AI-powered 20 foot robots coming for construction workers’ jobs
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Unlike some other robots designed to mimic humans, Zyrex is purpose-built for construction, RIC Robotics claims. It is being engineered first and foremost for performing heavy-duty work such as handling materials, plus precision tasks including welding, assembling, 3D printing and exterior finishing.
“We’re not just building another robot - we’re engineering the future of construction,” trilled RIC Robotics founder Ziyou Xu. “With Zyrex, we’re addressing the industry’s labor shortages with powerful robotics capable of performing skilled work at scale,” he added, poking fun at Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot as being more like the Iron Man in the Avengers movies.
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Sponsored post aka advertising copy, but mildly funny if you read it as a satire.
The Robot Vacuum Arms Race Is Over, and the Incredible AI-Powered Roborock Saros Z70 Has Won
Rearing up or falling down?
They didn’t want to pull out the frozen head?
Our robot vacuum has already won the eternal searing hatred of our otherwise chill dog. The robot keeps bumping into the dog as he snoozes on the floor, and the dog growls and barks at it.
If we had a robot that tried to use a mechanical arm on the dog, we’d have to take the dog to the vet to remove plastic bits from its stomach.
Let me know when Mecha Walt Disney fights DJT at the Hall of the Presidents. 
$3k for basically a back pack that follows you around. The site tellingly does not mention the cargo space dimensions, just a 20lb weight limit, but the thing is only 19 inches wide and that includes the wheels.
Yeah, it’s comfortably outclassed in the usefulness stakes by a tartan shopping trolley.
Goddamit.
