Kraken Robotics acquires Covelya Group for $615M
Covelya Group expands Kraken Robotics' product offerings and total addressable market in subsea technology. The post Kraken Robotics acquires Covelya Group…
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Robotics News Digest — Page 16
Curated robotics and AI headlines from around the world. 1247 articles · page 16 of 52.
EU should think twice before weaponising its market against China
For much of the post-Cold-War era, the European Union understood economic interdependence as a source of mutual prosperity. Open markets, free trade and…
Boston Dynamics brings its legged robots to the FIFA World Cup
Around the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Hyundai and Boston Dynamics have taught footwork to the Atlas humanoid, while the Spot robot is on patrol. The post Boston…
Prosecutors to lay out case against Charlie Kirk’s accused killer
Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with…
Millions in Lalique jewellery stolen in daring French museum raid
Burglars stole millions of euros’ worth of jewellery from the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique in a daring early-morning raid on Sunday, just…
Humanoid says KinetIQ Ascend reinforcement learning approaches human-level dexterity
Humanoid says its KinetIQ Ascend approach can reach 99.9% manipulation reliability at human speed and beyond for industrial tasks. The post Humanoid says…
Fires ravage France, Spain, Portugal forests as Europe’s temperatures rise again
Hundreds of firefighters battled forest infernos in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as temperatures rose again in heatwave-scarred Europe. The latest…
‘China shock 3.0’ is coming. And it’ll be AI-powered robots
The world’s attention is fixed on frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models, but China’s robot-making factories deserve just as much attention. Chinese…
‘Catastrophic’ Super Typhoon Bavi hits US island of Rota
A “super typhoon” with equivalent force to a category-5 hurricane made landfall on the US island of Rota in the Pacific on Monday, the National Weather…
Asian landlords are ready for a hawkish Fed
The lesson across these markets is the same: Property owners who cleaned up their debt profiles ahead of time are well poised to navigate any economic turmoil.
‘We won’t tolerate this’: thousands in Germany protest against far-right AfD
Thousands of opponents of Germany’s far-right AfD took to the streets of Erfurt on Saturday and blocked roads to the party’s annual conference ahead of…
Trump seeks to put himself centre stage for US Independence Day
President Donald Trump will headline US Independence Day celebrations on Saturday with a speech and a show that seek to place him at the centre of the…
The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself
{"#text":"Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being…
Sachiko Kazama’s art bites back at a cruel society
Sachiko Kazama has made a name for herself as a sharp satirist. Her art from spanning a nearly four-decade long career is now on display in Hirosaki, Aomori…
Pope visits Africa-Europe crossing as anti-migrant policies rise in US, EU
Pope Leo on Saturday visited Italy’s Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants risking the perilous crossing from Africa, in a stark message to US…
Micron breaks ground on $9 billion western Japan plant expansion
The company is building the facility in Hiroshima to make high-bandwidth memory chips, with shipments to start around the summer of 2028.
Japan Pioneered Humanoid Robots—Can It Now Catch China?
“In the future, the relationship between humans and robots will deepen, and the distinction between them will probably disappear.” This prediction, from one…
Heatwave upends Fourth of July events across US, strains power grids
A dangerous heatwave upended Fourth of July celebrations across swathes of the central and eastern United States on Friday, forcing officials in the…
Context is king: How Avride uses cloud VLMs as a safety net for delivery robots
Avride uses vision-language models, or VLMs, to improve the environmental awareness of its delivery robots. The post Context is king: How Avride uses cloud…
As US turns 250, Trump warns American identity under ‘renewed attack’
America turns 250 on Saturday – a landmark birthday that coincides with a time of deep national division and a president determined to seize the festive…
Washington prepares for world-record fireworks, but will it end in a smoke show?
An “unforgettable” tribute to America, or a health hazard that will terrorise animals and pollute the environment? That is the question as Washington…
Video Friday: An Earthbound Mars Rover for the Moon
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of…
The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway.
As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI at school. The…
The Download: a smoking “endgame” and a new Elizabeth Bear story
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The…