But will they improve our lives? With a firm yet delicate grip, a robot hand at the Robotics and Biology Laboratory at the Technical University of Berlin picks up a flower with its pneumatic fingers.

The SO-100 was developed in partnership with a startup called The Robot Studio. Hugging Face also collaborated with the company on the HopeJR, the first new robot that debuted this week.

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Automakers and suppliers are a big focus of the automation industry. About half of North American robot sales go into car manufacturing, and many robot companies have a home base in Metro Detroit.

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