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First Humanoid Robot With Embodied Intelligence For High-Risk Jobs Enters Service Authored by Mriogakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering, In the dizzying heights of a chemical storage facility, a new kind of worker is punching in. China has reportedly deployed its first “embodied” intelligent humanoid robot designed for high-risk industrial operations.  Embodied AI robot can be seen working on the wall of a large chemical storage tank in testing.CCTV PLus This isn’t just a fixed machine; it’s a 90-kg (198-pound) robot that can climb walls and work where humans can’t. Interestingly, the multi-purpose system is...

Federal Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court on April 10 declared a nearly 158-year-old ban on home distilling to be unconstitutional, ruling that the ban was an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax. A judge's gavel rests on top of a desk in a courtroom in Miami on Feb. 3, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Writing for a three-judge panel in McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice, Judge Edith Hollan Jones of the...