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America's Humanoid Robot Moment: Agility Robotics CEO Lays Out a Six-Point Plan
Peggy Johnson wants federal policy to catch up with the factory floor. Here is what she is asking for, and why it matters for American workers.
Vicarious Surgical Plans to Shut Down Next Week as Cash Runs Out
The Massachusetts surgical robotics company has asked shareholders to vote on dissolving the business on July 21. Investors are unlikely to receive anything back.
A Robot Named JOY Is Heading to the Space Station in 2027. Here Is Who Is Paying for Its Batteries.
Startup Icarus Robotics has picked KULR Technology Group to supply the power systems for its free-flying robot. The deal is small but the numbers behind it reveal just how expensive, and how promising, robotic labor in space could become.
US Military Used Explosive Drone Boats in Combat for the First Time
On the night of July 12, three unmanned sea drones destroyed an Iranian submarine and a naval maintenance facility. America had never used this kind of weapon in a real attack before.
Uber's Product Chief Wants Fewer Things Done Better, Starting With Robotaxis and Your Bank Account
In a wide-ranging interview, Uber's top product executive talks about self-driving car partnerships, a new data business, and AI features that riders and drivers will actually feel.
Ondas pays $875.8 million for drone maker DZYNE, betting big on AI-guided military systems
The deal bundles long-range spy drones, drone-killing interceptors, and AI cargo gliders into a single defence platform the company is calling Ondas Sentinel.
Yaskawa America earns top global cybersecurity certification for its robotics business
The Ohio-based robotics giant completed a three-year security overhaul and passed an independent audit to earn ISO 27001 status, giving factory customers a formal guarantee their data is protected.
A Chinese robotics startup wants to build the 'recipe' that gives robots general intelligence
X Square Robot is open-sourcing an AI stack that aims to do for physical robots what large language models did for text. The approach is interesting. The independent evidence is still thin.
Chinese Robotics Firm AI² Robotics Raises $735 Million at a $2.8 Billion Valuation
The Shenzhen company bets that wheeled robots, not walking ones, will win the race to put AI-driven machines on factory floors.
XTEND wins US patent for drones that find their own way to a target
The defence robotics firm secured US Patent No. 12,222,735 for navigation software that lets unmanned aircraft head toward a goal without a pilot steering every move.
The Welding Robot That Teaches Itself the Perfect Path
Path Robotics uses AI vision to guide welding torches in real time. Now it is sending robot dogs into shipyards. Here is what that means for manufacturing.
Train the Robot in a Fake World First, Then Send It Into the Real One
Before a robot ever touches a warehouse shelf or a factory floor, it can spend thousands of hours learning inside a computer-built copy of that environment. Here is why that matters.
A New Robot Safety Rule Is Coming to Europe. Half the Industry Is Not Ready.
An updated international standard for industrial robots becomes mandatory in Europe around 2027. Big players are prepared. Many mid-sized and Chinese suppliers are not.
The robotics programme that bans adults from touching the robots
Botball gives every student the same box of parts, teaches real coding languages at elementary-school age, and bars adults from the competition floor. Here is how it works and why girl participation is notably higher than the industry norm.
WTWH Media renames itself Arrowfly as it grows beyond trade publishing
The Cleveland company behind The Robot Report and RoboBusiness quietly shed a two-decade-old name to signal its shift from niche trade press to a broader B2B media group.