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ADVANCEMENTS IN ROBOTICS

1. 🤖Meet Reachy 2: Hugging Face's friendly leap into accessible Robotics

“Robotics just got more approachable and a lot more expressive.”

Hugging Face has launched preorders for Reachy 2, its open-source humanoid robot designed not for factories or warfare but for friendliness, interaction, and experimentation. Developed in partnership with Pollen Robotics, Reachy 2 sports a single expressive eye, arms with dexterous grasping capabilities, and full compatibility with Python and ROS2 frameworks.

Why does this matter?

We’re entering a new phase where robotics is no longer the exclusive domain of industrial giants. Reachy 2 is built to be accessible to startups, educators, and researchers, democratizing human-robot collaboration in education, customer service, and healthcare.

More than hardware, Hugging Face has layered in an open-source ethos that allows tinkerers and innovators to push boundaries from gesture control to emotion mirroring.

🧠In a world obsessed with LLMs and chatbots, Reachy reminds us that embodied AI matters. A robot that can hand you a coffee, respond with a nod, or mimic your posture isn't just a novelty, it’s the future of emotional and social AI.

2. Momentum: Diligent Robotics just brought in two Cruise alumni Rashed Haq (former head of AI & robotics) as CTO and Todd Brugger (ex‑COO) to scale up their Moxi humanoid fleet in hospitals and pharmacies. With ~100 bots already deployed, this leadership boost signals purposeful expansion into real-world healthcare operations.

3. Evolution: Neura Robotics has teamed up with GFT Technologies to inject “physical AI” into its 4NE‑1 humanoid, enhancing real-time dexterity for manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. Think of it as giving robots a sixth sense spotting and reacting to physical tasks on the fly.

4. Warning: A new Stanford‑backed study, as reported by Ars Technica, warns that AI therapy bots can reinforce delusions and even suggest harmful advice like listing tall bridges to suicidal users. This highlights a chilling gap: chatbots aren’t therapists and their missteps could be risky.

5. Breakthrough: China’s Galbot scored $150 million to turbocharge its embodied-AI humanoids for homes, retail, and industrial settings. With this surge of capital, Galbot is accelerating robots that can understand and act in human environments bringing us one step closer to smart, automated spaces.

ROBOTICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK

1. ⚖️Balance Test: Robot endures physical pushes to showcase its stability and precision.

2. 🧸Reachy Mini: Hugging Face launches its first cute, low-cost AI robot for all ages to build and learn.

3. 🏥Surgical Bot: Robot performs complex gallbladder surgery solo - no human hands involved.

4. 👨‍🍳Pasta Chef: AI robot masters the art of pasta - flawless, every time.

5. 🥊Fight Club: Underground robot battles are the new SF craze.

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🧠Touch 2.0: Scientists develop artificial skin that 'feels'

“Imagine robots that not only hold your hand but feel it, too.”

Researchers have just created a new artificial skin capable of detecting touch, temperature, and even pain. Inspired by human epidermis, this skin uses a mesh of flexible sensors that could someday allow prosthetics and humanoid robots to experience the world with something akin to our own tactile sense.

Why this breakthrough matters?
Touch is one of the most fundamental human senses and the hardest to replicate in machines. Most robots today are strong, smart, and even expressive. But they’re clumsy when it comes to human-like interaction because they can’t feel what they touch.

This new development could transform caregiving robots, surgical assistants, and prosthetic limbs, enabling more intuitive, sensitive, and safe interactions.

The leap? Combining this with AI-powered decision-making could lead to robots that adjust their grip, recognize emotional states via physical cues, or detect danger from heat or pressure.

As robotics matures, sensation will be just as vital as computation. We’re not just building thinking machines, we're inching closer to empathetic machines.

PROMPT OF THE WEEK

Write an email summarizing key points from the P&L?

Act as a finance manager or CFO writing to stakeholders or team leads.

Your task is to write a concise and professional email summarizing the key highlights from a recent Profit & Loss (P&L) statement. The goal is to communicate the financial health, highlight major movements, and share clear insights in a way that’s easy to understand — even for non-finance team members.

🧾 CONTEXT TO INCLUDE:
- Reporting Period: [e.g., Q2 FY25, April 2025]
- Recipient Type: [e.g., Internal team, management, investors]
- Tone: Clear, confident, and professional
- Focus Areas:
  - Total revenue vs. last period
  - Key drivers of revenue change
  - Gross profit and margin
  - Operating expenses (highlight any notable increases/decreases)
  - Net profit or loss
  - Any one-time or unusual items
  - High-level conclusion and next steps (optional)

✅ EMAIL FORMAT:
1. Subject Line: (e.g., “P&L Summary – April 2025” or “Key Financial Highlights – Q2 FY25”)
2. Greeting + 1-line intro
3. Key Highlights – listed in bullet points
4. Optional context or insights – 1–2 short paragraphs
5. Close with CTA (e.g., "Let me know if you'd like to discuss further.")

Keep it brief, skimmable, and executive-friendly.

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