Brett Adcock
@adcock_brett
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Founder @Figure_robot (AI Robots), @Cover_thz (Weapon Detection), @ArcherAviation (NYSE: ACHR), Vettery ($100M Exit)
Joined April 2015
Welcome to the most boring video we've ever posted. Here's 60 minutes of our humanoid robot solving logistics, powered by our Helix neural network.
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RT @adcock_brett: Significant progress in AI and Robotics this week. So, I summarized everything from Google DeepMind, ElevenLabs, Anthrop….
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@Figure_robot That's it for this week's AI and Robotics breakdown. I share the latest research every week, so follow me @adcock_brett for more. If you found this valuable, consider a like/retweet to spread the word.
Significant progress in AI and Robotics this week. So, I summarized everything from Google DeepMind, ElevenLabs, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, Apptronik, Mistral, Berkley AI, Galbot, and more. Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:.
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We're hiring for BotQ, our new manufacturing division at @Figure_robot:. > Warehouse lead .> Software Test Eng.> End of Line Lead.> Equipment Eng.> Technician.> Manufacturing Eng. Apply here:
Want to help us build 100,000 robots?. We're hiring for 35 roles in BotQ - our robot manufacturing division at Figure:. → Software Test Eng.→ Electrical Test Eng.→ End of Line Lead.→ Warehouse Lead.→ Equipment Eng.→ Technician.→ MFG Eng.
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Databricks & Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski launched the Laude Institute with $100M backing. The non-profit will provide computer scientists the resources they need to help them fast-track breakthroughs for real-world impact.
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Europe's NEURA Robotics unveiled its 4NE1 Gen3 humanoid at Automatica 2025 in Munich. With full-body sensing and adaptive control, 4NE1 navigates unstructured environments, understands complex tasks, and responds to changing conditions in real time.
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Beijing-based industrial robot maker ROKAE Robotics unveiled two humanoid robot models. The company is tackling the "last mile in unmanned factories" by focusing on practical applications like carrying boxes or assembling devices.
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China's Galbot raised $152M in funding, taking its total capital raised to $332M in two years. The co is developing general-purpose AI robots for homes as well as healthcare, retail and manufacturing sectors.
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Berkeley AI introduced LeVERB, the first latent whole-body humanoid VLA, trained on sim data. It saw an 80% zero-shot success on simple navigation tasks, and 58.5% across the board. This is 7.8 times better than a basic hierarchical VLA implementation.
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Mistral dropped Small 3.2-24B, an update for Small-3.1, with:. —Substantial intelligence increase: 42 on Artificial Analysis Index.—Supports image input.—Improved instruction following and function calling.—Fewer infinite generations/repetitive answers .
Introducing Mistral Small 3.2, a small update to Mistral Small 3.1 to improve: . - Instruction following: Small 3.2 is better at following precise instructions.- Repetition errors: Small 3.2 produces less infinite generations or repetitive answers .- Function calling: Small
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Apptronik launched Elevate Robotics, a subsidiary for heavy-duty industrial automation. While Elevate hasn't announced any product, the official word is that it will commercialize "superhuman" solutions that operate "outside of the human form factor" .
Humans are toolmakers. We build tools to help us do more with less. We have built Apollo to dramatically improve the way we live and work. But Apollo is not the only groundbreaking creation born from our labs. Our teams have been quietly building a new kind of machine - a
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Microsoft introduced Mu, a 330M param, tiny model for agentic actions on Windows notebooks. Optimized for NPUs on Copilot + PC, Mu powers real-time interactions with <500ms latency. It powers the new Settings AI agent inside Windows 11
Introducing Mu language model and how it enabled the agent in Windows Settings
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Meta launched new AI smart glasses with Oakley that are aimed at athletes. —Upgraded camera with up to 3K videos.—2x battery, lasting up to 8 hrs & 19 hrs on standby.—PRIZM Lens tech to amplify contrast across changing light and weather.
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Anthropic enhanced Artifacts with a dedicated space that allows users to build AI apps in chat. The space also allows users to browse functional apps for inspiration, customize their existing creations, and organize everything in one place.
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ElevenLabs dropped three big products this week, including:. —Voice Design v3 to create any voice with a prompt.—Mobile app for Android and iOS with web sync.—11ai, a voice-first and MCP-capable personal assistant.
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Google DeepMind also released:. —AlphGenome: An AI that predicts how gene mutations cause disease.—Gemma 3n: On-device models with multimodal understanding.—Gemini CLI: Open terminal agent.—Magenta RealTime: Live, open music AI.
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Google dropped major AI models this week, starting with Gemini Robotics On-Device. The VLA model runs locally and enables robots to perform a range of two-handed tasks, without the internet. Can also learn new skills with a few dozen demos.
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Significant progress in AI and Robotics this week. So, I summarized everything from Google DeepMind, ElevenLabs, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, Apptronik, Mistral, Berkley AI, Galbot, and more. Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:.
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Just finished design review at @cover_thz. Our next generation weapon detection system is looking 🔥. Will be testing it at Figure HQ end of year to work out the bugs
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My favorite, how each engineering group would build an aircraft. Great hardware system design involves making the subsystems just good enough
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