This robot lawnmower is designed to pick fruit and throw your dog a ball

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The Master X Series Concept is capable of “trimming, weeding, fruit picking, and even pet interaction,” according to NexLawn’s press release. A 3D animated video demo shows the mower throwing a ball for a dog, for example, though it’s hard to picture a pooch that would engage positively with such a visibly not human-looking device.

https://www.theverge.com/news/772045/nexlawn-master-x-series-concept-robot-lawnmower

Samsung’s Ballie robot launches in the US ‘this Summer’ with Gemini in tow

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image via 9to5google.com

After years of teasing, Samsung is finally gearing up to launch its Ballie robot “this Summer,” with the company teaming up with Google to leverage Gemini on the helpful home robot. Samsung first showed off Ballie in early 2020, but the project has been delayed and reimagined in the years since. At CES 2024, the company showed off the updated design of Ballie, and has now committed to a “Summer” 2025 release.

https://9to5google.com/2025/04/09/samsung-ballie-gemini-launch-date/

Tesla’s Robots Were Just Remotely Controlled Dummies, Analyst Confirms

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But despite Tesla CEO Elon Musk making a big deal out of artificial intelligence at the event, the robots were teleoperated by humans, a smoke-and-mirrors tech demo that had investors shaking their heads, and raising plenty of questions over Tesla's ability to bring the tech to the masses.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-robots-remotely-controlled-analyst