China’s Unitree builds course for students to learn how to train, understand robot dogs

China’s Unitree builds course for students to learn how to train, understand robot dogs

Unitree Robotics has launched an education platform for students to train robot dogs and understand how they operate based on the start-up’s Go2 system, as adoption of these quadruped machines expands from enthusiasts to mainstream consumers. According to its social media post on Tuesday, Unitree has developed an in-person training course with ready-to-use tools that…

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Chinese scientists seek to unlock AI’s power to tackle real world problems

Chinese scientists seek to unlock AI’s power to tackle real world problems

Su Jionglong, deputy dean of the School of AI and Advanced Computing at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, researches AI applications aimed at reducing discrimination, providing emotional support and making faster medical diagnoses. He said he was establishing a start-up with his students, who developed an AI-powered software that translated written text to and from sign language….

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China’s DeepSeek unveils experimental version of its V3 AI model before National Day holiday

China’s DeepSeek unveils experimental version of its V3 AI model before National Day holiday

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has launched an “experimental” version of its V3 foundation model ahead of the country’s National Day holiday, as the Hangzhou-based company accelerates its product releases. On Monday, DeepSeek released V3.2-Exp and open-sourced it on developer platforms Hugging Face and Alibaba Group Holding-backed ModelScope. According to DeepSeek, this model enhanced training…

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Unit of China’s Ant Group unveils first humanoid robot, entering segment led by Unitree

Unit of China’s Ant Group unveils first humanoid robot, entering segment led by Unitree

Ant Group unveiled its first humanoid robot at a trade show in Shanghai on Thursday, heralding the Chinese fintech company’s entry into the increasingly competitive field of embodied artificial intelligence to take on rivals like Unitree Robotics. The wheeled, two-armed humanoid, named R1, was developed by Ant’s robotics unit Ant Lingbo Technology, also known as…

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