World's First Factory for Humanoid Robots Coming

05 December 2023 01:06 PM EST

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A robotics manufacturing facility with plans to produce 10,000 two-legged robots per year is set to open in 2024 in Salem, Oregon.

Agility Robotics' RoboFab manufacturing plant will be the first to mass-produce human-like robots, the company said.

Bipedal robots could be more dexterous and versatile in industrial settings than their currently operational prototypes — a possibility that has not escaped China, which recently set a goal of mass-producing human-like robots by 2025.

The RoboFab facility, described by Agility Robotics' CEO Damion Shelton as "the world's first purpose-built humanoid robot factory, is slated to open in early 2024, according to Axios.

"We've placed a very high priority on just getting robots out there as fast as possible," Shelton, who's also a co-founder of the robotics company, told the outlet. "Our big plan is that we want to get to general-purpose humanoids as soon as we can."

The company makes a highly sought-after robot named Digit that's being tested by Amazon, which it says is the first commercially available human-like robot designed to work in warehouses.

Since its founding in 2015, Agility has produced approximately 100 robots and plans to move production of Digit from its robot factory in Tangent, Oregon, to the new 70,000-square-foot RoboFab facility, Axios reported.

Production will initially be in the hundreds, but RoboFab is ultimately "going to have a significantly larger capacity of 10,000 robots per year, peak," Shelton told Axios.

Amazon, which uses a variety of robots in its warehouses, recently announced it is testing Digit at a lab just south of Seattle.

"Our initial use for this technology will be to help employees with tote recycling, a highly repetitive process of picking up and moving empty totes once inventory has been completely picked out of them," Amazon said in a press release.

At 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, Digit reportedly can plug itself in when it needs to be recharged, and Amazon says the robot "can move, grasp, and handle items in spaces and corners of warehouses in novel ways." It's "size and shape" are also "well suited for buildings that are designed for humans."

Amazon was reportedly part of a $150 million funding round that Agility completed last year through the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund.

"We're excited about Agility — we've been working closely with them since about April of last year," Tye Brady, Amazon's chief roboticist, told Axios. "I'm curious about the bipedal nature. I'm curious about mobility in general."

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/robots-manufacturing-oregon/2023/12/05/id/1144828/

Trump Media drops Nextstar from defamation suit over 'falsely' reporting Truth Socials financials

Updated: December 5, 2023 3:29pm

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which operates Truth Social, has dismissed its defamation claim against Nexstar Media Group and its subsidies related to a story last month about the platform’s financial situation, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by Just the News.

The media group filed a defamation and “injurious falsehoods” suit Nov. 20 against 20 media outlets alleging that days earlier they “falsely” reported Truth Social had lost $73 million.

The agreement between Trump Media and Nexstar was signed Monday in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida.

Among the subsidiaries are Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., which produces content under the brand “The Hill.”

The outlets cited in the lawsuit include The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, the Miami Herald and its executive director Alex Mena, Reuters, Rolling Stone, The Hill, Deadline Hollywood, Benzinga, Axios, the Daily Beast, Salon, New York Daily News, Newsweek, MSNBC, Mediaite Daily and CNBC.

Trump media sought $1.5 billion in damages in the original suit, according to Bloomberg.

Trump media said in a statement related to the deal that legal action will still continue with the remaining defendants and that it and Nexstar, which has retracted the story, have agreed to resolve their dispute outside of court.

“TMTG and Nexstar have agreed to resolve their dispute outside of court, to both parties’ mutual satisfaction,” the sides said in a mutually agreed upon statement.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-media-drops-nextstar-defamation-suit-over-falsely-reporting-truth

NASA Currently Tracking 20,000 Or More Near-Earth Asteroids

December 05, 2023

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently tracking more than 20,000 asteroids moving closer and closer toward Earth, according to a report published Tuesday.

There are simply millions of asteroids hovering around between Mars and Jupiter, of which at least 600,000 have been identified, and a handful are gradually escaping this cluster and getting closer to Earth, The Mirror reported. NASA scientists claim to watch these asteroids closely, but historical evidence would suggest otherwise.

In the past two years alone, countless asteroids have made their way into Earth’s atmosphere without NASA bothering to send out its bat signal. One of these asteroids was so huge it would have been a planet-killer had it hit, but it thankfully broke up as it entered our atmosphere, scientists believe. Where was NASA when this happened? Nowhere to be found, that’s where.

Everyone seems to underestimate the cataclysmic power of asteroids. Whenever I post about them on Twitter, I’m met with the typical idiot eye-rolls and yelled at for fear-mongering.

But is it really fear-mongering when data suggests an asteroid impact is the real reason our Last Glacial Maximum ended so abruptly after the Younger Dryas? There’s evidence this impact sent our relatively technologically advanced species back into the stone age. Oh, and then there was that one asteroid, which was so powerful it turned dinosaurs into chickens, as author and researcher Graham Hancock so eloquently said. (RELATED: Asteroid NASA Hit In Diversion Mission Is Acting So Mysteriously, An Investigation Was Launched)

And while it’s great how NASA claims to be surveying these asteroids in order to mitigate an impact, I’ve yet to see any evidence they’d be able to do a damn thing if one of these giant space rocks was on a direct collision course with our planet.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/20000-near-earth-asteroids-tracked-nasa-2023/

RNC Issues Lawsuit Warning. Alleges Irregularities in Nevada’ Voter Rolls

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The RNC said that a lawsuit will be filed against the state if nothing is done.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) took action, sending a letter to Nevada’s Secretary of State, alleging discrepancies in voter registration figures and hinting at potential legal steps to ensure electoral integrity.

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel emphasized the necessity for Nevada to verify eligible voters, pointing to claimed violations of the National Voter Registration Act based on a comparison between public voter registration records and census data.

Highlighting concerns, the letter pointed to several counties with high voter registration rates, including three with over 100 percent registration in relation to the adult citizen population.

Notably, Clark County, encompassing Las Vegas and Henderson, and Washoe County, home to Reno, exhibited rates exceeding 90 percent, raising questions about the accuracy of Nevada’s voter rolls.

While the Nevada Secretary of State’s office has yet to respond to the RNC’s claims, the letter urged collaborative efforts to maintain accurate voter rolls and protect the election process. However, it hinted at potential legal actions if a satisfactory response isn’t received, threatening a lawsuit seeking remedies for the alleged issues identified.

This development follows former President Trump’s prior claims about Nevada’s election practices, escalating tensions that prompted a response from Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General, Aaron Ford, affirming the state’s measures to safeguard mail-in ballots and election integrity.

“State of Nevada ‘thinks’ that they can send out illegal vote by mail ballots, creating a great Voter Fraud scenario for the State and the U.S.,” he said at the time. “They can’t! If they do, ‘I think’ I can hold up funds to the State. Sorry, but you must not cheat in elections.”

https://thefirstlightreport.com/irregularities-in-nevada-voter-rolls/