get investors? You've got some really good projects on the go (with dubiously sourced data) but you're running out of money. You need to do something fast.

So you take out the AI umbrella term, and right before everyone is just about ready to leave their hermit-chronically-online-pandemic-induced lifestyles - you drop the metaphorical bomb. You hand over your tech, now with the shiny new AI label, to the public. The AI label hides the fact from the public that you're basically rebranding shit we've had forever and by keeping it purposefully murky you can (hopefully) get people to ignore the fact that you've basically pulled vast swathes of data with dubious consent because - but it's AI! It's such a superior piece of technology! We can't un-invent the wheel because the ends didn't justify the means! It could change the world!

Despite the fact it's been 'changing the world' since 1960 and the only difference here is you linked enough computers together to make it better than what was currently available. But you now have to pay electricity costs for all that tech so, out into the wild it goes!

And now you've triggered a technological arms race and the use of AI (and your bottom line) is skyrocketing! AI that was previously the domain of government and massive corporate use is now in the hands of people to play with - their personal tech literacy be dammed (no literally be dammed, the less they understand the better). And they won't want to have it taken off them - in fact they'll fight each other over the value of your chat-bot and image generator in spite of the fact you stole data to train it. So your profits keep rolling in and next minute, despite your ethos being 'open source to all' - you're getting approached by Microsoft for a partial buy in and now you're 'semi-private', whatever the hell that means. Who cares! Money!

I have so, so much more to say on all this but I'll leave it for a proper post. But the lesson of this very tl;dr history of OpenAI is this: AI is machine learning. Machine learning is a TOOL. AI is a TOOL.

And a tool is only as ethical as the hand that chooses to wield it. Artificial intelligence is neutral. It is not good. It is not bad. It is just like the knife on your kitchen bench, with all the potential of doing good and useful things like help you make dinner and also horrendous, horrible things like commit a violent crime. And who made the knife in your kitchen? Is it artisan? Handcrafted by someone well paid in their profession? Or was it mass produced in third world conditions? Now is your knife itself bad? Should we ban all kitchen knives?

AI is a marketing buzzword for shit we've had for years - this is just the shiny version that went public to get money and we all fell for it hook, line and sinker.

So I challenge you, the next time something wizz-bang-shiny-tech-whatever is placed in front of you, and maybe it's a bit scary - to do what I do. Instead of filing it into a box of good or bad, start arguments online with someone with only limited information over whether someone is 'good' or 'bad' for participating or not participating in use of this technology because it's now emotionally loaded for you - do what I do. RESEARCH IT. Understand it, deeply. Listen to commentary on it from both sides, learn about the intent of why it was handed to you and for the love of god USE SOME CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS.

Because I guarantee you once you do that? Stuff will quickly become a lot less murky. You'll be able to see where your own blindspots are, and prevent them from being exploited - in this case, being taken advantage of by big corporations who are trying to pull and 'oopsie-woopsie' on unethical datasets for profit. You'll be able to hold them accountable. You'll also be less likely to get pulled into stupid arguments online about shit because you know it is way more nuanced than tech-bro putting out his big titty waifu image soup - he's small game here. Who cares about him. Go for the people at the top of this who are hoping to keep sliding on by with their rolling profits because you're too busy having fights among yourselves. Go for them and go for the fucking throat.

Any technology can be used for weal or woe, and it is entirely about the hand who wields it. Or in this case, the hand who programmed it.

If we want to continue to use AI or Machine Learning in an ethical, revolutionary manner we need to stop falling for the marketing, and hold each other accountable to uses that will continue to benefit humanity. Not pull it apart.

So yes. AI is a buzzword. Stop falling for it.

[skyfallights]

Industrial Automation Spares Market Size Powering the Backbone of Smart Manufacturing

As industries worldwide race toward smarter, faster, and more resilient production systems, industrial automation stands at the forefront of this transformation. A critical yet often overlooked component within this domain is the Industrial Automation Spares Market, which ensures that operations remain seamless and uninterrupted. From replacement sensors and controllers to valves and circuit boards, these spares are essential to keeping factories running at peak performance.

The global Industrial Automation Spares Market is gaining traction as industries invest in predictive maintenance, cost-efficient inventory management, and reduced downtime strategies.

What Are Industrial Automation Spares?

Industrial automation spares refer to the backup or replacement components used in automated systems, including:

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

Actuators and sensors

Relays, switches, and drives

Motors and gearboxes

HMI systems and control panels

These spares are vital to preventing unexpected breakdowns, enabling timely replacements, and ensuring continuity in production lines.

Market Growth Drivers

Surge in Predictive Maintenance Adoption

As predictive maintenance becomes a norm in Industry 4.0 environments, the demand for spares rises. Industries are increasingly stocking high-risk components in advance to avoid unplanned downtime.

Expansion of Industrial Automation

The global shift toward automation across sectors—automotive, electronics, packaging, and pharmaceuticals—is directly increasing the consumption of automation hardware and spares.

Digitalization and Smart Factory Evolution

Integration of IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and AI-driven diagnostics means faults can be predicted early. Companies are investing in spares to ensure rapid replacement and minimal disruption.

Emphasis on Sustainability

Using spares to extend equipment life aligns with sustainability goals. Instead of replacing entire machines, businesses are opting for cost-effective repairs using high-quality spares.

Key Applications

Manufacturing Plants: Ensuring smooth operation of CNC machines, robotic arms, and conveyor systems.

Process Industries: Like chemicals, oil & gas, and food processing where uptime is critical.

Power and Energy: Ensuring backup for critical components in energy generation and distribution.

Transportation & Logistics: Automated warehouses and sorting systems rely on readily available spares.

Technological Trends Shaping the Market

Digital Twin Technology Simulating machine performance helps predict which parts may fail—prompting advance procurement of spares.

Cloud-Based Spare Parts Inventory Systems Centralized and automated spare part tracking systems for better stock visibility and management.

3D Printing of Spare Parts Additive manufacturing enables on-demand production of critical spares, cutting down lead time and shipping costs.

Modular Spare Components Use of standardized, interchangeable modules is streamlining replacement processes and reducing dependency on OEMs.

Challenges

Counterfeit and Low-Quality Spares: The influx of cheap, low-grade components poses risks to equipment integrity.

Inventory Cost: Maintaining a large inventory of spares requires upfront capital and careful planning.

Compatibility Issues: New system upgrades may render older spares obsolete.

Despite these, smart spare part management and vendor partnerships are driving cost-effective and agile solutions.

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The Industrial Automation Spares Market is more than just a support system—it’s a mission-critical component of today’s smart manufacturing strategy. With rising industrial complexity, proactive spare parts management is no longer optional; it’s essential. Investing in high-quality, readily available spares ensures smoother operations, better asset longevity, and a more resilient production line.

[joelekm]

Learning To Walk: Adorable Robot Bittle Masters Balance With ESP32 | PetoiCamp

Meet Bittle, a robot learning to walk with impressive strides! This early prototype utilizes the ESP32's faster processing power for real-time balancing. Witness Bittle's impressive recovery after a slightly bumpy launch, demonstrating its adaptability. While its gait might still be a bit wobbly (adorable, right?), Bittle is a work in progress constantly improving its walking technique. Stay tuned for smoother strides and exciting robot adventures!

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Industry trend｜Innovation without boundaries, 2024 IoT Star | Avnet, a century-old technology distribution giant

The "2024 'IoT Star' China IoT Industry Annual List" was officially released recently.

Congratulations to Avnet Electronics Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd., a leading global electronic component technology distributor and solution provider, for winning three awards in the "2024 'IoT Star' China Internet of Things Industry Annual List", including the "Top 100 Chinese Internet of Things Companies in 2024", "2024 China Internet of Things Industry Innovative Products List" and "2024 China Internet of Things Industry Outstanding People List".

Company Introduction

Avnet Electronics Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd.

Avnet was founded in 1921 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1959 (stock code: AVT). It is a leading global technology distributor and solution provider, focusing on the distribution of semiconductors, interconnects, passive and electromechanical components, and providing high-quality technical support and services to more than 100,000 customers worldwide.

Over the past century, Avnet has always adhered to its original intention to meet the ever-changing needs of customers. Whether from conception to design, from prototype creation to production, Avnet can provide customers with full support at every stage of the product life cycle.

With its core position in the IoT technology value chain, Avnet can speed up design and supply during product development, thereby helping customers quickly realize revenue. For many years, Avnet has been committed to promoting technological changes for global customers and suppliers. At present, Avnet has branches in 125 countries and regions and ranks among the Fortune 500 companies in the United States.

Avnet Electronics Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avnet in China, providing technology and supply chain services to thousands of domestic leading customers. Through a complete ecosystem and a portfolio of design and supply chain services, it supports the entire product life cycle of customers, entrepreneurs and enterprises of all sizes. With deep design and engineering expertise, combined with comprehensive distribution and integration capabilities, Avnet has a unique advantage in meeting the stringent time-to-market requirements of global customers, while helping customers reduce risks and reduce costs.

2024 Business Overview

In 2024, Avnet ranked 157th on the Fortune 500 list in the United States, and achieved revenue of US$23.8 billion in the 2024 fiscal year from July 2023 to June 2024.

In 2024, Avnet actively deployed in multiple industries and achieved significant development. It has carried out in-depth cooperation with partners such as Desay SV, Sifang Co., Ltd., CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, Huaqin Technology, Hangzhou Boco Electronics, Anjieli, and Yidingfeng Power. Its business covers a wide range of fields such as automotive electronics, industrial automation, rail transportation, and smart products, and has won many awards and honors with its outstanding technical capabilities and market performance.

The SMARC/OSM standard edge computing module and supporting design solutions launched by Avnet in 2024 provide a new solution for the edge computing field with its excellent performance and innovative design.

The module supports multiple processor platforms of ARM and x86 architectures, and is compatible with single-core, multi-core and heterogeneous processors of Intel, AMD, NXP, TI, Qualcomm, and Renesas. Its computing power can reach up to 50-80TOPS, supports multiple NPUs and multiple PCIe channels, connects to GPU computing cards, and provides optional FPGA AI acceleration technology.

In addition, the module also supports a variety of industrial control buses and protocols, which can meet the large, medium and small computing power requirements of edge AI, and is widely used in medical, industrial control, robotics, AI brain, new energy and other fields.

The design of all modules strictly complies with the international standards of COM/SMARC/OSM interfaces, adopts SmartFlex baseboard design, adapts to a variety of cross-platform computing modules, provides BIOS customization and other development tools, supports multiple operating systems such as Windows and Linux, and meets professional technical certifications in multiple markets.

At the same time, Avnet's Tria™ independent modular embedded computing series solution further expands the application scenarios of this product, using the latest platforms and processors from multiple semiconductor manufacturers such as AMD, Microsoft, NXP, Qualcomm, Renesas, etc., which can achieve rapid development of applications such as the Internet of Things, industrial interconnection and edge computing, providing significant competitive advantages.

List of Outstanding People in China's Internet of Things Industry in 2024

Avnet's Senior Director of Supplier and Product Marketing for China, Cai Zongfu, was recognized in the "2024 'IoT Star' China IoT Industry Annual List" list of outstanding figures.

Since joining Avnet in 2004, Cai Zongfu has accumulated rich experience in multiple key positions such as technology, product lines and team management with his deep R&D and engineering background, demonstrating outstanding leadership and professional talents. Under his leadership, the team has won many honors and awards from semiconductor manufacturers and customers, and has also repeatedly won important awards from within the company, including Avnet's "Asia Star Achiever Award" and Avnet China's "China Best Achievement Award SPM team".

On the personal side, Cai Zongfu won the honor of Avnet China's first "Reginal President Award" in fiscal year 2022, which is a recognition of his leadership and contribution.

With his keen market insights and management capabilities, Cai Zongfu has cultivated talents, empowered teams, and successfully expanded the coverage of multiple semiconductor manufacturers. He not only effectively sorted out the newly introduced semiconductor product lines, but also reintegrated the existing products, which enabled its turnover to grow several times in a few years, with outstanding performance.

In addition, he led the team to provide customers in the fields of industrial interconnection, Edge AI, artificial intelligence, energy applications, etc. with a full range of supply chain services and technical support, helping customers optimize design, procurement, production and delivery, and also using a set of additional services and technical support to successfully help customers expand new businesses to the whole country and even overseas.

Avnet is bringing new breakthroughs in the field of edge computing. We also congratulate Avnet again for winning the "2024 'Internet of Things Star' China Internet of Things Industry Annual List" "2024 China Internet of Things Enterprise Top 100", "2024 China Internet of Things Industry Innovation Product List" and "2024 China Internet of Things Industry Outstanding People List".

This paper is from Ulink Media, Shenzhen, China, the organizer of IOTE EXPO (IoT Expo in China)

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NEWEST Female Humanoid Robot Gets SHUT DOWN By U.S | Humanoid Robot & Affordable 3D Printed Hands

You are welcome to the "AI Evolves" channel. In this video, we delve into a realm where robots and artificial intelligence are reshaping our daily lives in remarkable ways. From the newest female humanoid robot getting shut down by the U.S. to affordable 3D-printed hands revolutionizing accessibility, we explore the incredible creations and their impact on our world. Join us on this journey through innovation and discover the possibilities that lie beyond! Let's deep dive into this entire video

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00:00 Intro

00:53 Robotic Charger

02:14 Mandro

03:30 Robo Cube

04:55 LG Smart Home AI Agent

06:20 Ogmen Oro Pet Robot

07:45 Portal Hologram Technology

09:06 Robothespian

10:10 IVY

10:56 Outro Innovative Robotic Technologies:

Star Charge's robotic charger autonomously connects and charges electric vehicles, enhancing efficiency and sustainability in public charging stations. Mandrew's 3D-printed prosthetic hands, priced at $1,000, offer advanced, affordable solutions for amputees, improving accessibility and functionality.

Advanced Cleaning and Home Automation: Root Cube by Lotus Robotics offers a versatile cleaning solution with autonomous and manual modes, adaptable to various environments including shallow spaces and pickups. LG's Q9 Smart Home AI Agent autonomously handles household chores like vacuuming and thermostat adjustments, communicating effectively with users for a more convenient home life.

Pet Care and Holographic Communication: Agman Oro Pet Robot monitors and engages pets using integrated cameras, microphones, and smart algorithms to ensure pets receive care and enrichment in their owners' absence. Portal Hologram Technology enables lifelike holographic interactions, fostering meaningful connections across distances for work, education, and personal communication. Entertainment and Media Innovations: Robot Haspen performs multilingual theatrical roles, merging technology with artistic expression to offer a new dimension to entertainment.

Japan's Android Newscaster delivers news with human-like characteristics and advanced AI, showcasing a blend of technology and media, raising questions about future human-robot relationships in entertainment.

Educational and Research Applications: Agility Robotics' IW is a milestone in bipedal locomotion, designed for research and educational purposes, allowing the study of robotic movement and inspiring future advancements in robotic technology. We hope you enjoyed this video.

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