For years, the robotics industry has been stuck in a bit of a binary rut: you could have a machine that was lightning-fast but thick as two short planks, or one that was remarkably clever but moved with the agonising caution of a Sunday driver. EKA Robotics is well and truly crashing that party with its new Vision-Force-Action (VFA) model—an AI foundation designed to deliver high-octane speed without sacrificing an ounce of dexterity. Judging by this demo of a robot finessing a delicate lightbulb, the long-standing trade-off between raw performance and general-purpose intelligence might finally be heading for the scrapheap.
