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Hi there, Bot Spotter! 🤖

We know it’s been a long time but better late than never, right? On that note, welcome to another issue of the Bot Brief, where we tell you everything that happened in the Robotics & Humanoid world, so you’re updated and aware of what’s happening!

🧑‍💻 Plan & Write your code with Zenflow
🤖 The wildest drops in the Robo World
🎥 Viral, weird, and can’t-miss bot moments
💡 Groundbreaking advances that are shaping the future
🔍 Everything else that you should and need to know

The bots are moving fast. Let’s get to catching up.

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🚀 The Bot in Spotlight

The Home Robot That Gets Kitchens ☕🤖

Sunday Robotics just unveiled Memo, a wheeled home robot that doesn’t try to be your roommate — it just helps out. Memo can make espresso, clear tables, load the dishwasher, and handle everyday kitchen chores without constant supervision. No sci-fi drama. Just quiet competence.

Why it matters

Home robots usually struggle because real homes are messy, unpredictable, and full of edge cases. Memo was trained inside real homes, not labs. Sunday’s Skill Capture Glove recorded 10 million real household actions from over 500 families, teaching Memo how people actually move, clean, and multitask. That’s a huge leap from scripted demos to real usefulness.

Why it’s our top pick

Memo feels refreshingly honest. It skips humanoid legs and flashy promises, sticks to wheels for stability, and focuses on tasks people genuinely want help with. Training it through human demonstration — instead of joystick teleoperation — makes its movements feel intuitive, not robotic. It’s a robot designed around real life, not a showroom.

Future impact

If Memo works at scale, it could unlock a new category of practical home robots — helpers that quietly save time instead of demanding attention. Not a butler. Not a novelty. Just a calm presence that keeps your kitchen moving while you live your life.

📱 More Robots in the Radar

👮 Bot on the Beat:
China has stationed a 1.8-meter humanoid robot at one of Hangzhou’s busiest crosswalks, helping manage traffic for millions of residents. Using cameras and AI, it spots violations like missing helmets, jaywalking, and stop-line crossings, then issues polite recorded warnings while logging incidents for police review.

✋ Gentle Grip:
Many prosthetic users give up on their devices because they’re hard to control. Engineers at the University of Utah may have changed that with a bionic hand sensitive enough to feel a cotton ball. An AI system automatically adjusts finger pressure, making everyday tasks feel more natural again.

🕶️ Hands-Free Flying:
With DJI facing possible import bans, Chinese startup Antigravity has unveiled the A1 drone. It uses motion-sensing goggles and arm gestures to fly — just look where you want to go and point. The drone records 360-degree video, letting users adjust angles after landing.

🏭 Factory-Tested:
Figure AI has retired its Figure 02 humanoid robots after nearly a year at BMW’s South Carolina plant, where they helped assemble over 30,000 vehicles. Scratches and grime tell the story of real factory work, and the lessons learned are now shaping the next-generation Figure 03.

🚶 Endurance Test:
China’s AgiBot A2 humanoid robot has set a Guinness World Record by walking 106 kilometers from Suzhou to Shanghai over four days. The robot never powered down, navigating highways, bridges, and city streets while adapting to changing light and terrain.

💥 Bots & Breakthroughs

This week we cover: Food & Kitchens 🍽️

Your next meal might not be cooked by a human.
Robots are entering kitchens worldwide, transforming food prep with speed, precision, and zero sick days.

Here are some of the coolest robots making the yummiest delicacies:

🍔 Flippy – The Robot Chef
Flippy grills burgers, flips patties, and fries food in busy fast-food kitchens. It reduces human error, improves hygiene, and keeps up during rush hours without breaking a sweat.

🍕 Zume’s Pizza Robots
Robots handle dough pressing, sauce spreading, and topping placement — ensuring every pizza looks and tastes the same while reducing food waste.

🍜 Robotic Noodle & Ramen Makers
Across Asia, robots now cook noodles with precise timing and temperature control, delivering consistent bowls of ramen every single time.

🥗 Moley Robotic Kitchen
A fully robotic kitchen that can cook gourmet meals by mimicking human chef movements, following digital recipes stored in the cloud.

🍩 Robotic Food Assembly Lines
From donuts to salads, robots assemble, portion, and package food at scale — improving hygiene and reducing contamination risks.

🎥 Watch the Bot

🏎️ Autonomous cars just went wheel-to-wheel.
The world’s first fully autonomous head-to-head race wrapped up at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit, where driverless cars battled it out over 20 laps. Germany’s Technical University of Munich took the win—proving self-driving tech can race, not just park.

💬 Your Command

🚪 Wrapping Up

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Stay Curious! 🤖 
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