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🤖 Robot has 1000 muscles, 206 bones, a nervous and skeletal systems
Arun Sagar
April 15, 2025
Happy Tuesday! 👋 Have you heard about a person called David Baker? He is a scientist and a biochemistry professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He won the Nobel Prize for designing proteins that can be used in drugs, vaccines, materials, and sensors.
After the Trump administration began cutting funding for 🧑🔬 scientific research, 15 of Baker’s graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are looking to leave the US. A poll of more than 1,200 scientists found that a shocking 75 percent are considering leaving the country. Is this right, what’d you think? Read More
TECH
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A Robotic Startup shared its ‘most anatomically accurate android in the world’, says it flexes its 1000 muscles
Clone Robotics, a robotic startup has shared footage of their most anatomically accurate robot and the video shows it flexes its 1000 muscles. There have been other companies like Tesla working on Optimus bot or Unitree Robotics performing awesome kung fu moves. “Protoclone, the world’s first bipedal, musculoskeletal android“, the company said on X.
Protoclone frails its legs, hands, and fingers. The company says its robot has 200 degrees of freedom, 500 sensors, and 1000 myofibers. That’s why it can mimic lifelike muscles as in the clip. Along with muscles, the robot has a ‘skeletal system‘ with 206 ‘bones’ to match the human body and a ‘nervous system’ made up of cameras and pressure sensors that allow the bot to ‘see‘ and ‘feel‘. Watch the video here
BUSINESS
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s first day on Historic Antitrust Trial
Mark took to the witness stand of a historic antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations it illegally monopolized the social media market. This trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups bought more than a decade ago which has evolved into social media powerhouses.
During the trial, Matheson asked regarding communication sent to colleagues that illustrated Zuckerberg’s frustration with a lack of progress on developing a photo-sharing app to compete with Instagram. The trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s ability to challenge Big Tech. It claims Meta acquired the social media monopoly illegally. Read More
AI
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Salesforce AI already writes 20% of Salesforce’s code. But developers aren’t worried at all. Here’s why.
Senior VP of Salesforce AI, Jayesh Govindarajan said, “About 20% of all APEX code written in the last 30 days came from Agentforce (AI)“. Yet, Salesforce’s developers aren’t disappearing. They’re evolving. In Salesforce, the first draft of code will be developed by Agentforce and developers are becoming more like technology pilots. “You move from a purely technical role to a more strategic one” Govindarajan explained. Read More
GOOD TO KNOW
On This Day: On 1912 April 15, a British luxury passenger liner 🛳️ Titanic sank hitting an iceberg and around 1500 people died.
Fun Riddle: I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I? SOURCE
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