Ready For Tomorrow #83

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Welcome to today’s episode, where we dive into five stories that prove the future isn’t coming quietly. It’s buzzing, crawling, floating, and in some cases… melting. From jelly-like robots to chips hotter than your oven, here’s what’s shaping tomorrow.

Autonomous Boats by HavocAI

The company HavocAI from Rhode Island has raised 85 million dollars to expand its fleet of autonomous boats.

These are vessels that sail on their own, without a crew, communicate with each other, and can operate as an organized group – hundreds or even thousands of boats controlled by a single operator.

HavocAI offers four models, from the small Rampage to the large, 30-meter Atlas, which can serve as a command ship.

The company doesn’t build boats from scratch. Instead, it installs its own autonomy system into existing hulls.

HavocAI’s technology is already being tested by the U.S. Navy and Army, and its investors include major players:

Lockheed Martin – known for producing F-35 fighter jets,
In-Q-Tel – the CIA’s investment fund supporting defense technologies,
and Hanwha – a South Korean defense and technology giant.

The new funding will help increase production and expand the fleet in the Indo-Pacific region, where demand for unmanned marine systems is growing every year.

In short, these aren’t remote-controlled toys but robots on water that know where they’re going and what to do.

And I can’t help feeling that the seas are getting crowded – just with fewer and fewer people around.

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Robots in the Operating Room

At the DeviceTalks West and RoboBusiness 2025 conferences held in mid-October in California, the main topic was surgical robotics.

Leaders from the medical industry, engineers, and startups gathered to show how technology is transforming the operating room.

They discussed everything from patent and intellectual property protection, to new surgical systems and diagnostic tools, and even autonomous humanoid robots that could assist surgeons in the future or maybe even operate on their own.

Experts from Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, and UC San Diego shared their visions.

The most excitement came from the discussion about the next generation of surgical platforms, like the da Vinci 5, and the use of AI to improve surgical precision.

It is becoming clear that medical robots are entering a new phase. They are no longer just tools but active partners for surgeons.

And I catch myself thinking that once, a medical robot meant a mechanical arm.
Today, more and more often, it means another person at the operating table.

Humanoid with a Drone on Its Back

Caltech and the Technology Innovation Institute from Abu Dhabi have shown something completely new - a team of two robots working as one organism.

The project is called Multirobot Response Team X1 and connects a humanoid with the M4 robot, which can both fly and drive.

During the demonstration, the humanoid carried the M4 on its back, reached the starting point, bent down, and the drone simply took off.

Then it landed, switched to driving mode, avoided obstacles, and finally took off again.

All of this happened without any human or remote control.

The humanoid can adjust its step to the terrain, and the drone sees the world through lidar, cameras, and sensors, allowing them to plan their route and act as one team.

The goal is to create robots that can respond to emergency situations, such as disasters or fires, where humans cannot enter.

It sounds like the beginning of an era where robots will no longer work side by side, but together as one organism.

And I find myself thinking that I used to imagine robots as lonely machines, but here it is - the first duo of the future.

Jelly-like Robots of the Future

A team of scientists from the University of Bristol has developed a new material called electro-morphing gel, or e-MG.

It is a kind of living gel that can move without motors, cables, or batteries. All it needs is an electric field.

When activated, the gel starts to stretch, twist, and move, as if it were trying to find its place on its own.

It looks a bit like Venom. A black mass that comes alive and changes shape in every direction.

The material can stretch almost three times its original length, works completely wirelessly, and can handle over 10,000 cycles without damage.

Scientists have already created robots from e-MG that can crawl, jump, or carry small objects in tight spaces.

Researchers say this is a step toward robots that not only follow commands but also react like living organisms.

And I always thought a robot had to have a form… A hand, a leg, something metallic.

But here it is… a blob.

Although, come to think of it, in autumn that might be the most human form imaginable.

Frore Systems just showed something that might save the future of artificial intelligence from overheating.

The new LiquidJet system is an ultra-intelligent liquid cooling solution designed especially for massive AI chips like NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra, which can consume up to 1400 watts of power, about as much as an electric kettle running nonstop.

The next generations, Rubin and Feynman, are expected to exceed 4000 watts, which is the power of a home oven packed into a single chip.

Instead of traditional pipes and channels, LiquidJet uses microscopic liquid jets that target the hottest parts of the processor with incredible precision, almost like manufacturing the chip itself.

The result is up to 50 percent better cooling, four times lower flow resistance, and up to 600 watts per square centimeter of cooling power.

In other words, it is like moving from a desk fan to NASA-grade air conditioning.

Thanks to this, AI data centers can run faster, cheaper, and more reliably without overheating.

Frore developed LiquidJet together with NVIDIA, and it looks like this will be the cooling standard for all future AI supercomputers.

Grab your mug, fill it with coffee, and hold it tight this week.
As Jon Snow used to say

Winter is coming.

But not for the robots.

Cheers,
Jacek