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UK fast track APKWS for Middle East drone interception
18+ min ago (500+ words) The RAF cannot wait for the DIP to respond to the immediate threat that attack drones pose. RAF IX Squadron will launch the APKWS weapon from Eurofighter Typhoons to counter uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) that pose a threat in Middle…...
Lunar Outpost raises $30m for robotic workforce
23+ min ago (416+ words) Lunar Outpost, the U. S. space infrastructure company, has completed a $30 million Series B round of funding. Specialising in "off-planet mobility, it is eyeing the industrial robotic extraction of lunar resources. The capital injection will accelerate production and deployment of its robotics…...
The Global Price of Progress: The Geography of Robotic Surgery
9+ hour, 54+ min ago (1536+ words) Yale Global Health Review As surgical robots take over more of the operating room, surgeons feel their hands slipping further from the patient, and the trade-offs'costly machines, unequal access, and shifting skills'cut closer to the bone. A patient lies asleep…...
When AI meets the physical world
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (1087+ words) Bits&Chips Jan Bosch is a research center director, professor, consultant and angel investor in startups. You can contact him at jan@janbosch. com. When AI meets the physical world Physical AI has moved from the research question of whether…...
China's premier calls for wider use of intelligent robots
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (23+ words) Trading View China's premier calls for wider use of intelligent robots More news from Reuters...
Five ways robotic services are changing solar project performance
35+ min ago (889+ words) By Francesco Borrelli, chief AI and robotics officer, Nextpower | May 18, 2026 As solar portfolios scale, improving performance is becoming a more actionable opportunity. Recent data from Raptor Maps shows that equipment-driven losses across solar assets have increased from roughly 1-2% to more…...
In-Depth Examination of Segments, Industry Trends, and Key Competitors in the Robotic Mapping and Navigation Market
51+ min ago (72+ words) In-Depth Examination of Segments, Industry Trends, and Key open PR. com In-Depth Examination of Segments, Industry Trends, and Key Competitors in the Robotic Mapping and Navigation Market Press release from: The Business Research Company Robotic Mapping And Navigation Market Permanent…...
Diffusion Policy for Robot Learning: How It Works, When to Use It (2026)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (442+ words) By Jerry Huang, Robotics Center of Silicon Valley Diffusion policy is the leading imitation learning algorithm for contact-rich and dexterous robot manipulation tasks. It consistently outperforms standard behavioral cloning " and often beats ACT " on tasks with multimodal demonstrations. This guide…...
The Lines We Thought Machines Wouldn't Cross
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (614+ words) In 2000, the world braced for Y2 K. It came with a date and a remedy. There was panic about doomsday but as I and other programmers stretched the year field from two to four characters, apart from scattered hiccups, the lights stayed…...
The next phase of robotics: How Chinese firms like AGIBOT are structuring global service networks - AOL
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (355+ words) New York Post newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content." The company also introduced a formal industry framework that outlines the transition from early-stage development (robots that can move) to deployment (robots that can…...