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Iván Hernández Dalas: AGIBOT unveils Genie Envisioner 2.0 to advance world models into scalable simulators for embodied AI

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Genie Envisioner World Simulator takes video data to help control robots. 2.0 Source: AGIBOT AGIBOT today announced the release of Genie Envisioner 2.0, or GE 2-Sim, which it said marked a significant step forward in the evolution of world models — from world action models to fully interactive “world simulators.” The new system introduces what the company described as a “physical evolution engine” for embodied AI . It is a model-based environment where robots can be trained, evaluated, and optimized at scale, without relying solely on costly real-world trial and error. From understanding the world to learning within it In 2025, AGIBOT introduced what it claimed was the industry’s first action-driven world model, Genie Envisioner. The open-source platform enabled robots to understand the world through integrated modeling of vision, language, and action, said the Shanghai-based company. With Genie Envisioner 2.0, AGIBOT said it has shifted the paradigm further, from enabling ro...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: SCSP launches National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing

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A plenary session of the new National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing convened on Capitol Hill. Source: SCSP, via X Robotics and AI are increasingly viewed as not just important for U.S. economic competitiveness, but also key to the future of national security. The Special Competitive Studies Project, or SCSP, this week announced the National Security Commission on Robotics for Advanced Manufacturing. The organization said the new group is intended “to restore American industrial preeminence by mastering the convergence of physical AI and automation, ensuring that U.S. manufacturing capacity becomes a durable national security asset against our adversaries.” SCSP President Ylli Bajraktari, Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) are co-chairing the year-long commission. “We are at a hinge point in history where ‘physical AI’ — powered by robotics — will determine the next era of geopolitical and economic power,” stated Bajraktari. “The ...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Robot Talk Episode 151 – Robots to study the ocean, with Simona Aracri

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Claire chatted to Simona Aracri from National Research Council of Italy about innovative robot designs for oceanography and environmental monitoring. Simona Aracri is a researcher in the Institute of Marine Engineering at the National Research Council of Italy. Previously, she was a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, working on the award winning project ORCA Hub and focusing on offshore robotic sensors. Her research uses innovative sensors and robotic platforms to push the boundaries of observational oceanography and environmental monitoring. She has spent more than 6 months at sea on oceanographic sampling campaigns, in the Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean and the North Sea. View Source
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Amazon CEO says robotics is key for faster delivery, lower costs

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On the left, the RIVR TWO robot, and on the right, Fauna Robotics’ Sprout. | Sources: RIVR, Fauna Robotics Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon.com Inc., today gave insight into his company’s robotics strategy in his 2026 letter to shareholders. Amazon is always looking to make its costs lower and its deliveries faster, and it sees robotics as a promising part of this goal, he said. “While we continue to work on productivity and inventory levels, robotics provides a step-level change for how we can deliver faster, reduce the cost of carrying more selection, and automate movements that cause strains and injuries to our teammates,” Jassy wrote . Amazon now has more than 1 million robots operating in its fulfillment centers, helping with stowing, picking, sorting, and intra-facility transport. Despite this, Jassy said he believes the company is still in the early stages of figuring out how it will fully use robotics. Amazon plans to invest in rural and rapid deliveries Last month, Amazon ac...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: AGIBOT releases GO-2 foundation model for embodied AI

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AGIBOT compares GO-2’s performance against other leading models. | Source: AGIBOT AGIBOT today introduced GO-2, its next-generation foundation model for embodied AI. The company said GO-2 bridges the “last mile” from logical reasoning to precise execution within a unified architecture. Building on its predecessor, GO-1, GO-2 introduces a unified architecture that integrates logical reasoning and action execution within a single system. This enables AI robots not only to plan correctly but also to execute reliably in real-world environments, said AGIBOT. GO-2 brings together tens of thousands of hours of interaction data, claimed the company , marking a transition from “black-box exploration” to a “true unity of reasoning and action.” GO Series evolves from perception to actuation A year ago, AGIBOT released the Genie Operator-1 (GO-1) foundation model. Featuring the ViLLA architecture, it unified modeling of vision, language, and action. Today, AGIBOT integrated the model into ...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Robotics Summit rolls out limited time National Robotics Week discount

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National Robotics Week seeks to celebrate the robotics community across the U.S. This week seeks to showcase the robotics industry and its real-world impact while inspiring the future workforce. To celebrate National Robotics Week, for a limited time, attendees can save on All Access Passes for the Robotics Summit & Expo with the exclusive discount code: ROBOWEEK26 . Please note: This offer applies to new registrations only and cannot be applied retroactively. The code expires Saturday, April 11. Registration is open now . Robotics Summit features keynotes from robotics visionaries The Robotics Summit & Expo is the world’s leading technical event for commercial robotics developers. The event is produced by The Robot Report and WTWH Media. The show’s keynote talks include: Building Reliable Robots at Scale — Safety, Determinism, and Real-Time Performance.  QNX and other industry-leading robotics manufacturers, including Amazon and Locus Robotics , will share how t...
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Iván Hernández Dalas: Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions

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MIT researchers utilized specially trained generative AI models to create a system that can complete the shape of hidden 3D objects, like the ones pictured. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers . By Adam Zewe MIT researchers have spent more than a decade studying techniques that enable robots to find and manipulate hidden objects by “seeing” through obstacles. Their methods utilize surface-penetrating wireless signals that reflect off concealed items. Now, the researchers are leveraging generative artificial intelligence models to overcome a longstanding bottleneck that limited the precision of prior approaches. The result is a new method that produces more accurate shape reconstructions, which could improve a robot’s ability to reliably grasp and manipulate objects that are blocked from view. This new technique builds a partial reconstruction of a hidden object from reflected wireless signals and fills in the missing parts of its shape using a specially trained generative AI model....
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