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Robotics & Drones
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Autonomous delivery robots are about to become a regular sight on downtown Washington sidewalks, small boxes on wheels that will soon carry restaurant meals to people who order through Uber Eats and DoorDash. Washington's transportation…
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Robotics & Drones
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A San Francisco startup backed by Eric Trump is racing to put armed humanoid robots into the hands of U.S. soldiers — and it has already started testing them in a real war zone. Foundation Future Industries, founded just two years ago…
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Robotics & Drones
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Google DeepMind has released Gemini Robotics 2, the second generation of its robotics AI family, and this time the models can control an entire humanoid robot — not just its upper body. The company says the system can handle walking…
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Robotics & Drones
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The Pentagon wants robot boats that can carry, launch, and control attack drones — and it wants working hardware in the water this fall, not paper concepts. The Defense Innovation Unit, the military's tech scouting arm, opened a contest on…
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Robotics & Drones
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Procore Technologies announced it will buy DroneDeploy for $845 million in cash, pulling the drone data and robotics company into its construction management platform to give builders cameras, drones, and robots that can see a jobsite…
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Robotics & Drones
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and quadruped robots — sometimes called robot dogs — citing national security risks. The move, announced Tuesday, directly targets China…
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Robotics & Drones
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SALAMANCA, NY — A rural school district in upstate New York has shelved its plan to put a humanoid AI robot in the classroom — at least for now — after teachers, state regulators, and Seneca Nation community members raised a storm of…
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Robotics & Drones
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Target Arm Inc. announced this week that its Ralar 2 drone launch and recovery system now works with HDT Global's Hunter WOLF and WOLF-X unmanned ground vehicles, creating a mobile base that can launch, recover, and recharge drones without…
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Robotics & Drones
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London Gatwick Airport has rolled out a robotic valet parking system that lets passengers drop their car in a private cabin and never hand over the keys. The system, built by French robotics firm Stanley Robotics, uses autonomous vehicles…
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Robotics & Drones
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Solar energy is booming worldwide, but there is one big bottleneck nobody likes to talk about: finding enough workers to install all those panels. A Pittsburgh-based robotics startup called Gritt thinks it has cracked the code, and it just…
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Robotics & Drones
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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 startup locked down £4 million to inspect wind turbines autonomously. A Florida-based…
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Robotics & Drones
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Xiaomi Robotics-1: The Robot Foundation Model That Learned From 100,000 Hours of Real-World Tasks Xiaomi's robotics division dropped a bombshell this week. The company released Xiaomi-Robotics-1, a robot foundation model trained on over…