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Voxel51 3.0 Adds Agentic Labeling and Data Provenance to Multimodal Platform

Voxel51 has released version 3.0 of its multimodal data platform aimed at teams training models on robot, vehicle and factory sensor data. The release unifies search, curation, annotation and evaluation, and adds time-series multimodal support, a hybrid semantic/lexical search index on LanceDB, and Agentic Labeling powered by vision-language models. It also introduces Voxel51 Agent with 45+ MCP tools and 18 open-source skills, plus four provenance layers including activity logs, per-sample edit history and dataset versioning. A free self-service tier includes 3 datasets of 10,000 samples each and 20 GB storage.

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Microsoft Research Demonstrates Offloaded Inference for Physical AI Robotics

Microsoft Research argues that running physical AI inference exclusively on onboard GPUs limits task performance and battery life, and presents a systematic study of mobile manipulation workloads showing offloading improves success rates and lets robots run larger models. The work reports that some smaller GPUs could not accommodate the stack, and that lighter GPUs slowed mapping and planning by up to 383% and reduced obstacle-detection timeliness by 30% versus an A100. Offloading with a Raspber

Why it matters: It offers concrete benchmark-backed evidence and an open-source toolchain for a robotics infrastructure decision that affects model size, task reliability, and battery life.

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ZhaoGuan Electronics Relocates HQ to Hangzhou to Advance Physical AI and Embodied Vision

Hangzhou&#39;s industrial sector has welcomed a significant new player. In late April 2026, ZhaoGuan Electronics officially relocated its global headquarters to Linping District, Hangzhou, further bolstering the city&#39;s ambition to become a premie<!--autointro-->

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Nvidia and LG Partner to Develop AI-Powered Humanoid Robots and Next-Gen Data Centers

Nvidia and LG Group have officially announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop AI-driven humanoid robots and next-generation data center infrastructure. By integrating Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence capabilities and computing pla<!--autointro-->

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RLWRLD Unveils RLDX-1: A New Open-Source Foundation Model for Robotic Hands

RLWRLD, a prominent robotics AI startup, has officially announced the release of RLDX-1, a cutting-edge foundation model specifically engineered for five-finger robotic hands in industrial settings. This launch marks a significant step forward in the<!--autointro-->

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SoftBank&#039;s Masayoshi Son Pushes AI Integration with New Entity &quot;Roze,&quot; Targeting 2026 U.S. IPO and $

SoftBank Group Corp. (SFTBY.US)&nbsp;plans to establish and list an independent artificial intelligence robotics and data center company in the United States, named Roze. This move signals that founder Masayoshi Son is accelerating the integration of<!--autointro-->

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Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Nears $10B Funding at $38B Valuation

Investor confidence in Artificial Intelligence shows no signs of waning.&nbsp;Jeff Bezos’ secretive AI lab,&nbsp;Project Prometheus, is reportedly close to securing a massive&nbsp;$10 billion&nbsp;funding round. According to a report by the&nbsp;Fina<!--autointro-->

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