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World-first: Downward drilling robot could transform data center construction

An American firm has announced the commercial launch of the world’s first fleet-capable, downward-drilling ...
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The US Navy just committed to 16 robot submarines built to lay mines. Its own auditors said the program had no mission it could afford — and a startup beat it to …

In June 2025, the Government Accountability Office reported the Navy could not say whether it would ever field Boeing's Orca ...

A New Phase of the AI-Jobs Panic

As promising as these new efforts are, many of them also end up serving the interests of Silicon Valley. Consider a flashy ...
Electronic Design

Demonstrating SPARK with a Mars Rover (Part 3): Improving the System

How SPARK helps provide that this cyber-physical system will operate as specified. This is Part 3 of the four-part series on ...

Mark Cuban Says AI Could Be the Biggest Threat to Social Security Nobody Is Talking About

Mark Cuban warns that AI job losses could shrink Social Security's funding base faster than anyone expects. Here's how the ...
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Computer Scientist Finds the Rules for Helpful Robots and AI

Samantha Reig, an assistant professor in the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, has been a researcher in the ...
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A NASA space telescope is falling out of the sky, and to save it the agency skipped its own contractors and handed the job to a four-year-old startup that had never flow…

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spent 21 years as astronomy's first responder, swinging toward exploding stars faster ...
ZME Science

This 250-Gram Robot Can Swim Underwater Then Fly into the Sky Using Its Flapping Wings Like a Diving Bird

The bird-fish hybrid could one day be used to study aquatic animals underwater and then fly back to the base with data.

Opinion: The WALL-E Economy

HashiCorp co-founder Armon Dadgar argues that convenience-driven apps and AI are pushing us toward the dystopia depicted in ...
BetaKit

Stampede’s Robot Rodeo features battle of bale-busting bots

When Lyla Boychuk first heard about the 2026 Calgary Stampede Robot Rodeo’s Agtech challenge, she thought she might be ...

Inside Goodwood’s Future Lab, Where Tomorrow’s Technologies Become Tangible

Goodwood’s FOS Future Lab 2026 showcases tech set to transform how we live, work, travel & stay healthy, from Moon missions ...
DIGITIMES

European startup unveils humanoid robot design, real-time learning system

UMA, a Physical AI company, unveiled the design of its first humanoid robot at Machina Summit and introduced Real-Time ...