Ready For Tomorrow #68

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Welcome to the next episode of Ready for Tomorrow.

Last week was full of news – let’s wrap it up into a nicely done piece of information that you can casually drop during your morning coffee. No buzzwords, no fluff. Just straight-up stuff from the future sneaking into our present.

Galbot grabs 153 million USD for their semi-humanoid G1

Alright, the folks over at Galbot (that’s Galaxy General Robot Co. from China) just scooped up 153 million dollars to bring their semi-humanoid G1 to retail stores. This wheeled robot with two arms is a clever little warehouse assistant – it handles inventory, packing, deliveries, and can deal with over 5,000 different products.

Best part? You can install it in a store in just one day – at least that’s what they claim. Right now, they’re testing the G1 in 10 stores across Beijing, and by the end of the year, it’s expected to hit 100 stores across China.

Investors? Mostly CATL – that battery giant powering half the planet from Tesla to BMW. And Puquan Capital – a lesser-known fund but with a heavy wallet. Both are betting that this semi-humanoid won’t just stand by the checkout, but will expand into industry and logistics too.

Simple question: will it show up in Poland within six months, or will your local corner shop beat them to it?

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da Vinci 5 gets CE-Mark in Europe

Intuitive Surgical just announced that their brand-new da Vinci 5 surgical robot has received the CE-Mark – meaning it’s approved for use in Europe. First stop: urology, gynecology, and laparoscopic procedures – for both adults and children.

Version five comes with over 150 upgrades. The biggest one? Surgeons can finally feel resistance when controlling the robotic arms. If they press too hard, the handle pushes back. That means more precision. Add to that better 3D visuals and a computer that’s 10,000 times more powerful than the previous model.

Fun fact – the new da Vinci has already been tested in over 80 clinical procedures before even hitting the market. US surgeons praise its accuracy, ergonomics and the ability to customize the robot's settings.

Here in Europe that means one thing – sales and implementations start now. We’re about to see a tech race between hospitals.

🤖 Tesollo shows humanoid hand DG‑5F at AI for Good Summit

Tesollo from South Korea is bringing its flagship model to Geneva for the AI for Good Summit – the Delto Gripper DG‑5F, a five-fingered humanoid hand with 20 degrees of freedom. Sounds like something out of Terminator, but it’s just a dexterous hand for real work – it can grip stuff in different ways, sense pressure, and work both gently and with force.

This hand can be plugged into different robotic arms because it runs on ROS 2 – that’s a common language that lets robots from different brands talk to each other.

Tesollo also joined the Nvidia Inception program – a startup club backed by Nvidia, the company that makes those insanely powerful GPUs. That’s the tech brain behind most AI today. So yeah – if you want your robot to think fast and smart, you need a GPU.

At the summit, they’ll also show a system where a human remotely controls two of these hands, like having a robot as an extension of your arms.

Sounds futuristic? Just wait until this hand is the one packing your groceries, serving you dinner… or changing your tire on the highway.

FieldPrinter 2 – the robot that draws on concrete

Dusty Robotics just dropped the new FieldPrinter 2, a robot that ditched trowels and chalk lines and instead prints lines, texts, and markings directly onto concrete. Right there on the construction site, accurate to the millimeter.

In short, instead of unrolling paper blueprints and chasing tape measures, you’ve got a robot that marks everything on the floor exactly where it’s supposed to go.

Inside are precise controllers from PMD – they’re the reason the robot moves where it should, doesn’t mess up corners, and keeps working even when GPS disappears under scaffolding.

A laser, a few sensors, and a calm attitude – that’s all it needs to show the crew where to put the walls.

Once a bricklayer got a string and some chalk. Now he gets a robot. That’s progress.

Not impressed by robotic hands? Time to level up. Cyborg beetles with back-mounted chips enter the rubble

Researchers from the University of Queensland have figured out how to use regular beetles to help rescue people. They mount a microchip on its back and… steer it like a tiny scout robot.

Species? Zophobas morio – the same beetle whose larvae are fed to lizards and spiders. A tough little creature, unbothered by tight spaces or steep climbs.

This insect can climb walls, crawl into cracks, and come back with data. Control works through gentle pulses – a nudge to the antenna or wing, and the beetle turns where it’s told.

The best part? It’s not harmed. It lives normally, just like it would without the chip. The idea is simple – use them in rescue missions, where robots can’t fit and humans can’t reach.

Five more years of testing and… maybe it won’t be a drone squeezing into the rubble, but a beetle with GPS that gets there first.

And who knows – maybe that Black Mirror scenario with implanted “grains” isn’t as far away as it once seemed.

That’s it for this round. The future doesn’t always knock. Sometimes it just shows up – in a hospital, on a building site, or riding on the back of a beetle.

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And if not – no worries, I’ll be back next week. Ready for more? Always.