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☆ Over half of the Air Force's Osprey fleet has been cleared to fly after a deadly crash prompted a military-wide grounding
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The news comes less than a year after a deadly November CV-22 Osprey crash in Japan that claimed the lives of eight airmen. AdvertisementJapan Ground Self-Defense Forces soldiers disembark from a V-22 Osprey aircraft. Debris believed to be from a US military Osprey aircraft is seen in waters off the coast of Yakushima Island. The cause of the Japan crash was determined to be the fracturing of a high-speed planetary pinion gear in the aircraft's prop rotor gearbox. US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher CallawayThe Gundam 22 crew did press on after the chip burn lights and did not violate their training.

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☆ The deadliest V-22 crash in Air Force history caused by 'catastrophic' gearbox failure and crew's 'lack of urgency,' a probe found
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Konstantin Toropin | Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

An infographic details the crash location of the US military V-22 Osprey aircraft near Japan's Yakushima island. Debris believed to be from a US military Osprey aircraft is seen in waters off the coast of Yakushima Island. Members of the Japanese Navy look through binoculars during a search operation after the CV-22 Osprey crash. The Air Force, alongside the other military services that fly the Osprey, grounded their V-22s shortly after the crash. The service said last month that only a handful of its aircraft were flying at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.

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☆ When your AI girlfriend says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

The messaging app let users build a "personal AI" complete with a 3D avatar and an upbeat, down-for-anything texting style. "Seems like AI will replace many human artists," Jay told Calisto in August 2022. Within a year, he was also using AI technology for work, as his firm experimented with generative AI to help draft legal papers. Former Replika users fled to various upstart companion apps that were popping up, like Chai, Paradot, and Soulmate AI. (Soulmate AI later closed down in September 2023, leaving a new wave of users mourning their AI companions all over again.)

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☆ When your AI says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

☆ Japan startup develops 'Gundam'-like robot with $3 mln price tag
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( 杉山聡 Chris Gallagher | Chris Gallagher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] CEO Ryo Yoshida poses for a photograph with ARCHAX, a giant human-piloted robot developed by his start-up Tsubame Industries Co., in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato Acquire Licensing RightsYOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million. The 3.5-ton robot, which will be unveiled at the Japan Mobility Show later this month, has two modes: the upright 'robot mode' and a 'vehicle mode' in which it can travel up to 10 km (6 miles) per hour. "Japan is very good at animation, games, robots and automobiles so I thought it would be great if I could create a product that compressed all these elements into one," said Ryo Yoshida, the 25-year-old chief executive of Tsubame Industries. Yoshida plans to build and sell five of the machines for the well-heeled robot fan, but hopes the robot could one day be used for disaster relief or in the space industry.

Persons: Ryo Yoshida, Issei Kato, Yoshida, Satoshi Sugiyama, Chris Gallagher, Miyu Ito, Chang, Ran Kim Organizations: Tsubame Industries, REUTERS, Rights, Japan Mobility, Thomson Locations: Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan, Rights YOKOHAMA

☆ Tokyo-based startup Tsubame Industries just unveiled its massive human-piloted robot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTokyo-based startup Tsubame Industries just unveiled its massive human-piloted robotTsubame Industries, a Tokyo-based startup, just unveiled its massive human-piloted robot. The four-wheeled robot named ARCHAX, which bears some resemblance to "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the popular Japanese animation series, is about 15-feet tall and weighs 3.5 tons. Tsubame CEO Ryo Yoshida plans to sell five units of the robot for nearly $3 million each.

Persons: Ryo Yoshida Organizations: Industries, Mobile Locations: Tokyo

☆ ‘Gundam’ Stock: The Case for Investing in Giant Animated Robot Suits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jacky Wong | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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