This Just Got Approved in the U.S. (And You Can Already Buy It)

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Robots are stepping out of sci-fi: meet a walking exoskeleton, an AI blood-drawing robot, humanoid robots built to work alongside people in factories, and a Terminator-style robot farewell. Plus, SpaceX races to the ISS. Get ready for a wild tour of what’s next in tech!  Subscribe for more tech updates! Tell us in the comments what you liked most about the video! #Technology #Robotics #AI #Space #Innovation  👉 This channel was created in collaboration with https://www.youtube.com/@realidadeimpressionante   • The Inspired Business Technology de RomanSenykMusic  0:01 - FDA Clears a Self-Balancing Exoskeleton 4:45 - China Scales Up Humanoid Robot Production 7:21 - SpaceX Sets a New U.S. ISS Record 9:25 - A Robot Automates Blood Draws 11:24 - Digit 5 Is Designed to Work Alongside People 13:21 - Clone Robotics Builds Humanlike Artificial Muscles 17:07 - Figure Retires Its Robot with a Terminator Tribute

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00:01And in today's episode, among other things, you'll see that the United States has just

00:05approved an exoskeleton so that people with spinal cord injuries can stand up and walk again.

00:11In addition, they also approved a new robot with artificial intelligence to find your vein

00:16and collect your blood almost by itself. Space X has just broken an American record

00:21related to the International Space Station. And we're also going to talk about how clone

00:25robotics is trying to reproduce muscles, tendons, and even parts of human anatomy in their humanoid

00:31robots. And the American company figure decided to retire their robots in a way that you've probably

00:39seen before. Okay? But only in the movies. Let's get into all that and a few more new tech developments.

00:50A technology that for several decades belonged almost exclusively to science fiction.

00:55Who remembers that movie with Tom Cruise? Yeah, Edge of Tomorrow.

00:58This technology has just been authorized to hit the streets in the United States.

01:02Yes, the FDA has authorized EVEE, the robotic exoskeleton developed by the French company

01:09Wondercraft, to help people with spinal cord injuries stand up and walk again. But there's

01:14an important difference between this machine and many of the other exoskeletons we've seen before.

01:19EVEE can maintain its own balance. This means the user doesn't need to use crutches

01:25or a walker to stay upright while moving. And maybe it's exactly this detail that makes EV

01:31much closer to what we imagine when we think of a true personal exoskeleton.

01:36The machine has 12 motors distributed between the hips, knees, and ankles.

01:41Sensors continuously monitor the body's position, while the system makes small adjustments to keep

01:46the user balance during their movements. In practice, it's as if part of the work that would

01:52normally be done by the muscles and the body's own balance system is now performed exclusively by the

01:58machine. The user puts on the equipment, stands up, and the exoskeleton helps support and move their

02:03legs while they maintain stability. Wondercraft has already worked for several years with another

02:07exoskeleton called Atlanta X, which is mainly used in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

02:13A VE, on the other hand, represents a very important change, precisely because it was

02:17developed over the person and their daily activities in mind. This, then, includes something that, for

02:23most people, is quite simple. For example, standing up to reach an object, moving around certain

02:29environments, or talking to someone while being at the same height as them again. What changes now is that

02:34the FDA authorization allows Wondercraft to market the equipment in the United States for people with

02:39certain spinal cord injuries. Okay, but know that this doesn't mean that anyone without any kind of

02:44problem can just go there, buy this kind of exoskeleton, and start walking around the city. Using the

02:49equipment still requires an assessment, training, and individual adjustments, and the company still

02:55plans to start with a controlled implementation before expanding its availability. There's also an

03:00important difference between walking again using an exoskeleton and regaining the ability

03:04to move your legs on your own. Okay? It's pretty obvious that the EV doesn't cure a spinal cord

03:09injury. It's a machine that provides the necessary assistance to perform movements again. Even so,

03:15there's a reason why an authorization like this draws a lot of attention. For a long time, robotic

03:20exoskeletons remained, confined to laboratories, experimental demonstrations, or highly controlled

03:26environments. Now we're starting to see machines like this moving toward much broader use, closer to

03:31everyday life. And this technology is also advancing rapidly in other directions as well, okay?

03:37Wondercraft itself works with versions of its systems aimed at industrial applications, where the

03:43same idea of robotic structures would work alongside the human body. To be used not only to restore lost

03:49abilities, but also to enhance what a person can already do physically, that is to give more strength

03:55to a normal human being. And that's where that classic image from science fiction starts to get

04:00really interesting, you know? Because that same technological field that today can help someone

04:05with a spinal cord injury to possibly stand up again is also teaching machines to understand human

04:10movements, support our weight, and work directly together with our bodies. And just to be clear, we're

04:16still very far from wearing an Iron Man-style suit, but maybe we're a little closer to the kind of

04:21suit

04:21in that Tom Cruise movie, right? That's because the key components of this idea have just taken a very

04:26important step out of the laboratories, as we've seen here. And maybe the future of exoskeletons isn't

04:32just about making people walk again, right? It could also be about discovering how far these machines can

04:38really enhance what our human body is already capable of, giving us super strength.

04:45And while exoskeletons are starting to leave the laboratories to work directly with us humans,

04:51in China, another important step is happening on a completely different scale.

04:56Obitech has put a new robot factory into operation there in Liangzhou, designed to reach a capacity of

05:01over 10,000 units every year. But maybe another number is even more impressive, okay? When it's

05:08operating at its planned capacity, the line was designed to complete a robot every 10 minutes. The

05:14facility occupies approximately 14,000 square meters and was built to produce different types of robot

05:19models, including the humanoids from the Walker's family and the service robots from the cruise line.

05:24And there's another detail that's particularly interesting about all this. Robots are also

05:29working in the factory where they'll produce other robots. The humanoid Walker's robots take part in some

05:34stages of the operation, performing tasks such as moving and supplying materials within the production

05:39line itself. And they even build other humanoid robots completely on their own, according to the

05:44company's information. And this image of machines taking part in the manufacturing of new machines

05:49shows how the industry is really starting to scale up. Until not long ago, most of the humanoid robots

05:55we saw were prototypes built in small numbers for demonstrations and tests. In other words,

06:00some humans would go there and build two or three models at most. Now, Chinese companies are starting

06:06to prepare industrial lines that would be capable of producing thousands of these robots at the same

06:11time. The new facility also uses digital twins, developed in partnership with Siemens. In practice,

06:17there is now a virtual representation of the factory that allows simulating processes,

06:21testing changes, and identifying possible problems before applying them to the physical line.

06:26And Ubitec is trying to make this line even more flexible. Instead of building a different factory

06:31for each type of robot, the same infrastructure can be adapted to produce different models according to

06:35demand. And this is particularly important for them because the company is already putting its

06:40humanoid robots to work in real industrial environments. Models like Walker have been tested

06:45in factories and operations involving companies in the automotive, electronics and logistics sectors.

06:51So now the challenge is starting to change a little bit, right? It's no longer just

06:55proving that a humanoid robot can carry a box, sort components or perform a specific task.

07:02Now it's about finding out if these machines can really be manufactured in sufficient quantity to

07:08become a truly relevant workforce and put an end to many human jobs. And a production line capable of

07:14producing a new robot every 10 minutes shows that this race is really starting to enter this new phase.

07:21And moving a bit away from robotics and heading into space, SpaceX has just set a new American record.

07:27The Crew-13 mission took astronauts to the International Space Station in just 7 hours and 55 minutes.

07:34This was the fastest trip ever made between Earth and the ISS by a crewed spacecraft from the United States.

07:39For comparison, the previous American record was 12 hours and 33 minutes set back in 2024,

07:44and within SpaceX's own missions, the difference was even greater. Crew-11 had taken approximately 14 hours

07:51and 43 minutes to reach the station. But there's an important detail to mention here, okay? The Dragon didn't

07:58get there just because it flew much faster. A big part of the result came from an extremely favorable

08:03combination between the launch timing and the position of the International Space Station in its orbit.

08:09Normally, after entering space, the capsule needs to perform a sequence of maneuvers to gradually adjust

08:14its orbit and be able to reach the space station at the right point. This time, the orbital geometry

08:20allowed the Dragon to start this chase under particularly favorable conditions. The result was a reduction of

08:26several hours in the journey, and this matters for a reason that goes beyond simply setting a record.

08:31The last time a human crew needs to spend inside a capsule before reaching the station,

08:36the last time they spent coping with cramped conditions, microgravity, and the demands of approach

08:41operations. Still, SpaceX doesn't hold the world record, okay? And that still belongs to Russia,

08:48which in 2020 sent the Soyuz capsule and took its crew to the International Space Station in approximately

08:533 hours and 3 minutes using an extremely fast rendezvous profile.

08:59But reaching the station in less than 8 hours does show how these American crewed missions are also

09:04starting to make this trip shorter and shorter. And considering that the ISS orbits the Earth at an

09:10altitude of approximately 400 kilometers, there's a pretty interesting irony in all of this. Getting to

09:16space can take just a few minutes, we already know that, right? The hard part is finding a station

09:20traveling around the Earth at almost 28,000 kilometers per hour, and a task that normally requires a

09:27highly trained healthcare professional has also started to be automated, okay? The FDA has authorized

09:33in the United States ALETA, from the company Vitresto, a robotic system capable of drawing blood using an

09:39innovative approach. And in clinical trials, when the system identified a suitable vein, it was able to

09:45perform the puncture correctly on the first attempt in 94.5% of cases, the process starts with the

09:51machine itself searching for the best vein. To do this, ALETA combines near-infrared images with

09:57ultrasound, allowing it to observe the blood vessels beneath the skin and determine exactly where the

10:01needle should be inserted. After that, the robot positions the arm, applies the tourniquet, which applies

10:06pressure to the arm, prepares the puncture site, and automatically inserts the needle. But the robot doesn't

10:12stop there. The system can also change the collection tubes, remove and dispose of the needle, and apply

10:17the bandage at the end of the procedure. In practice, a single machine can now handle most of the blood

10:24drawing process. And that doesn't necessarily mean replacing healthcare professionals altogether.

10:29At least for now, one of the proposals is to allow a single human professional, at least at this early

10:34stage here, to supervise up to three ALETA systems simultaneously, intervening when necessary if any

10:40problem occurs. And this technology can help precisely with one of the trickiest parts of a

10:45blood draw, finding a suitable vein. Anyone who's ever had to get poked several times before someone

10:51could find their vein knows exactly the difference this can make, right? But trusting a robot is another

10:56story. And maybe the most interesting thing about all this is realizing where medical automation is

11:00heading, you know? Robots have already been assisting in surgeries for a few years now. Now they're

11:05starting to take over much more common and simpler procedures, which are very repetitive and can be

11:10performed thousands of times every day. And in this case, the change might start with a task that a

11:15lot of people would rather hand over to machine. I don't know if that's true, as long as it really

11:20hits the vein on the first try, right? And while some robots are starting to take on specific tasks,

11:27Digit Robotics is now preparing a new generation of Digit. The idea is to work closer and closer to us,

11:33you see? The company has just introduced Digit 5, a redesigned version of its humanoid robot that's mainly

11:39aimed at factories, warehouses, and logistics operations. And one of the main changes is

11:44precisely in the way the robot reacts to people around it. Traditionally, large industrial robots

11:48work inside areas isolated by fences, sensors, and other safety barriers. And Digit 5 was designed

11:55precisely to reduce this separation. If a person enters its work area, the humanoid can slow down,

12:01change its path, stop, or even sit down, depending on the situation. The idea is to allow us humans and

12:07robots to share the same environment in a much more natural way. But agility also increased the

12:13physical capabilities of its robot. The new model, Digit 5, can carry loads of about 23 kilograms,

12:20that's around 40 more than its previous generation, and it can also reach objects placed at just over 2

12:25meters high. Battery life, however, is still a challenge. Okay, each battery provides only about

12:3190 minutes of operation. But the robot was designed to swap and recharge quickly, taking about 9 minutes

12:38to recover its energy. With this system, Agility claims that its robot Digit can remain productive

12:44for more than 20 hours a day. And there's also another sign that the company is already trying

12:49to take the humanoid robot beyond demonstrations, you see. Agility claims to have accumulated more than

12:55300 million dollars in multi-year orders while they are preparing initial access to Digit 5 for the

13:01first half of 2027. The change seems small, doesn't it? But it's fundamental for the next phase of

13:07robotics. It's not enough to just build a humanoid robot capable of working. If these machines are really

13:13going to occupy factories and warehouses and possibly also our homes, they'll also need to learn to work in

13:18the same space as us, right? And Chlorine Robotics, one of my favorites in this field, has once again

13:25demonstrated one of the most fascinating technologies in humanoid robotics. An artificial hand built to

13:31replicate the mechanics of our own hands. In a new demonstration, the company showed the hand of its

13:36Torso 3 being remotely controlled by a person. And here's a disclaimer, okay? This Torso 3 is part of a

13:42series of platforms that Chlorine Robotics has been using to develop the upper body of its future androids.

13:48And there is indeed a reason why these robots look so different from most humanoid robots we're used

13:53to seeing. Chlorine doesn't just want to build machines shaped like a person with metal parts all

13:59over their bodies. The company is trying to replicate the actual architecture, the architecture of the

14:04human body. Instead of relying solely on electric motors and conventional gears, their robots use a

14:10musculoskeletal structure made up of artificial bones, artificial tendons, and the so-called myofibers.

14:16These are the artificial muscles developed by the company itself.

14:20The long-term ambition is to build what Chlorine Robotics describes as perfect

14:25musculoskeletal androids. And it all started with the hands. The logic is relatively simple for them.

14:31Practically, our entire world was built to be used by hands like ours, right? Door handles, tools,

14:37keyboards, cups, cutlery, machines? If a robot has a hand that's similar enough to ours, theoretically it

14:45doesn't need the whole environment to be redesigned for it to use. That's why Chlorine Robotics claims

14:51that their hand was developed to combine strength, speed, range of motion, and precision that are close

14:57to human capabilities. And it's exactly this technology that now appears in the Torso 3. And something really

15:03interesting to mention is the way this hand was built. Instead of relying only on motors installed

15:08directly in the joints, Chlorine tries to reproduce part of human anatomy itself by using structures

15:13equivalent to muscles and tendons, which in this case would be artificial. When these systems are

15:19activated, they pull the fingers in a way similar to how our muscles actually move the bones in our hands.

15:26And this allows for movements that are still extremely difficult for robots, holding objects with

15:31different shapes, as well as controlling the force applied by the fingers, and performing delicate

15:36movements that require coordination between several joints at the same time. The demonstration, as already

15:41mentioned, was still carried out by teleoperation, meaning we're not seeing a hand autonomously deciding

15:47how it will perform all the tasks. And there's another important detail in all of this. The hand shown in

15:52this demonstration was built in April of this year and represents, according to Chlorine itself, the latest

15:58generation of the company's old hand project. And in the last six months, the entire system has

16:03undergone a redesign aimed mainly at improving simulation and control capabilities. And this work

16:09should be showcased in the next platform. And Chlorine Robotics is preparing Torso 4 for November, you know?

16:14This is a machine with almost no electronic components, created to perform stationary tasks in

16:19professional environments using its two arms. The company describes its goal in a very ambitious way,

16:25to build Torso with capabilities close to those of humans which would be fully capable of automating

16:31stationary b-manual tasks currently performed by humans. The idea is that, in the future,

16:36instead of building a different machine for each task, a system like this one, with arms and hands

16:41similar enough to ours, can use tools and objects that were already designed exclusively for us, human

16:47beings. And what impresses me the most about all this is that the project isn't supposed to end with Torso,

16:52okay? Chlorine has already presented its vision of a complete Android BPD model designed both for

16:58individuals and for companies maintaining the same biomimetic approach. Have you ever thought about

17:02having a robot like that for yourself? It's a little scary. And to wrap up, Figure decided to say goodbye

17:10to a generation of its humanoid robots in a rather, let's say, cinematic way. The company released a video

17:16showing one of its F-02 robots, an earlier version, being slowly lowered into a structure full of molten

17:22metal. And that scene looks familiar, doesn't it? And it's no coincidence, you know? Figure recreated the

17:29famous final sequence from Terminator 2 when the T-800 sacrifices itself by being lowered into molten metal,

17:34and the reference goes all the way to the last seconds. As it disappears, the F-02 raises its arm

17:41and gives the

17:42classic thumbs up sign before being completely covered. But behind the joke, there's the end of a stage

17:47that's very important for the company. The F-02 belongs to the generation that helped Figure develop and test

17:52technologies that were later used in their more recent humanoid robots. It was with machines from this

17:58phase that the company made progress in tasks like manipulation, locomotion, and the use of artificial

18:03intelligence to be able to control robots in environments designed for us human beings. And Figure also started

18:08placing its humanoid robots in real industrial environments. Okay? Including tests at the BMW

18:14factory in the United States. And since then, the technology has advanced a lot and very quickly.

18:19Okay? The company has already introduced new generations of hardware, its own artificial

18:23intelligence systems, and also a strategy increasingly focused on turning humanoid robots that were

18:28experimental up until now into machines capable of performing useful work in the real world.

18:32That's why the destruction of F-02 in this video works almost like a symbolic retirement.

18:37It's important to make it clear that it doesn't mean all the company's old robots are literally being

18:43thrown into morten metal. Okay? It's a farewell created especially to mark the end of a generation.

18:49And the choice of the Terminator is also ironic in a way that's hard to ignore, isn't it?

18:53For a long time, Hollywood used humanoid robots like the T-800 to imagine a future where machines would

18:59become more and more like us. Now, real companies are building bipedal robots capable of walking,

19:05manipulating objects, working in factories, learning new tasks, and even looking a lot like us, right?

19:11But at least this time, it was a human who decided to send the robot into the molten metal. I

19:15don't

19:15know if the robot would choose that, right? And apparently, the F-02 took it all in stride,

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