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00:00Thailand's Songkran Festival went next level when the Royal Thai Police rolled out AI Police Cyborg 1.0,
00:10a Robocop-style bot with 360-degree cameras and real-time facial recognition AI.
00:16Over in California Labs, Disney Research introduced a humanoid robot that mirrors your shyness or excitement on the spot,
00:23and in Beijing, 21 bipedal bots lined up against 10,000 humans in a half-marathon, finishing more than an hour behind.
00:31Meanwhile, Vegas is gearing up for Autonomous, the world's first fully AI-operated hotel,
00:36and Okado's robotic arms are already packing over 30 million groceries a year using computer vision,
00:43reinforcement learning, and diffusion-based generative AI. So let's talk about it.
00:49Alright, let's kick things off in central Thailand, where the Songkran Festival turns the city into a massive water-throwing extravaganza for the Thai New Year.
00:59On April 17, 2025, the Royal Thai Police unveiled Pol Kol Nakhon Patham Plod Pai, which literally means Nakhon Patham is safe.
01:10But it's not a person, it's a Robocop-style AI Police Cyborg 1.0.
01:16Picture a towering, uniformed robot officer standing guard on Tansen Road in the Muang district of Nakhon Patham Province,
01:23decked out in the same dark blue garb you'd see on any local cop.
01:27This thing is stationary for now, but it's anything but passive.
01:31It's fitted with smart 360-degree cameras that don't just roll tape, they feed live footage into an AI system.
01:38That system pulls in video from nearby CCTV and even drone surveillance, then runs it all through onboard video analytics chips.
01:46Everything loops back to the province's command and control center, so if anything sketchy happens, human officers get real-time alerts.
01:54And, like, these aren't basic motion detectors. We're talking facial recognition that can flag individuals on a blacklist,
02:01suspect tracking that follows you through the crowd, and advanced searches based on, get this, clothing color, body type, even gender.
02:08It can also spot blades, wooden sticks, and things that look like weapons.
02:12But it smartly ignores water guns, because, well, that's the whole point of Songkran, right?
02:17Last but not least, it monitors behavior for anything violent or disruptive.
02:22Fighting, shoving, that sort of thing.
02:24This project is a collaboration between Provincial Police Region 7, Nakhon Patham Provincial Police, and the Nakhon Patham Municipality.
02:32According to the RTP's Facebook post, they're hoping this marks a new era of tech-enhanced public safety at big events.
02:39And it's not alone. Back in March, Shenzhen, China rolled out humanoid patrol robots that can interact with pedestrians and follow voice commands.
02:48So it looks like Asia is in a full-blown AI policing arms race.
02:53Now, let's switch to Disney research. On April 13, 2025, they introduced a humanoid robot that reads and reflects human feelings in real time.
03:03Imagine a little Wally-looking character, but with a face and body language that shows shyness, excitement, friendliness, all in real time.
03:12And real time is the key here. As you interact, it picks up your cues and mirrors your emotion almost instantly.
03:18Under the hood, Disney's team uses a two-part AI model.
03:22A diffusion process for smooth, continuous motions, think waving or leaning in.
03:28And a classifier for discrete actions like saying hello or gesturing a thumbs up.
03:33During training, a human operator remotely guided the robot's responses using social intuition.
03:39If someone approaches shyly, the operator makes the robot shy back.
03:44Those guided interactions get recorded, fed into the AI, and boom, you've got an autonomous machine that can emulate natural gestures on its own.
03:52But perhaps the real star is Newton, an open-source physics engine built by Disney research with NVIDIA and Google DeepMind.
04:00Newton addresses the sim-to-real gap by simulating ultra-realistic virtual environments where robots learn everything from handling soft objects to balancing on uneven ground before entering the real world.
04:14It's got differentiable physics so the robot can optimize moves by simulating outcomes.
04:19It's extensible so you can teach robots to interact with food, fabric, whatever.
04:24And it runs on NVIDIA's warp tech, making simulations up to 100 times faster than the old school.
04:31Disney's already using Newton to supercharge its robotic characters, like the Star Wars-inspired BDX droids they showed at NVIDIA's GTC keynote earlier this year.
04:40Those bots not only act in theme park performances, but can backflip playout scenes, you name it.
04:45Kyle Laughlin, SVP of Walt Disney Imagineering R&D, says,
04:49They're building a new generation of robotic storytellers, machines that don't just assist, but actually connect with people, make them laugh, maybe even tear up a little.
04:58And yeah, they can pull off a perfect side-flip acrobatics move that would put some gymnasts to shame.
05:04Next, we're in Beijing on April 19, 2025, for the world's first human vs. humanoid half-marathon.
05:12So a 21-kilometer race, about 13 miles, winding through the E-Town district.
05:19There were 10,000 human runners and 21 bipedal robots from companies like DroidVP, Notix Robotics, and the Beijing Innovation Center of Human Robotics.
05:29Heights ranged from under 1.2 meters to nearly 1.8 meters.
05:33Some even sported boxing gloves and headbands for style points.
05:37Every so often, humans hit a water station.
05:40The robots got tuned up at aid stations with fresh batteries and technical tweaks from their engineers.
05:46And let's just say the robots didn't stand much of a chance.
05:49The winner among humans clocked in at 1 hour, 11 minutes, 7 seconds.
05:54The fastest robot, Tiangong Ultra, rolled through the finish line in 2 hours and 40 minutes, over an hour and a half behind.
06:02Others fell over right at the start.
06:04One bot collapsed and lay motionless before an engineer picked it up.
06:08Another slammed into a barrier, taking its handler down with it.
06:12Organizers made it clear it was more of a tech demo than a competition.
06:16They never expected the robots to win.
06:19Alan Fern, a robotics professor at Oregon State University, pointed out that while these demos highlight feats of agility, running, dancing,
06:27they don't really speak to practical intelligence or useful work.
06:32But China's government is pouring investments into AI and robotics as a way to drive economic growth and catch up with the US.
06:39You know, creating new engines of industry and all that.
06:42Still, not everyone's down on the spectacle.
06:45Tang Zhen, CTO of Tiangong Labs, says the focus is shifting from flashy stunts to real-world applications.
06:52Industrial tasks, factory work, even household chores.
06:55And He Xu, a local AI engineer watching from the sidelines, said,
06:59I feel I'm witnessing the evolution of robots and AI.
07:03So while the bots may not break any speed records, the event makes it obvious.
07:07Bipedal robots are evolving.
07:09And we're only at the beginning.
07:11Okay, let's switch gears now to Sin City, Las Vegas, where something wild is about to open.
07:16Autonomous, the world's first hotel fully powered by AI.
07:20Written up on April 19, 2025, by Bibiana Palacios, this place will boast 550 rooms, each a generous 856 square feet.
07:31Every suite is tricked out with artificial intelligence systems that learn your preferences,
07:35like how you take your morning coffee, and even generate a personalized avatar during digital check-in.
07:41There are two patented AI engines at work here.
07:44First is FIRO, the reservation engine that uses optimization algorithms to allocate rooms
07:48and let you customize your stay with different setups, views, gaming consoles, whatever floats your boat.
07:53Then there's KEE, which acts as your digital room key and virtual assistant.
07:58No front desk, no receptionist, just tap your phone or talk to the room,
08:02and KEE handles everything from unlocking the door to ordering extra towel.
08:06Don't worry if you miss the human touch. Autonomous has you covered.
08:10Guests who want old school service can opt out of some tech features and get a more traditional face-to-face concierge experience.
08:17The hotel is slated to open in May 2025, with base rates starting around $300 per night.
08:24And if you're wondering how AI like this even works, Autonomous breaks it down in plain English.
08:29AI systems absorb tons of data, images, text, voice, then use algorithms to spot patterns, make decisions, and improve over time.
08:38They describe four development stages, reactive AI, which has no memory, limited memory AI, which learns from recent data,
08:46theory of mind AI, still in development, that could understand human beliefs and emotions,
08:52and self-aware AI, purely theoretical at this point.
08:55So while Autonomous is pushing the envelope in hospitality, they're also showing you a little roadmap of how AI evolves.
09:02Last, but definitely not least, let's look at how AI is transforming grocery supply chains.
09:08And spoiler alert, it's not in a fancy hotel or on a street corner.
09:12It's in the back room of your favorite online supermarket.
09:15On April 15, 2025, Libby Hargraves highlighted Ocado's On-Grid Robotic Pick System, OGR for short,
09:24which blends computer vision, machine learning, and smart sensors into robotic arms that pick and pack groceries.
09:31In 2024 alone, OGR picked over 30 million individual items in Ocado's warehouses.
09:38That's not a typo, 30 million.
09:40And it's only a small number of arms, too, delivering huge productivity gains.
09:44These arms aren't just following pre-programmed motions.
09:47They observe human demonstrators, use reinforcement learning to refine their technique based on success or failure,
09:53and employ behavior cloning to mimic the way humans handle delicate strawberries or awkward-shaped jars.
09:59Each arm is bristling with sensors, cameras to identify the product and its packaging,
10:04pressure sensors to gauge grip strength so it won't crush an egg carton,
10:08and motion sensors for smooth, precise movement.
10:11And because these robots share what they learn, if one figures out how to pick a tricky pair without bruising it,
10:17that knowledge propagates across the fleet.
10:20Now, Ocado is also dipping into generative AI with diffusion models.
10:24Traditionally, generative models are for art and text,
10:27but here they're used to help robots generalize skills to new items they haven't seen before.
10:31In practical terms, that means faster onboarding of new products and even finer levels of efficiency.
10:37Ocado says this combo of reinforcement learning, behavior cloning, and diffusion tech is redefining supply chains worldwide,
10:44making them more resilient, adaptive, and intelligent without expanding physical warehouse space or over-relying on human labor.
10:52And that's a wrap. Robot cops in Thailand, marathon bots in Beijing, emotional Disney droids an AI hotel in Vegas, and Ocado's packing arms.
11:022025's AI scene is bonkers. What amaze you most? Drop a comment, like, and don't forget to subscribe.
11:09Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one.
