Greg Toroosian

It's been an awesome journey to 100 episodes of the #MachineMinds Show! So much more to come! Thank you to all of our guests and listeners. Your support means the world. You can find the show wherever you get your podcasts.

Dubai just put robot dogs on the front lines of firefighting These quadrupeds charge into 500°C+ infernos, toxic smoke & collapsing structures with 60 m water cannons blasting 2,400 L/min. AI locks on hotspots, humans stay safe.

This is amazing! Wow... some of my favorite artists. Brought a big smile to my face.

Loe this

Listening to "How Agile Factories Unlock Speed, Customization, and National Resilience with Edward Mehr" at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…

Gemini 3.1 Pro be like

Create apps shaped exactly around your specific needs and context. That's what Essential Apps are. You describe what you need. AI builds it. It appears on your phone's home screen, ready to use. One billion apps for one billion people. Beta starts today on Nothing Playground.

🚨: You're looking at the first image of another solar system with multiple planets.

Listening to "Episode 108 | Built for the Battlefield: Craitor’s Revolution in On-Demand Manufacturing" at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…

Listening to "Episode 107 | Autonomy at Bedrock: Building the Future from the Ground Up | Kevin Peterson" at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…

Listening to "Episode 106 | Trusted Counsel for Visionaries | Ryan Smith" at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…

Listening to "Episode 105 | Inside the Mind of a Growth-Stage Investor | Manas Punhani" at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…

Listening to "Episode 104 | AI & Automation Unlocking Materials Discovery | Joseph Krause" at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…

This drone becomes a flying manipulator! 🥏 Researchers at the The University of Tokyo developed this aerial robot. Built with four pairs of ducted fans linked by actuated joints, Dragon can reshape itself mid-flight. This allows it to grasp objects and perform tasks typically reserved for ground-based manipulators. Each segment has dual rotors, and its navigation stack calculates the most efficient shape for each object. Total payload? More than 3 kilograms. P.S. To increase Dragon's battery life, they consider allowing it to walk on the ground.

“Robotics will be solved by 2040!” Direct quote from Jim Fan, Director of AI & Distinguished Scientist from NVIDIA at #Robobusiness2025

I built a browser entirely powered by Nano Banana 🍌 It generates each website based only on the URL. You can even navigate to other links. A truly new kind of internet, generated on the fly, and it's super fun.

This is MarsWalker Robot vacuum that climbs stairs. Its tracked base grips steps while 4 articulated arms probe the next riser, lift the nose, and keep the center of mass stable to avoid tipping on climbs or descents.

Field AI raised $405M in funding and introduced Field Foundation Models These models are designed to grapple with uncertainties and the physical constraints of the real world, enabling safe robot behaviors when navigating in new environments

@ScienceXnews @elonmusk Massive infrastructure project, long safety and regulation approvals, hundreds of millions of private dollars invested, changes of direction, international projects picking up and stopping, and no clear line to approvals/commercialization.

@elonmusk Why did attempts to make it happen in America lose momentum?

They’re building the Hyperloop! Good for them. We should do it in America.

A little delayed posting here, but this is a big milestone! Episode 100 of the Machine Minds Show went live recently! Listening to Anthony Jules, Co-Founder of Robust.AI - Robots Built for People at buzzsprout.com/2212148/episod…