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Meta has expanded its GenAI toolkit for Horizon Worlds. Environment Generation is now live, letting creators build entire 3D scenes with a text prompt. Meta also previewed fully-embodied NPCs that respond to player voice input and interact dynamically inside virtual worlds.
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Galbot is one of the first companies to use NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Thor, upgrading its G1 Premium robot with faster, more efficient computing. The company says the move boosts speed, autonomy, and real-time control. The enhanced G1 Premium was introduced at the World Robotics Conference
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Rokid has launched a new pair of smart glasses that use AI and AR to deliver real-time translation, object recognition, transcription, and navigation. They weigh just 49 grams and are designed for all-day wear.
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Nauticus Robotics has completed a deepwater test of its Aquanaut Mark 2 vehicle, which traveled 2,300 meters below the surface without a tether. The test took place about 240 kilometers off the coast of Louisiana.
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Mayor Eric Adams, together with the city’s transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, confirmed that Waymo has been cleared to begin testing driverless technology in New York for the first time.
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WeRide and Shenzhen Bus Group have introduced Shenzhen’s first fully autonomous public bus line in the Luohu District. Known as the B888 route, it runs between Luohu Port and MixC Market and began operations on August 26
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Infineon Technologies is partnering with NVIDIA to accelerate the development of humanoid robotics. The collaboration combines Infineon’s microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators with NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor Series modules
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IBM and NASA have released Surya, a digital twin of the Sun built from nine years of imagery and magnetic data collected by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory. The open-source model simulates the Sun’s behavior to help forecast solar storms
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RealSense has launched a direct integration with NVIDIA’s full robotics platform, combining the new D555 depth camera with Jetson Thor, Isaac Sim, and Holoscan. The collaboration gives developers a fully native stack for perception, simulation, and real-time sensor fusion.
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Jetson Thor, NVIDIA’s compute platform for real-time robotics and physical AI, is now generally available. Powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, Jetson Thor delivers 7.5x more AI compute and 3.5x greater energy efficiency than its predecessor.
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Hyphen has closed a $25 million Series B round to grow its automated meal production platform. CAVA Group participated as a first-time investor, joining prior backers to fund scaled manufacturing and expanded U.S. rollout.
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Nuro announced the closing of a $203 million Series E funding round to advance its autonomous driving technology and expand its commercial partnerships. The company stated the round includes investors such as Uber, NVIDIA, and Icehouse Ventures, and values Nuro at $6 billion.