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Researchers propose CLOSER-VLN, a closed-loop self-verified retrieval-augmented reasoning method for aerial vision-language navigation that verifies and corrects actions before execution. The method achieves 32.01% succe…
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas has introduced the Strip's first AI-powered robotic massage at its Qua Baths and Spa, using Aescape's technology to offer personalized treatments at lower costs. The service, which uses body-s…
Bear Robotics acquired Kinisi Robotics to boost its physical AI capabilities, as announced on The Robot Report Podcast. Kinisi Robotics founder Bren Pierce, a humanoid robotics Ph.D. from TUM, has raised over $180 millio…
South Korea's government and tech companies, including Samsung and SK Hynix, are investing $1 trillion in megaprojects to boost memory chip production, build AI data centers, and deploy humanoid robots by 2028. President…
Researchers introduced WGO-Bench, a benchmark for testing robotics subtask annotation performance across 100 egocentric and robot-video episodes with 743 annotated segments. After over 60 experiments, they found Gemini m…
Disneyland reopened the Pirates of the Caribbean ride with a new animatronic pirate that transforms from a living buccaneer into a ghostly skeleton using next-generation Hybrid Front Projection technology from Walt Disne…
Pudu Robotics and Shenzhen Culture & Tourism Industry Development Co. Ltd. announced plans to open the world's first fully robot-run hotel on West Artificial Island in Guangdong Province, China, with trial operations sta…
BMW Group will deploy Figure 03 humanoid robots at its Spartanburg plant after a successful 11-month pilot with Figure 02, which produced over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles. The new robots will handle logistics sequencing tasks…
MIT CSAIL Alliances launched a new podcast called Building 32, hosted by Karen Given, featuring conversations with pioneers and researchers shaping AI, robotics, and computing. The podcast explores the stories behind tec…
World Action Models (WAMs) are gaining traction in embodied AI and robotics research, signaling a shift toward more integrated action and world modeling. This trend points to a future where robots better understand and i…
EE Times moderated a panel on RISC-V ecosystem growth for Physical AI with Arteris, GlobalFoundries, and Tenstorrent at a Taipei event, discussing scalable robots, computing power balance, and the importance of partnersh…
MBody AI Corp. is expanding its service robotics operations to eleven U.S. states and Canada, leveraging its Orchestrator platform to manage multi-robot fleets. The company, which plans to merge with Check-Cap Ltd., aims…
BlackBerry shares surged after the company reported Q1 revenue of $152.9 million, up 26% year-over-year, and a net profit for the fourth time in five quarters. The former smartphone maker now focuses on its QNX operating…
Chinese humanoid startups AI²Robotics and X Square Robot both surpassed 20 billion RMB in valuation on the same day, with AI²Robotics raising nearly 5 billion RMB and X Square Robot completing four rounds in two months. …
Journalist Joanna Stern spent a year integrating AI into her family's daily life, testing chatbots, robots, and self-driving cars. Her experiment, documented in a book and reported by multiple outlets, found that AI exce…
Hundreds of billions of dollars in new U.S. semiconductor investment are creating opportunities for automation and precision engineering suppliers, with Nightfood Holdings (NGTF) announcing a strategic alliance between T…
The Bay Area events calendar for July 3-9 lists activities including a World of Soccer Experience, First Fridays ArtWalk, a multimedia performance exploring women in technology, laser shows, free museum admission, concer…
South Korea announced a $880 billion investment plan over a decade to dominate the AI era, focusing on semiconductors, AI data centers, and robots. President Lee Jae Myung unveiled the package on Monday, calling speed es…
Japan's regulatory reform panel called for easing building standards for data centers to support AI development, citing lithium-ion battery restrictions as a key obstacle. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to promote…
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, raised $7.4 billion in the largest first-time funding round by a Chinese startup, driven by US export restrictions and competition with Anthropic's Mythos model. China now has 381 unicorns, mi…