Ready For Tomorrow #85

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Grab a coffee and read what happened in the world of robotics last week.

mimic raises €13.8M to teach robots real human dexterity

The Swiss startup mimic just raised 13.8 million euros to teach robots real, human-like dexterity.

Here’s how it works. Factory operators wear motion-tracking suits that record every move. The data goes into an AI system that teaches robots how to grab, move and react just like humans do.

Mimic was founded in 2024 as a spin-off from ETH Zurich. Instead of building humanoids, they focus on real-world applications. They combine agile, human-like hands with standard industrial robot arms. It is not a gadget. It is something that actually works on the factory floor.

The project is backed by big investors like Elaia and Speedinvest. The technology is already being tested in Fortune 500 factories, the world’s biggest and most profitable companies. Robots are learning tasks that used to require human precision.

As the CEO said, “We make dexterity scalable.”

This might be the moment when robots finally learn how to really use their hands.

The pill-sized robot that cartwheels inside your body

Researchers at the University of Macau have built a pill-sized robot that can roll inside the human body like a golden wheel spider.
Yes, that desert spider that curls into a ball and spins away like crazy.

The robot is made of flexible magnetic material, so it can be controlled with an external magnetic field. In practice, you swallow it and it can roll through your entire digestive system. Stomach, intestines, folds, turns, all the way out naturally.

The goal is simple. To replace endoscopy, the not-so-pleasant camera tube doctors still use today.

Tests are already running on animals and the results look good. If everything goes as planned, in a few years these “magnetic spiders” could explore our stomachs instead of doctors with endoscopes.

It is a bit creepy, a bit fascinating, but it really looks like the future of gastroenterology has just begun.

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Dimensional launches an operating system for the physical world

The company Dimensional just launched an operating system for the physical world. Their goal is simple but bold. To be what Android was for phones, but for robots.

Dimensional calls itself “the operating system for physical space.” The idea is that developers can write code once and run it on any robot, no matter the brand. The system already works with over 80 percent of Chinese robot manufacturers, which could completely change the market.

The team comes from MIT, CMU, Apple, Amazon Robotics and DJI. They built a universal language for robots that might finally connect today’s fragmented automation world, where every company runs its own software and protocols.

And it is not just theory. Dimensional is already in action. Robots using it are delivering towels and food in hotels. In hospitals they move medicine and monitor patients. On construction sites they handle logistics and 3D scanning. In factories they clean and move parts between stations.

If this idea works, the phrase “write once, deploy anywhere” will no longer belong to software. It will become the new standard in robotics.

Psst..

If you want some fun

Go to the page: https://dimensionalos.com/prototype

Find terminal and write there a ‘sudo’ command 😉 

1X Technologies opens pre-orders for the humanoid robot NEO

And finally, something that got a lot of attention. 1X Technologies has opened pre-orders for its humanoid robot NEO.

It is the same team behind EVE, a robot already working in some companies doing basic physical tasks. This time they want to bring a similar idea into our homes.

NEO is a human-sized robot powered by AI systems designed to help with daily chores. Cleaning, laundry, organizing the house. That is its job. Over time, it is supposed to learn your habits and adapt to your lifestyle.

It costs around 20,000 dollars or 499 per month in a subscription model. The first units are planned for 2026, but only if you live in the US. The rest of the world will have to wait until at least 2027.

Right now, NEO is not fully autonomous. Some tasks are still supported by a remote human operator. For some people, that means the technology is still growing. For others, it shows that humanoids are finally becoming real, even if they still need a helping hand on the other side of the screen.

Everything sounds great, but here is the thing. We still have not seen NEO actually working in a real home. So far it is only polished demo videos shot in perfect lab conditions. They have about as much to do with real life as IKEA has with the chaos after Sunday lunch.

So for now, we watch with curiosity, but also with a healthy dose of skepticism.

That’s all for today.
Thanks for reading and see you in the next episode of Ready for Tomorrow.

Cheers, Jacek!