Nov 5, 2026 · 26 min · 16 segments
In the latest robot developments, Steve Caplin discusses robots that can mine and cut overgrown trees beside railways, as well as those which have established a world record for synchronised dancing…
Simon RoseHostStarting with a Chinese company called Neodra Dynamics, who have introduced their Neo One robot.
And this is a robot that they say should be used for things like mining and heavy lifting because it's four meters tall.
It's a humanoid robot and it's four meters tall, which is very, very tall indeed.
And at the moment it is remote controlled from a PC because fortunately they have yet to build the AI into it, which I think is something to be thankful for.
Watch out for giant robots somewhere near you, perhaps not in the very near future.
But another thing you should watch out for is, is the problem that Japanese railways are having with overgrown trees.
They have people to go and cut the trees back, but people don't want to work at night.
They have two arms, one which can grip and the other one which waves a chainsaw around.
Starting with a Chinese company called Neodra Dynamics, who have introduced their Neo One robot.
And this is a robot that they say should be used for things like mining and heavy lifting because it's four meters tall.
It's a humanoid robot and it's four meters tall, which is very, very tall indeed.
And at the moment it is remote controlled from a PC because fortunately they have yet to build the AI into it, which I think is something to be thankful for.
Watch out for giant robots somewhere near you, perhaps not in the very near future.
But another thing you should watch out for is, is the problem that Japanese railways are having with overgrown trees.
They have people to go and cut the trees back, but people don't want to work at night.
They have two arms, one which can grip and the other one which waves a chainsaw around.
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