Active Club’s Newsletter brings you the latest news and trends in manufacturing, robotics, and cutting-edge technology.
🗞️ This Week in Robotics
1. OpenAI Has Discussed Making a Humanoid Robot
OpenAI, known for providing services like ChatGPT, is reportedly considering creating its own humanoid robot.
While OpenAI is widely recognized as a developer of large language models, it also offered OpenAI Gym, a toolkit for developing reinforcement learning algorithms for physical simulations, until 2021.
2. How to watch CES 2025’s press conferences
CES 2025 will take place from January 7 to January 10. Held annually in Las Vegas, CES is a major event that sets the tone for trends in consumer electronics and the automotive industry for the year.
Ahead of the official start of CES, major tech companies like Nvidia will host live-streamed events on Press Day, January 6.
3. Meet the brand new ENGINEAI PM01
EngineAI has unveiled its humanoid robot, PM01, which utilizes simulation and reinforcement learning to achieve human-like natural walking.
Inspired by Iron Man, the PM01 features a smart control interface that allows users to connect with the robot simply by touching the screen.
Additionally, EngineAI’s robot models are available as open-source projects on GitHub, enabling developers to freely access, customize, and improve them.
💰 Funding News
This week, there were no major fundraising news.
Stay tuned for the next issue!