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Nissan expands AI robots at U.S. Smyrna plant, shifting parts hauling work handled by 64 workers

Nissan is expanding automation of parts transport at its Smyrna, Tennessee plant by deploying AI-based autonomous mobile robots. The project, described as the plant’s largest cost-cutting task this year, would replace work now handled by 64 forklift and tugger drivers. Robots from OTTO, a Rockwell Automation unit, use lidar, cameras and sensors to navigate and adjust schedules in real time. Nissan plans to phase deployment in six steps, keep backup systems, and reassign affected workers.

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Tesla begins public passenger rides of Cybercab in Austin; will Musk\'s self-driving strategy succeed

Tesla is starting public passenger rides of its dedicated robotaxi, the Cybercab, in Austin, Texas. The two-seat vehicle has no steering wheel or pedals and uses a modified version of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software operated without an onboard driver, with remote intervention for anomalies. The rollout tests CEO Elon Musk’s long-held camera-focused approach. The company faces ongoing safety questions, potential shifts in liability and regulatory barriers to broader commercialization.

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Hugging Face\'s Microduck AI duck robot sells over 10,000 units

Microduck, a small bipedal robot introduced by Pollen Robotics, Hugging Face\'s French robotics unit, has sold more than 10,000 units shortly after launch. The duck-shaped robot is priced at $399, taking orders of more than $4 million. It combines Chinese-made semiconductors with open-source software and offers tools that let users train new motions in simulation and apply them to the physical robot, though its hardware design files are not open source.