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nasa.gov - Students Build Moon Robots for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
NASA

Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team's prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor…

forbes.com - Yue Wang - Humanoid Robots, Drones And Green Energy: The 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 Entrepreneurs Innovating In Industry, Manufacturing & Energy
Humanoid Robots, Drones And Green Energy: The 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 Entrepreneurs Innovating In Industry, Manufacturing & Energy
Forbes

G uo Renjie set up Suzhou-based JoyIn Technology in 2024 to make a “much more interactive” range of companion robots aimed at the elderly and children. The startup has launched four humanoids, including the 50cm-tall Zeroth M1, which…

wwd.com - Arthur Zaczkiewicz - VenHub Doubles Down on Robots With Massive New Vegas Plant
VenHub Doubles Down on Robots With Massive New Vegas Plant
WWD

VenHub is expanding. The autonomous retail company just dropped a major anchor in Las Vegas, opening a second, much larger production facility to churn out its robotic “Smart Stores” at scale. They have to. A massive backlog of…

sfgate.com - Matthew Brown - Airbnb host alleges $12k in damages after SF startup tested a robot in his house
Airbnb host alleges $12k in damages after SF startup tested a robot in his house
SFGATE

Sean Donovan has rented his childhood home in San Francisco on Airbnb for years. Tech workers in town for conferences, and families coming for graduations are common customers, but last month he had a new guest: a robot that he said left a mess.

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - SoftBank hires banks for US IPOs of SB Energy and AI robotics spinoff Roze, sources say
SoftBank hires banks for US IPOs of SB Energy and AI robotics spinoff Roze, sources say
The Standard

SoftBank Group has tapped banks to prepare initial public offerings for its energy and infrastructure developer SB Energy and its planned autonomous robotics spinout Roze, as founder Masayoshi Son ramps up the Japanese group's push into artificial…

prweb.com - TorqueAGI - TorqueAGI Announces Collaborations with NVIDIA, John Deere, and Dexterity to Advance Physical AI for Enterprise-Grade Robots
TorqueAGI Announces Collaborations with NVIDIA, John Deere, and Dexterity to Advance Physical AI for Enterprise-Grade Robots
PRWeb

Bringing Physical AI into production is a team effort. From compute infrastructure to foundation models to deployment systems, TorqueAGI is building at the model layer alongside partners working across the full stack. As an NVIDIA Perception…

digg.com - Chris Paxton - Genesis AI launches Genesis World 1.0, an open-source robotics simulator that turns one hour of real-world testing into 100 simulation days · Digg
Genesis AI launches Genesis World 1.0, an open-source robotics simulator that turns one hour of real-world testing into 100 simulation days · Digg
Basic Intelligence

We are back again:) After three weeks of quiet building. Introducing Genesis World 1.0, our latest simulation platform, the second release in our full-stack suite. Open-sourced. Robotics is still bottlenecked by the 1× speed of the physical…

ksbw.com - Ricardo Tovar - Hollister deploys sidewalk robots to assess accessibility conditions
Hollister deploys sidewalk robots to assess accessibility conditions
KSBW

Hollister deploys sidewalk robots to assess accessibility conditions Very local, powered by KSPWA local news, learning new information. Original series and specials, it's pretty awe inspiring. 24/7 TV made just for you. How awesome is this?

twz.com - Howard Altman - Inside The Effort To Build Ukraine's Ground Robot Arsenal
Inside The Effort To Build Ukraine's Ground Robot Arsenal
The War Zone

Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. With ground maneuver a huge risk thanks to the ubiquity of deadly aerial drones, Ukraine is increasingly relying on uncrewed ground…

smh.com.au - Angus Dalton - Robot jazz and power naps: How a Sydney soil scientist got on par with Einstein
Robot jazz and power naps: How a Sydney soil scientist got on par with Einstein
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Alex Broadfoot McBratney and his collaborators once dumped 300 tonnes of dirt into an Australian art space. It was not just any dirt: the…

techxplore.com - University of Bristol - Pea-size liquid-metal pump runs robot butterfly on under 0.1 V
Pea-size liquid-metal pump runs robot butterfly on under 0.1 V
Tech Xplore

Engineers have invented an ingenious liquid-metal pump that could make future soft robotics and wearable devices much more portable and agile. The innovation, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Nature Communications…

tomsguide.com - Catherine Hiles - The Lymow One Plus robot mower did a stellar job on my lawn but I won't ditch my riding-mower yet
The Lymow One Plus robot mower did a stellar job on my lawn but I won't ditch my riding-mower yet
Tom's Guide

Lymow One Plus robot mower review: Specs Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 4G Cutting height: 1.2 to 4 inches Charging time: 120 minutes (10A charger) or 180 minutes (5A charger) As the weather warms up, it's time to get outdoors and tackle lawn…

chinatalk.media - Irene Zhang - China's 'Father of Robotics'
China's 'Father of Robotics'
ChinaTalk

ChinaTalk analyst Aqib Zakaria yearns for the mines. He's on a mission to visit rare earths and other critical minerals mining sites, refineries, and permanent magnet facilities around the world. If you or anyone you know can help him fulfill this…

nasa.gov - Jason Costa - NASA's 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future
NASA's 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future
NASA

Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base. NASA's 2026 Lunabotics Challenge put those traits on full display, as college student…

mpost.io - Alisa Davidson - Figure AI Signs Catalyst Brands Deal To Deploy Humanoid Robots Across US Distribution Network | Metaverse Post
Figure AI Signs Catalyst Brands Deal To Deploy Humanoid Robots Across US Distribution Network | Metaverse Post
Today's Top AI and Crypto News | Metaverse Post

Figure AI partners with Catalyst Brands to deploy humanoid robots in logistics, starting in Reno, aiming to automate warehouse tasks as retail automation adoption accelerates. Robotics company Figure AI announced a new commercial partnership with…

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