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The head of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, reported that the Dnepr group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces ground supply robots on the right bank. According to him, FPV drone operators of the 49th Combined Arms Army were involved. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported strikes on logistics terminals in Kharkiv and on a cargo ship in the Black Sea.
Otabek YusupovA video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with Microduck robot ducklings at the GTC Berlin conference has gone viral. According to Clem Delangue of Hugging Face, pre-orders exceeded 20,000 units in a single day. Microduck is an open-source robot from Pollen Robotics, which Hugging Face acquired in 2025; Hugging Face itself was acquired by Nvidia in September. Deliveries are expected by Christmas.
Javlon TursunovUnitree has unveiled the H2-X security robot based on its H2 platform. In a demo video, the robot jumps from a four-meter platform, strikes a car, pushes a pedestrian away from a vehicle, and lifts the car's front end to extract a mannequin. The company claims the tests are genuine and the video speed was not accelerated. Full technical specifications have not been disclosed; about eight hours of operation on a full charge is claimed.
Sevara AzamovaTesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes the US can solve its record national debt problem only with the help of AI and robots. According to him, the Earth's economy could grow a millionfold, and money would come to be measured in power, mass, and energy. The US national debt, according to the Treasury Department, has approached $40.4 trillion.
Javlon TursunovElon Musk, on The Builders podcast with Walter Isaacson, said that the problem of the growing US national debt can only be solved with the help of AI and robots, since cutting spending is politically unfeasible. He suggested that Donald Trump could change the situation by making fighting the deficit a priority, but in Musk's view, the president avoids unpopular measures.
Javlon TursunovTime magazine has published its list of the 300 best inventions of 2026. It includes Apple's first foldable iPhone, a Dyson electric toothbrush with a built-in camera, the $20,000 1X Neo home humanoid robot, and Lilypad Paint by Adept Materials.
Sardor QodirovThe new film by German director Doris Dörrie, 'Frau Winkler verlässt das Haus', explores ageing, assisted suicide and people's emotional bonds with robots. It is set in the near-future Hamburg, where a care robot with an EOL function assists an elderly woman. Dörrie calls for swift international regulation of AI.
Shahnoza ErgashevaAt the international industrial exhibition CIIF 2026 in China, the four-meter-tall robot Neo1 was presented in cooperation with JD Industrial. It has 41 degrees of freedom, combines hydraulic and electric actuators, and can lift up to 500 kg with two hands. Possible application areas named include assembly of heavy equipment, port operations, the nuclear industry, underwater and mining work, but all of these remain planned and require additional testing.
Sardor QodirovIn Lyngby, Denmark, the startup Hive Robots has been training humanoid robots, together with the Føtex chain (Salling Group), to stock shelves after stores close since June. The robots are trained by an operator wearing VR goggles, and they are manufactured by China's Unitree. By early 2027, the startup hopes for autonomous night-time stocking of individual items.
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