https://y8y.ai/en/ Robotics told as human stories: verified robot pages, data-backed research and the person behind every machine. en https://y8y.ai/en/stories/la-noche-en-que-china-saco-a-bailar-a-sus-robots/ https://y8y.ai/en/stories/la-noche-en-que-china-saco-a-bailar-a-sus-robots/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT China dominates world robotics by numbers that leave no room for debate: it installs 51% of the planet's industrial robots (276,288 units in 2023 alone, per the IFR) and is the only country with 1.8 million robots operating in its factories. On January 28, 2025, it turned that advantage into a show: 16 Unitree humanoids danced the yangge on the most-watched TV gala in the world, and three weeks later their founder, Wang Xingxing, sat in the front row before Xi Jinping. This is the story of that night and of what it means. historias y8y https://y8y.ai/en/research/cirugia-robotica/ https://y8y.ai/en/research/cirugia-robotica/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Robotic surgery is minimally invasive surgery where the surgeon operates from a console and a robot executes their movements with added precision: the robot decides nothing. Spain has about 160 da Vinci systems, 64% of them in public healthcare (around 80 public hospitals), and its main use is prostatectomy for prostate cancer. In private care, that operation costs 20,000 to 22,000 euros without insurance. investigacion y8y https://y8y.ai/en/stories/el-millonario-que-regala-el-fondo-del-mar/ https://y8y.ai/en/stories/el-millonario-que-regala-el-fondo-del-mar/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Gabe Newell, Valve co-founder and creator of Steam, has ordered the most capable ocean research vessel ever built: the RV11000, 162 meters and about 700 million euros ($815 million), which from 2030 will operate robots and submersibles down to 11,000 meters. All the data from its expeditions will be published in open scientific repositories, free for any researcher in the world. historias y8y https://y8y.ai/en/stories/los-catorce-fracasos-antes-de-roomba/ https://y8y.ai/en/stories/los-catorce-fracasos-antes-de-roomba/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT The Roomba was created by Rodney Brooks, Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, three engineers from MIT's AI lab who founded iRobot in 1990. They tried fourteen business models (space robots, toys, military robots) across twelve years before launching, in 2002, the $199.95 vacuum that turned the robot into a household appliance. historias y8y https://y8y.ai/en/research/demos-puestas-en-escena/ https://y8y.ai/en/research/demos-puestas-en-escena/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Many famous robot demos are real as hardware but not as autonomy: in 2021 Tesla introduced its robot with a dancer in a costume, in 2024 the Optimus units at the 'We, Robot' party chatted while guided by remote operators, and in 2025 1X’s home robot Neo did its entire press demo teleoperated by a person. The pattern isn’t lying about the machine: it’s letting the public assume an autonomy that doesn’t exist yet. investigacion y8y https://y8y.ai/en/research/coste-automatizar-almacen/ https://y8y.ai/en/research/coste-automatizar-almacen/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Automating a warehouse with robots costs from about $20,000-45,000 per mobile robot (AMR) up to $2-6 million for a full automated-storage system: a typical goods-to-person project runs $500,000-2,000,000 and pays back in 18-24 months. With the rental model (RaaS) you can start with no big upfront investment, paying a monthly fee per robot. investigacion y8y https://y8y.ai/en/research/amr-vs-agv/ https://y8y.ai/en/research/amr-vs-agv/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT The difference between an AMR and an AGV is who decides the route: an AGV follows a fixed path marked on the floor (magnetic tape, wire or QR codes) and stops if something blocks it, while an AMR builds its own map with SLAM, computes the route in real time and drives around obstacles. The AGV costs less per unit ($15,000-80,000) and pays back in 6-12 months on fixed, high-volume routes; the AMR ($25,000-150,000) wins in warehouses that change, because it installs in hours and reconfigures with no construction. investigacion y8y https://y8y.ai/en/stories/el-dia-que-amazon-compro-los-robots/ https://y8y.ai/en/stories/el-dia-que-amazon-compro-los-robots/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Amazon bought Kiva Systems in March 2012 for $775 million and stopped selling its robots to the rest of the world. That decision orphaned Kiva’s customers and forced the industry to invent its own robots: out of it came Locus Robotics and much of today’s warehouse-AMR sector. historias y8y https://y8y.ai/en/research/teleoperado-vs-autonomo/ https://y8y.ai/en/research/teleoperado-vs-autonomo/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT An autonomous robot decides its own actions using its sensors and software; a teleoperated robot is driven by a person at a distance, even if the human never appears on camera. Between the two sits assisted autonomy: the robot works alone almost always and calls a human for the rare cases. The difference isn’t how the machine moves, it’s who makes the decisions in real time. investigacion y8y