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Meet the ‘Landlords in the Stratosphere’
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This Robot Hit a 99.6% Success Rate
This robot achieved a 99.6% success rate over an eight-hour test. But when a single failure can stop an entire production line, how reliable do robots actually need to be? Mbodi co-founder Xavier Chi explains why reliability is one of robotics’ biggest real-world challenges on Build Mode. Watch the full episode:
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@davekaz4678
July 17, 2025 at 10:28 am
Slick free advertising
@lindapagan9326
July 17, 2025 at 1:44 pm
It was originally $20,000.00 all of a sudden it’s 25k? Nope
@BastardBrad
July 17, 2025 at 2:29 pm
It was always 25k…but trump.did away with the ev credit.
@johnwhiskey1152
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 am
You know that ev credit isn’t free right? You just pay more taxes elsewhere to compensate for it
@rockinkuwaitchris
July 18, 2025 at 3:58 pm
Well it was “under 20k” and now it’s “mid 20’s, price subject to change, plus fees”. So they lost the $7500 tax credit meaning that “mid” 20k price is likely going to be $27k or a bit more, as long as it doesn’t have any more price creep.
@francistesoro7625
July 18, 2025 at 7:15 pm
25k?? It started at 20. Soon to be 30