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Time of India
2 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Nvidia, Foxconn in talks to deploy humanoid robots at Houston AI server making plant
Live Events Taiwan's Foxconn and US artificial intelligence chips maker Nvidia are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new Foxconn factory in Houston that will produce Nvidia AI servers, two sources familiar with the matter would be the first time that an Nvidia product will be made with the assistance of humanoid robots and would be Foxconn's first AI server factory to use them on a production line, the sources said.A deployment, expected to be finalised in the coming months, would mark a milestone in the adoption of the human-like robots that promises to transform manufacturing is developing its own humanoid robots with Nvidia and has also trialed humanoids made by China's UBTech. The sources said it was not clear what type of humanoid robots are being planned for use in the Houston factory, what they will look like or how many will be deployed said the two companies are aiming to have the humanoid robots at work by the first quarter of next year when Foxconn's new Houston factory will begin production of Nvidia's GB300 AI while it was not clear what exactly the robots will be doing at the factory, Foxconn has been training them to pick and place objects, insert cables and do assembly work, according to a company presentation in Houston factory was ideally suited to deploy humanoid robots because it will be new and have more space than other existing AI server manufacturing sites, one of the sources and Foxconn declined to sources did not wish to be identified as they are not authorised to speak to the Guo, general manager of the robotics business unit at Foxconn Industrial Internet, a subsidiary of Foxconn that is in charge of the group's AI server business, said last month at an industry event in Taipei that Foxconn plans to showcase at the company's annual technology event in November two versions of humanoid robots that it has of those will be with legs and the other will use a wheeled autonomous mobile robot (AMR) base, which would cost less than the version with legs, he said, without disclosing announced in April that it planned to build AI supercomputer manufacturing factories in Texas, partnering with Foxconn in Houston and Wistron in Dallas. Both sites are expected to ramp up production within 12 to 15 Nvidia, using humanoid robots in the manufacturing of its AI servers represents a further push into the technology as it already supplies humanoid makers with a platform they can use to build such CEO Jensen Huang predicted in March that their wide use in manufacturing facilities was less than five years such as Germany's Mercedes-Benz and BMW have tested the use of humanoids on production lines, while Tesla is developing its own. China has also thrown its weight behind humanoids, betting that many factory tasks will eventually be performed by such robots.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
China evacuates 1,600 from Iran and hundreds from Israel, warns of border congestion
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has evacuated more than 1,600 citizens from Iran and hundreds more from Israel, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, as evacuees clog border crossings amid the intensifying conflict between the two countries. Evacuation efforts are continuing and China has maintained communication with Iran, Israel, Egypt and Oman, spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press conference while calling for immediate measures to cool down tensions as soon as possible. China urges parties to the conflict, especially Israel, to immediately cease fire, Guo said. Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as the conflict showed no signs of a detente nearly a week after Israel first launched what it called "pre-emptive strikes" against Iran. The Chinese embassy in Iran renewed calls for citizens to leave the country via land routes, while also warning people about longer immigration processing time as congestion has formed at two border checkpoints - Astara heading into Azerbaijan and Bajgiran into Turkmenistan. Those border crossing points are 490km (304 miles) and 910km away from Tehran, respectively. Chinese people can also leave Iran via Turkey, Armenia and Iraq, the embassy advised. Earlier on Thursday, China's embassy in Israel said it will begin evacuating people in batches from Friday, taking those who want to leave to the Taba Border Crossing into Egypt via bus, about 360 km from Tel Aviv.
NDTV
2 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
China Evacuates Hundreds Of Citizens As Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates
China has evacuated more than 1,600 citizens from Iran and hundreds more from Israel, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, as evacuees clog border crossings amid the intensifying conflict between the two countries. Evacuation efforts are continuing and China has maintained communication with Iran, Israel, Egypt and Oman, spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press conference while calling for immediate measures to cool down tensions as soon as possible. China urges parties to the conflict, especially Israel, to immediately cease fire, Guo said. Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as the conflict showed no signs of a detente nearly a week after Israel first launched what it called "pre-emptive strikes" against Iran. The Chinese embassy in Iran renewed calls for citizens to leave the country via land routes, while also warning people about longer immigration processing time as congestion has formed at two border checkpoints - Astara heading into Azerbaijan and Bajgiran into Turkmenistan. Those border crossing points are 490km (304 miles) and 910km away from Tehran, respectively. Chinese people can also leave Iran via Turkey, Armenia and Iraq, the embassy advised. Earlier on Thursday, China's embassy in Israel said it will begin evacuating people in batches from Friday, taking those who want to leave to the Taba Border Crossing into Egypt via bus, about 360 km from Tel Aviv.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
The Latest: Dozens wounded in Iranian strikes across Israel, as Israel hits Arak reactor site
An Iranian missile hit the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing 'extensive damage,' the medical facility said. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Separate Iranian strikes hit a high-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv and other sites in central Israel. At least 40 people were wounded, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service. Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, its latest attack on Iran's sprawling nuclear program. Iranian state television said there was 'no radiation danger whatsoever" and that the facility had been evacuated before the attack. The seventh day of conflict came a day after Iran's supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause 'irreparable damage to them.' ___ Here's the latest: China offers to play a role in restoring peace and stability in Middle East Guo Jiakun, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, says China is willing to play an intermediary role in helping end the conflict. "China has maintained communication with Iran, Israel, Egypt, Oman and other parties, calling on all sides to take immediate measures to de-escalate tensions and prevent the region from falling into greater turmoil,' Guo said Thursday at a daily briefing. 'China is willing to continue working with countries in the region and the international community to play a constructive role in restoring peace and stability in the Middle East as soon as possible,' he added. Many aircraft dispersed from major air base in Middle East used by US military A major air base in the Middle East used by the U.S. military has seen many of the aircraft typically on its tarmac dispersed this weekend. The Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar, is the forward headquarters of the U.S. military's Central Command. Typically, the air base is filled with multiple transport planes, fighter jets and drones. In a satellite photo taken Wednesday by Planet Labs PBC analyzed by The Associated Press, the air base's tarmac had emptied. The U.S. military has not acknowledged the change. However, it comes after ships off the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet base in Bahrain also have dispersed. That's typically a military strategy to ensure your fighting ships and planes aren't destroyed in case of an attack. Al-Sistani warns against a strike on Iran's senior religious or political leadership Iraq's top Shiite authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, warned on Thursday that a strike on Iran's senior religious or political leadership could ignite uncontrollable chaos across the region, an apparent reference to threats that Israel or the U.S. might kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a statement, al-Sistani denounced the ongoing Israeli military campaign against Iran. He said that targeting the country's top leadership would be a 'criminal act (that) would shatter regional stability, deepen human suffering, and inflict far-reaching harm on the interests of all nations.' He called on the international community — particularly Muslim countries — to increase diplomatic pressure, halt the aggression and broker a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. Widely seen as a voice of moderation, al-Sistani represents a school of thought in Shiism opposed to direct rule by clerics, the system in place in Iran, where Khamenei has the final word in all matters. China urges de-escalation of conflict especially by Israel China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Beijing was 'deeply concerned' about the conflict between Iran and Israel and called for both sides to de-escalate. "China strongly urges the parties involved, especially Israel, to prioritize the interests of regional peoples and cease fire and hostilities immediately to ease current tensions,' said Guo Jiakun, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. Guo added that the conflict was 'escalating, causing tremendous harm to the peoples of both countries and seriously undermining regional and global peace and stability. China is deeply concerned about this. There are no winners in an escalating conflict. It will only lead to greater destruction and deeper turmoil." Patients evacuated from Soroka Medical Center after missile strike Black smoke rose from the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba as emergency teams evacuated patients. Two doctors told The Associated Press that the missile struck almost immediately after air raid sirens went off, causing a loud explosion that could be heard from a safe room. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media. — Sam Mednick in Beersheba, Israel Iran says attack on Israel targeted a military site Iran, through its state-run IRNA news agency, claimed it targeted an Israeli military site, not the hospital. Iran claimed the 'blast wave' of the missile struck the hospital. Egyptian FM pushes for 'de-escalation' dialogue on call with European diplomats Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty spoke with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and British National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell on Thursday about the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. In a statement after the call, Abdelatty said that the E3, an informal foreign and security cooperation arrangement between the U.K., Germany and France, is responsible for opening 'channels for dialogue and negotiation and utilize all available channels with the Iranian side to reach compromises that contribute to de-escalation.' Attack on Arak reactor meant to prevent plutonium production, Israel says Israel's military said its fighter jets targeted the Arak facility and its reactor core seal to halt it from being used to produce plutonium. 'The strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,' the Israelis said. Iran has long maintained its program is for peaceful purposes. However, it also enriches uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich at that level. Israel separately claimed to have struck another site around Natanz it described as being related to Iran's nuclear program. Several countries prepare to evacuate their citizens from Iran and Israel Japan, China, Indonesia and Oman said Thursday they were preparing to help evacuate their citizens from Iran and Israel as the conflict between the two countries intensified. Japan said it is dispatching two military aircraft to Djibouti ahead of a possible airlifting of Japanese nationals from Iran. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said he ordered the dispatch of two C-2 transport aircraft, along with 120 servicemembers, to the Horn of African nation where Japan has a military base. About 280 Japanese are based in Iran and 1,000 others are in Israel. The Chinese Embassy in Israel, meanwhile, said it will organize group evacuations by bus from Israel starting Friday. A notice posted on the embassy's WeChat social media account said Chinese citizens would be taken out through the Taba border crossing to Egypt. The Indonesian government said it would evacuate its citizens from Iran. About 386 Indonesians, mostly students, are in Iran, primarily in the city of Qom, he said. His ministry, meanwhile, said earlier that about 194 Indonesians are in Israel, the majority of whom are in the southern city of Rafah. And Oman said it had evacuated 245 of its citizens and a number of nationals from other countries via the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, along the country's Persian Gulf coast. Ten buses also brought Omani citizens from the Iran's north into Turkey, and three other buses crossed into Iraq, Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Israel's main hospital in south sustained direct hit from Iranian missile with 'extensive damage' Israel's main southern hospital sustained a direct hit Thursday from an Iranian missile, with officials reporting 'extensive damage' there. Soroka Medical Center is the main hospital in Israel's south. A spokesperson for the Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheba said the hospital suffered 'extensive damage' in different areas and people were wounded in the attack. The hospital has requested people not come for treatment. The hospital has over 1,000 beds and provides services to the approximately 1 million residents of Israel's south, according to the hospital's website. Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 639, rights group says Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 639 people and wounded 1,329 others, a human rights group said Thursday. The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists offered the figures, which covers the entirety of Iran. It said of those dead, it identified 263 civilians and 154 security force personnel being killed. Human Rights Activists, which also provided detailed casualty figures during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, crosschecks local reports in the Islamic Republic against a network of sources it has developed in the country. Iran has not been offering regular death tolls during the conflict and has minimized casualties in the past. Its last update, issued Monday, put the death toll at 224 people being killed and 1,277 others being wounded. No US plans to be part of EU-Iran talks — for now A U.S. official said Wednesday there no plans for U.S. involvement in nuclear talks set between senior European diplomats and Iran in Geneva, although that could change. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic communications, also noted that the Europeans have been wanting to play a role in the negotiations for months but have been held back by the U.S. That position, the official said, may be changing as the hostilities intensify — By Matthew Lee in Washington
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
China blasts G7 over 'interference' in trade policy
China has attacked the Group of Seven nations for what it called interference in its internal affairs and chastised a top European official for criticising Beijing's rare earth and economic policies. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Guo Jiakun formally protested a statement issued by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney after the G7 meeting in Alberta that called on China to "refrain from market distortions and harmful overcapacity." Speaking at a regular briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Guo responded by calling the comments "irresponsible," "manipulative" and a "smear." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Kampong Thkol: Unsold Furniture Liquidation 2024 (Prices May Surprise You) Unsold Furniture | Search Ads Learn More Undo The back-and-forth has rekindled a debate about whether Chinese products are flooding global markets and threatening economies elsewhere. Beyond worries over trade and industrial policy, the G7 leaders also discussed their "ongoing serious concerns about China's destabilizing activities in the East and South China Seas and the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," according to the statement. Live Events Guo denied there's any "overcapacity and market distortion" resulting from Chinese actions, saying that such claims were merely "an excuse to practice trade protectionism" and suppress China's industry. The statement "interfered in China's internal affairs and violated the basic principles of international relations," he added. Guo also chided European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who said at the G7 meeting that the world is experiencing a new "China Shock." She accused Beijing of using its quasi-monopoly over some sectors "not only as a bargaining chip, but also weaponizing it to undermine competitors in key industries."
