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Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials
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…
Northrop Grumman Won't Rule Out Weaponized Space Robots
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…
Why User-Centered Design Is Essential In Assistive Robotics
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…
Humanoid Raises $152 Million At $1.35 Billion Valuation: Europe's Newest Robot Unicorn
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…
Why are trial lawyers blocking robot cars?
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…
Samsung establishes a robotics division
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…
Ocado rebounds after striking deal to build new robotic warehouse
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…
Your next pint of strawberries might be picked by a robot
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…
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants-then, everything else
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…
Humanoid robots set for explosive growth
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…
Horizon Robotics expects adjusted H1 net loss widening to 1.7b yuan
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…
China's robot firms' lament: if we only had a 'brain', and more data
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…
The robot I never won is finally showing up
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…
Leading humanoid startup isn't interested in the 'bidding wars' for top AI and robotics talent
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…
Samsung's humanoid robot ambitions are real, but factories come first
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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