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When we read the headline of this story, we thought it meant the robot could “run” — like sprinting or jogging. However, a robot that can change its own battery is, as @LiveScience says, “unsettling” and worth posting. Read about the 5-foot-3, 95-pound Walker S2 and watch video of its uniquely flexible shoulders in action:

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Live Science · China launches world's first robot that can run by itself 24/7 — watch it change its own batteries in unsettling new footageBy Keumars Afifi-Sabet

Autonomous robotics startup Cartken, known for its four-wheeled robots resembling Guido from the movie “Cars” that deliver food in Tokyo, has pivoted in a new direction: industrials. “What we found is that actually there’s a real big need in industrial and onsite use cases,” said CEO Christian Bersch. Read more from @Techcrunch:

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TechCrunch · Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots | TechCrunchCartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.

#HappyWeekend — and happy thinking, too. 🤔 🤖

📚🎙️ The Hybrid Species — When Technology Becomes Human, and Humans Become Technology

A fresh transmission from my Musing On Society and Technology newsletter:

We used to build machines to serve us.

Now we build them to complete us.

So… what happens when the line between us and them disappears?

This is the follow-up to my Robbie piece — where #Asimov made us wonder if trust could be earned by a robot that didn’t even speak.

Well, now the machines do speak. They pretend to understand us. And we pretend they do, too.

But here’s the twist: maybe we’re not just surrounded by machines — maybe we’re slowly becoming one. Or better yet: when carbon and silicon don’t just coexist, but converge… maybe something new is emerging.

A hybrid species.

Not science fiction — just evolution, with a bit of attitude.

No panic. No utopia either. Just me thinking out loud, wondering what’s coming — and whether we’re wise enough to carry the best of ourselves into whatever comes next.

No time to read? Let my AI companion TAPE3 read it to you — it’s got a voice and just enough sass to make it weirdly charming.

👇 Newsletter link and audio version in the comments.

If you find these musings worth your time, share them with someone who likes to think sideways. And follow both my newsletter and podcast — there’s a lot more where this came from. 🤘😬✨

Cheers,

Marco

ITSPmagazine Sean Martin, CISSP

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www.linkedin.comThe Hybrid Species — When Technology Becomes Human, and Humans Become TechnologyWe once built tools to serve us. Now we build them to complete us.

Modeled after rich humans?

𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙊𝙬𝙣

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Discover Magazine · New Cannibalistic Robots Consume Other Machines to Grow and Heal on Their OwnBy Sam Walters