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nasa.gov - NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition
NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition
NASA

NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Links to view the Lunabotics…

wwd.com - Glenn Taylor - Locus Robotics Brings the Robot to the Shelf With AI-Powered Array System
Locus Robotics Brings the Robot to the Shelf With AI-Powered Array System
WWD

While most warehouse robots still ferry goods to human pickers, Locus Robotics has aimed to flip the script with the debut of its Locus Array “robots-to-goods” system, which rolls an AI-powered arm directly into the aisle to pick…

gizmodo.com - Wes Davis - Narwal's Next Robot Vacuum Promises Luxury Features at a Midrange Price
Narwal's Next Robot Vacuum Promises Luxury Features at a Midrange Price
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Narwal has just announced the Freo Z10 Turbo, a $900 robotic vacuum cleaner with a number of premium features you'd normally have to pay well over $1,000 for. Those include a dock that both empties the robot's dustbin and cleans its mop, as well as…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Roomba inventor Colin Angle made robots useful. Now he wants to make them lovable.
Roomba inventor Colin Angle made robots useful. Now he wants to make them lovable.
Business Insider

Colin Angle put the Roomba in millions of homes by giving it a simple job: cleaning the floor. Now, the longtime iRobot CEO wants his next home robot to do something harder to measure. His new startup, Boston-based Familiar Machines & Magic, has…

independent.co.uk - Kim Tong-Hyung - A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
The Independent

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day…

mirror.co.uk - Russell Myers, Charlotte Foster - King tries out surgical robot and speaks with cancer patients at hospital visit
King tries out surgical robot and speaks with cancer patients at hospital visit
The Mirror

King Charles tried his hand at operating a revolutionary surgical robot at a world leading cancer hospital, by zooming into his own face on a five pound note. During a visit to the cancer centre at Guy's Hospital in London today, the monarch was…

boston.com - Khari A. Thompson - Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce analyze what went wrong with 'robotic' Celtics offense
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce analyze what went wrong with 'robotic' Celtics offense
Boston.com

The Celtics play a distinct brand of basketball, and over the last few years they've stuck with it through good times and bad. They are believers in the power of the 3-ball. Boston has finished in the top-four of 3-point attempts every year since…

itweb.co.za - Admire Moyo - Family business bets on robotics without job layoffs
Family business bets on robotics without job layoffs
www.itweb.co.za

The company manufactures switches, sockets, adapters, extension cords and similar electrical products. (Image supplied by Lesco) Lesco, a family-owned local producer of electrical and consumer products, this week launched its semi-robotic…

theverge.com - Sean Hollister - Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower
Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower
The Verge

We spoke to Kenneth Kohlmann, Yarbo co-founder. We spoke to Kenneth Kohlmann, Yarbo co-founder. Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET…

cmu.edu - [] - Bayh-Dole Coalition Honors Carmel Majidi for Breakthroughs in Electronics Cooling and Robotics
Bayh-Dole Coalition Honors Carmel Majidi for Breakthroughs in Electronics Cooling and Robotics
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

Carmel Majidi, professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the recipients of the Bayh-Dole Coalition 's American Innovator Award for his pioneering work developing flexible materials for cooling advanced electronics…

jpost.com - YONAH JEREMY BOB - IDF uses robots to advance in Lebanon, FPV drones will continue challenging IDF
IDF uses robots to advance in Lebanon, FPV drones will continue challenging IDF
The Jerusalem Post

The IDF's Golani Brigade announced on Tuesday that it recently advanced all the way to the Litani River, around 10 kilometers from the Israeli border, including using robots for portions of the operations. Generally, the Golani Brigade's area of…

winnipegfreepress.com - Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press - A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
Winnipeg Free Press

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abc.net.au - Jack Colantuono - Small robots drafted to help tackle looming renewable skills shortage
Small robots drafted to help tackle looming renewable skills shortage
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Victoria's State Electricity Commission is trying to encourage interest in renewable energy careers through a robots-in-schools program. Modelling shows that Australia is facing potential skill shortages in jobs critical to the transition to…

chron.com - KIM TONG-HYUNG - A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
Chron

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed…

techradar.com - Eric Hal Schwartz - Anthropic says decades of evil robot stories may be echoing inside AI models
Anthropic says decades of evil robot stories may be echoing inside AI models
TechRadar

Anthropic is looking at whether decades of dystopian science fiction may be influencing how AI models behave The debate has sparked backlash and jokes online Researchers say the issue highlights how LLMs absorb recurring fears and behavioral…

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