A father of four raised $4.5 million to help fuel the US manufacturing 'renaissance' with AI. Read his pitch deck.

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RMFG founder Kenneth Cassel

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China's top universities plan to roll out 'embodied intelligence' majors to fuel Beijing's robotics push

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Visitors check out two humanoids exhibited in the robots pavilion during the World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025.
China's top universities are planning to add a new "embodied intelligence" major as Beijing races to train the next wave of robotics talent.

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Humans Can Detect Buried Objects Without Touching Them, Study Finds

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Tesla loses some AI staff to a new robotics startup

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Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot
Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot

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One of Tesla's Chinese rivals has a unique strategy for building its humanoid robot: make it huggable

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Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng unveiled the latest version of the Iron robot earlier this month.

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Tesla Production Hell 2: Robot Hardcore

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Tesla's Optimus robot

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Russian Robot Faceplants on Stage During Moscow Showcase

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Leaked Amazon Plans Say Robots Will Help It Avoid Hiring 600,000 Workers

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Agility Digit robot at an Amazon warehouse.

Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock says the robotics company is building 'a new species'

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock envisions building a new species, not just robots.

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AI startups are paying people to film themselves folding laundry — and they'll use this data to train robots

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A humanoid robot folding laundry.
Humans are helping robots learn how to do chores.

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