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Waymo has paused its autonomous taxi service in four cities—Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston—after its robotaxis repeatedly struggled with heavy rain and flooded roads, including an incident in Atlanta where a v…
At the Google I/O 2026 Dialogues stage, Google leaders, scientists, and creatives discussed key technological breakthroughs, including AI agents, quantum computing, and robotics. Highlights featured CEO Sundar Pichai unp…
Ukraine has launched an experimental program allowing 27 private companies to form their own air defense units to combat the growing number of Russian attack drones, with some units already conducting combat missions in …
According to a senior Royal Air Force officer, Western militaries have grown accustomed to controlling the skies in recent conflicts, but this dominance is no longer guaranteed. The war in Ukraine, where neither side has…
This article from WIRED summarizes their comprehensive testing of various vacuum cleaners, including cordless, robot, and Dyson models, to provide a single source of recommendations. The author, a parent, tests vacuums f…
During the SOF Week conference, a Special Operations Command Europe official stated that glider drones are being tested as a potential solution for resupplying troops without emitting detectable electronic signals. The G…
During the Trojan Footprint exercise in Romania and Macedonia, US Green Berets tested Grasshopper glider drones, which were released from aircraft to deliver supplies like food and medical materials. These drones are des…
The eufy C15 robotic lawnmower, priced under €1,000, is designed for small gardens up to 500 m² and features a cable-free installation using Pure Vision FSD technology with an onboard camera and AI. Available from May 22…
Ukrainian troops have used ground drones, or "iron soldiers," to evacuate elderly civilians from dangerous front-line areas in Donetsk, including a recent operation in Lyman where four older adults were rescued by a Zmiy…
The FUKUSHIMA UAV product family, developed by Japanese company FUKUSHIMA G.K., includes ArduPilot-compatible flight controllers, a browser-based ground control station with AI detection, custom airframes, and engineerin…
According to the article, ground control stations (GCS) for UAVs have diverged into three main categories: open-source platforms like Mission Planner and QGroundControl that handle navigation but lack AI, enterprise plat…
Waymo has paused its autonomous taxi service in Atlanta after a robotaxi became stuck in a flooded street, marking the fourth city where operations have been halted due to the vehicles' struggles with heavy rain and floo…
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taipei Saturday to kick off GTC Taipei at COMPUTEX, where he announced that the Vera Rubin supercomputer represents the largest product launch in Taiwan's history, involving…
Roboflow released a guide for integrating its computer vision workflows with OPC UA servers, enabling detection data to be written as live tags accessible to PLCs, SCADA, and dashboards. The process requires a Roboflow E…
Companies including Hugging Face, Nvidia, and Alibaba have released open-source tools and models in the last two years aimed at enabling robots to reason, decide, and act. The open-source movement that accelerated AI app…
Announcement from *The Verge*'s smart home reviewer, who is hosting a subscriber AMA (Ask Me Anything) to answer questions about robot vacuums. The reviewer, who tests a dozen robot vacuums at home, offers expertise on c…
The next major advancement in Physical AI will not come from more capable robots, but from smarter human-machine interfaces that allow users to interact with machines naturally in real-world environments. It introduces W…
The second-generation Ecovacs T50 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop is currently available with a €150 discount. This model features a highly automated docking station and strong suction power, designed to handle thorough cl…
Challenges of scaling robotic swarms from 10 to over 100 AI agents across multiple warehouse sites, where the primary bottleneck shifted from model accuracy to the messaging and orchestration stack. The authors advocate …
Nvidia used its latest quarterly report to reassure skeptical investors that AI is expanding beyond large data center clients, predicting that a wider range of businesses and governments will soon become major revenue so…