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Tech DeskGritt Exits Stealth With $32M To Deploy AI Robots That Build Solar Farms Faster
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Tech DeskDrone Industry Heats Up: Perceptual Robotics Raises £4M, Powerus Expands Into Agriculture, and Archer Launches Halo VTOL
The global drone industry kicked off the final week of July 2026 with a trio of deals that show just how fast the market is evolving. A British startu
Tech DeskXiaomi Robotics-1: The Robot Foundation Model That Learned From 100,000 Hours of Real-World Tasks
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Tech DeskLockheed Martin's MORFIUS X-Rotor Takes Aim at Drone Swarms With Microwave Weaponry
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Tech DeskPhantom Twist and the Diving Bird Robot: Two Designs That Rethink What a Drone Can Be
This week, two research teams showed that the standard quadcopter design is far from the only way to build a flying robot. At Northwestern University,
Tech DeskWeave Robotics Sells Its First Home Humanoid Robot, Isaac 1, for $7,999
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Tech DeskChina Hosts the World’s First Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing
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Tech DeskBMW and Agility Put Humanoid Robots to Real Factory Work as Tesla's Optimus Waits on the Line
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Tech DeskFrench Startup's 40-Gram Drone Just Pulled Off the First Autonomous Air-to-Air Kill of a Flying Insect
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