The first humanoid robot that can polish, the early minds of AI, and Trump says: no more nukes

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A Chinese technology firm, Stial Technologies, unveiled the first humanoid robot built exclusively for polishing.

Its design enables “Stial Steven” to excel at handling intricate workpieces, fine polishing, and precisely operating in confined places, increasing productivity for jobs requiring sensitive surface finishing in various sectors.

He can replicate human-like motion and more. Must Read. 

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🤖 Stial Steven: First humanoid robot for intricate polishing tasks unveiled in China

Named Stial Steven, the groundbreaking polisher can dynamically modify force, angles, and trajectories in real time thanks to its proprietary process database, sophisticated 6D force sensors, and a multimodal AI model that combines vision, haptics, and aural awareness.

For industries that require meticulous surface finishing, the new robot can complete the task as well as a human. Surpassing the constraints of conventional robots, Stial Steven established a new benchmark in automated polishing.

Companies will be able to attain more processing precision, lower labor costs, and maintain consistency. Stial Steven opens the door to more clever and effective industrial solutions.

💻 The early minds behind the machine: Founders of artificial intelligence

It began as a simple question: “Can machines think?” And it sparked an epic field to be born:  Artificial Intelligence.

The term “artificial intelligence” was coined in 1955, but it had its ideological beginnings in novels and real engineering feats from the 18th and 19th centuries. By the 1940s, the development of digital electronic computers began reshaping our assumptions of what machines could do, and our understanding of the brain changed. It became more like a computational network.

However, no single figure looms larger in the conversation about the conceptual origins of AI than Alan Turing, a British mathematician who laid the groundwork for modern computer science.

🇺🇸 Trump: No need for more nukes, calls for US-Russia-China nuclear weapon reduction

Trump says we don’t need to make more nuclear weapons. He emphasized the need for discussions that could eventually lead to significant cuts in the defense budgets of all three nations. He called our current expenditure excessive.

“We could easily destroy the planet many times over.”

He outlined his plan to initiate discussions with Russia and China to propose a mutual reduction of their military expenditures by 50 percent. “I believe we have the capacity to accomplish this.” 

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