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Ai-Da Robot became the first humanoid robot to design a building with a modular Space Pod concept for Moon and Mars bases, featured at the Utzon Center in Denmark.
Airbus ordered UBTech’s Walker S2, a full-size humanoid that stands 176 cm tall (5’9"), weighs 70 kg (154 lbs), and walks at about two meters/second (4.5 mph). It has dextrous hands with 11 degrees of freedom and tactile sensors, and can hold 7.5 kg (16.5 lbs) in each hand and 1 kg (2.2 lbs) with each finger.
NEW YORK -- As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla.
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Video: Ai-Da makes history as first humanoid robot to present a building design
Ai-Da has again pushed the frontier between art and technology, becoming the first humanoid
Tesla’s preparing to wind down production of the Model X this spring as it shifts its focus toward building humanoid robots.