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Astronauts Ready for Tuesday Spacewalk to Repair Canadarm2 Robotic Arm
The Expedition 74 astronauts are ready for a spacewalk on Tuesday following the completion of spacesuit configurations and procedure reviews on Monday. The International Space Station 's three cosmonauts kept busy throughout the day servicing…
Danish robotics startup enters the industrial truck market already crowned a winner
The award points to a broader shift in warehouse automation. While the industry has spent years developing fully automated systems, most pallet handling in warehouses and factories is still done manually. For many companies, especially small and…
South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots
South Korea's government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028. The…
QOTD by Bill Gates on the need to tax robots
The rise of robotics has long threatened human employment, with machines in manufacturing settings especially seemingly performing the work that people used to do. Take this to its logical conclusion, and it's not outside the realm of possibility…
'A very good gadget': taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes
Driving down an endless string of identical roundabouts in the dead heat with hardly a human in sight, you see robots roving around on grassy pavements, whizzing past obstacles to hurriedly reach their final destination. This isn't a scene from a…
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
Jay Li doesn't recommend getting sued by Tesla if you're trying to get a startup off the ground. But he does think his company, Proception, might be better off for having endured the experience. “I think it's kind of like a resilience test…
This robot lawnmower also cuts grass
ou'd think that the question of how well it cuts your grass might be the most important question of all when you're thinking about buying a robot lawnmower. John Davidson ColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior…
Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England's paths
Large numbers of autonomous delivery robots could be coming to towns and cities across England after ministers signalled they were likely to support a change in the law allowing their use, prompting concern from safety campaigners. Low-speed…
Trump posts bizarre painting of himself with George Washington and a robot
President Donald Trump has posted a painting on Truth Social that brings together classic all-American imagery - with an unusual twist. The artwork shows George Washington and Trump either side of a collage of patriotic scenes, from the signing of…
Chinese robotics outfits AI2 Robotics and X Square Robots each secure funding at $2.8B valuation
Two Chinese general-purpose and embodied artificial intelligence firms, AI2 Robotics and X Square Robots, today announced funding rounds that pushed their respective valuations beyond 50 billion RMB, or about $2.8 billion. These Chinese firms…
GM Replaces 1,000 Factory Zero Workers With 50 Robots
General Motors is once again under the microscope after expanding automation at its Detroit-based Factory Zero plant, installing about 50 collaborative robots not long after cutting more than 1,000 positions, according to Yahoo Finance. The…
ROPVACNIC robot vacuum and mop drops to $109
Cheap robot vacuums usually make you choose between suction, mopping, app control, or a price that doesn't feel like a gamble. The ROPVACNIC S1 is worth a look because Amazon's current $109.99 price puts a 5200Pa robot vacuum and mop combo in…
AI tokens, robot demos, 6G define MWC Shanghai
Eric Yang, president of Huawei Carrier Business. (Image supplied) MWC Shanghai 2026 concluded last week, with 37 300 attendees across three days of exhibitions and conference sessions that reflected how the global mobile industry is increasingly…
MultiDyne Acquires MRMC Assets, Adding Camera Robotics to Its Portfolio
MultiDyne acquired the assets of Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a developer of robotic camera systems and motion control technology. The deal creates a new company, MultiDyne Robotics and Motion Control, while keeping the MRMC brand. The two…
Your helpful robot pal may secretly be a DSA member
Beware: Silicon Valley is still training up badly biased AIs. Ask your favorite chatbot for objective info on politics, culture or current events, and you may well get undiluted leftist propaganda. The problem was laughably obvious when Google…
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