#ChaiStop# with @ShivAroor | Big regime change 'RaGa'! "It's not in BJP's DNA to be conceding an inch": @bhupendrachaube @PadmajaJoshi argues against denotification of Jantar Mantar as protest site. Listen in.

#ChaiStop# with @ShivAroor | Big regime change 'RaGa'! "The Congress party is absolutely convinced that this story is not going to go away, apparently there's more to come as far as Election Commission is concerned": @bhupendrachaube "For the first time I'm seeing the senior Congress leaders are also rallying behind Rahul Gandhi," he added.

A new season of NDTV ChaiStop begins today, to welcome the ‘poet of politics’ @Rahulshrivstv back! What are we discussing? Is anyone at all enthusing the ‘Gen Z’? 💀 With @PadmajaJoshi @Vasudha156 & @GaurieD too. 9PM @NDTV

From “ships to chips” to “first in my bloodline ”, PM @narendramodi’s IIT Delhi speech reinforces his big spotlight on young aspiration in a time of churn. His Gen Z outreach was central to what we discussed on @NDTV’s ChaiStop yesterday. Must watch:

Christoph Schell runs KUKA, the company that built one of the first industrial robots, Famulus, in 1973 and now has close to 600,000 robots working in factories around the world. Now KUKA is betting on physical AI. The idea is to combine the deterministic automation KUKA is known for with robots that understand a situation and act on intent, so that even older machines can learn new tricks. I sat down with Christoph to talk about where the training data for physical AI really comes from, why KUKA is growing faster than the market in China, robotics as a service, and why he sees humanoids as one form factor among many mobile robots rather than a category of their own. Christoph told me why this shift feels different from anything he’s seen before: “We’re not disrupting the old industry. We are evolving it.” This is a conversation about physical AI on real factory floors, the business models that come with it, and why the industry’s deployment timelines may be too ambitious. 00:00 Intro and KUKA’s first robot 00:40 What physical AI changes for existing robots 01:45 KUKA’s installed base and factory data 02:40 Automation 2.0: the bin-picking example 03:35 Selling intent-based automation to factories 04:45 Where physical-AI training data comes from 06:15 What data gets you to the 99,99999% reliability 07:10 Robotics as a service 08:25 KUKA’s growth in China 09:40 What does scaling mean for KUKA? 10:45 Why KUKA built a US AI team? 11:35 Is the robotics timeline too ambitious? 12:53 Humanoids versus other mobile robots 14:35 What industrial leaders will need in 2036 ~~  ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Christopher Lloyd got his first taste of acting in elementary school after a magician invited him onstage. “I was in on the trick, I was funny and 400 kids reacted. I was hooked.” 🔗