UBTECH Walker S2: 24/7 Operation via Autonomous Battery Swaps; Astribot Suite: 80% Success in Daily Tasks
Key Takeaways
- UBTECH's Walker S2 robot achieves 24/7 operation via autonomous battery swaps.
- Astribot Suite achieves 80% success rate on general daily tasks.
- Unitree Robotics expands robots into entertainment, sports, and industrial applications.
- arXiv study focuses on ethical frameworks for agentic AI in household environments.
- LLM privacy awareness in social robots shows low human vs. AI agreement.
Top Stories
UBTECH's Walker S2 robot: 24/7 operation with autonomous battery swaps.
UBTECH's Walker S2 robot, developed since 2015, can autonomously change its 48-volt lithium batteries, enabling continuous 24/7 operation for industrial, commercial, and educational applications. Two batteries provide 4 hours of standby or 2 hours of active operation, with a full charge taking over 90 minutes.
Astribot Suite: Robot learning with 80% success on daily tasks.
The Astribot Team introduced Astribot Suite, a robot learning suite for general daily tasks, featuring Astribot S1 with two 7-DoF arms and achieving an average success rate of 80% on various tasks.
Unitree Robotics: Robots in entertainment, sports, and industrial roles.
Unitree Robotics is expanding its robots into entertainment, sports, and industrial roles, including firefighting, seedling monitoring, power inspection, and hazardous terrain navigation.
Ethical frameworks for agentic AI in household automation: arXiv study.
A study published on arXiv on July 21, 2025, focuses on ethical challenges and frameworks for agentic AI in household environments, particularly for vulnerable user groups.
LLM privacy awareness in social robots: Human vs. AI agreement low.
On July 22, 2025, a paper explored LLM privacy awareness in social robots, finding low agreement between humans and LLMs regarding privacy preferences in in-home social robot behaviors.