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nasa.gov - Loura Hall - Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials
Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials
NASA

The increasing population of spacefaring vehicles and satellites motivates increasingly powerful technologies for space situational awareness (SSA). While the US space surveillance network (SSN) is able to monitor objects down to about four inches…

forbes.com - Ty Roush - Northrop Grumman Won't Rule Out Weaponized Space Robots
Northrop Grumman Won't Rule Out Weaponized Space Robots
Forbes

Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden on Tuesday appeared to avoid a question about whether the defense contractor's robotic spacecraft—scheduled for an evening launch by SpaceX—could be weaponized, suggesting she would “leave it…

forbes.com - Laila Burns - Why User-Centered Design Is Essential In Assistive Robotics
Why User-Centered Design Is Essential In Assistive Robotics
Forbes

Laila Burns is CRO and Co-Founder of Sielo Robotics. Robotics is one of today's most exciting and fast-growing areas of technology. Advances in embodied AI, controls and hardware are moving robots beyond factories and into the spaces where people…

forbes.com - John Koetsier - Humanoid Raises $152 Million At $1.35 Billion Valuation: Europe's Newest Robot Unicorn
Humanoid Raises $152 Million At $1.35 Billion Valuation: Europe's Newest Robot Unicorn
Forbes

2-year-old UK startup Humanoid has raised $152 million at a $1.35 billion valuation. Here is the company's HMND 01 humanoid robot. Europe has a new billion-dollar startup, and it's Humanoid, a two-year-old company headquartered in London that…

washingtonexaminer.com - Timothy P. Carney - Why are trial lawyers blocking robot cars?
Why are trial lawyers blocking robot cars?
Washington Examiner

Different industry and advocacy groups have been hashing out legislation to establish this framework. Lawmakers from both parties have been getting closer to a good compromise measure. The biggest opposition, according to all reports, is coming…

engadget.com - Mariella Moon - Samsung establishes a robotics division
Samsung establishes a robotics division
Engadget

Dongkun Lee, formerly of Hyundai, will oversee its strategy. Samsung has created a new division called RX or Robotics eXperience for all of its robotics projects. Its strategy will be headed by Dongkun Lee, who joined Samsung in May as an Executive…

standard.co.uk - Henry Saker-Clark - Ocado rebounds after striking deal to build new robotic warehouse
Ocado rebounds after striking deal to build new robotic warehouse
Evening Standard

News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Ocado has agreed to build a large robotic warehouse for a…

newsweek.com - Eileen Falkenberg-Hull - Your next pint of strawberries might be picked by a robot
Your next pint of strawberries might be picked by a robot
Newsweek

From the kitchen to your daily commute, office work to heavy industry, automation is changing our lives, and it's even making a difference in the agricultural sector. Companies like Claas, CNH and industry icon John Deere are all developing…

techcrunch.com - Tim Fernholz - Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants-then, everything else
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants-then, everything else
TechCrunch

One of the most important things happening on Earth today is the solar energy build-out. Around the world, companies and countries are racing to deploy solar and batteries to achieve energy independence and limit the effects of climate change. That…

itweb.co.za - Sibahle Malinga - Humanoid robots set for explosive growth
Humanoid robots set for explosive growth
www.itweb.co.za

Manufacturing remains the biggest adopter of humanoid robots as businesses automate repetitive, hazardous and precision-based tasks.(Image created via ChatGPT) The global humanoid robot market is on course for rapid expansion over the next decade…

thestandard.com.hk - Effie Zhang - Horizon Robotics expects adjusted H1 net loss widening to 1.7b yuan
Horizon Robotics expects adjusted H1 net loss widening to 1.7b yuan
The Standard

Horizon Robotics (9660) projects its adjusted net loss to expand to a maximum of 1.7 billion yuan (HK$1.84 billion) for the first six months of 2026 from 1.33 billion yuan a year earlier. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The company expects to swing…

scmp.com - Wency Chen - China's robot firms' lament: if we only had a 'brain', and more data
China's robot firms' lament: if we only had a 'brain', and more data
South China Morning Post

Chinese robotics companies lack both sufficient data and a good “brain” to improve the interaction of their products with the physical world, according to industry insiders at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), which…

jpost.com - ESTI PESHIN  - The robot I never won is finally showing up
The robot I never won is finally showing up
The Jerusalem Post

When I was a teenager, a promotion swept across Israel that drove every kid I knew a little crazy. Collect enough bottle caps from a certain brand, mail them in the old-fashioned way through the post office, and you could win a wristwatch that…

businessinsider.com - Lloyd Lee - Leading humanoid startup isn't interested in the 'bidding wars' for top AI and robotics talent
Leading humanoid startup isn't interested in the 'bidding wars' for top AI and robotics talent
Business Insider

Agility Robotics has a new hub in Silicon Valley, where it will be luring more world-class engineers to join the humanoid maker. Just don't expect the startup to get into a spending war for talent. Jonathan Hurst, Agility's cofounder and chief…

digitaltrends.com - Paulo Vargas - Samsung's humanoid robot ambitions are real, but factories come first
Samsung's humanoid robot ambitions are real, but factories come first
Digital Trends

Samsung wants a place in the humanoid race, but its new robotics push begins with machines built for factories rather than homes. The CEO-led RX robotics division will initially focus on manufacturing robots. Samsung has separately identified…

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