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Daily curated robotics news from top industry sources worldwide.

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Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says he’ll add cost to tariffs

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 17, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalcul…

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Construction

Founder of Maximo discusses how robotics is accelerating solar construction

The Robot Report·Jul 17, 2026

Maximo founder Deise Yumi Asami discusses the process of automating solar construction with robotics. The post Founder of Maximo discusses…

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Manipulation

This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 17, 2026

Like many engineers, Sarah Downs says she knew she wanted to pursue a STEM career from a young age. As a teenager, she discovered robotics…

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Humanoid

Weave Robotics launches Isaac, its first mobile humanoid robot

The Robot Report·Jul 17, 2026

Weave Robotics has listed the features of its Isaac wheeled bimanual manipulator robot for household and office use. The post Weave Robotic…

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Humanoid

Video Friday: Your Robot Surgeon Will See You Now

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 17, 2026

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekl…

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Startup

With new funding, Monumental plans to bring its construction robots to the U.S.

The Robot Report·Jul 17, 2026

Monumental acts as a subcontractor during construction tasks. Contractors pay the company for finished walls rather than for robots. The po…

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The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China’s latest AI leap

MIT Technology Review·Jul 17, 2026

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 t…

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Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

Robohub·Jul 17, 2026

Andrew James (from left), Neil Morrison, Natalia Kurz and Michael Neiss work on a prototype of their weed-killing robot ahead of The Farm R…

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There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it.

MIT Technology Review·Jul 17, 2026

Perimenopause has entered the chat. Perimenopause—and its better-known relative, menopause—used to be considered taboo. Not anymore, thanks…

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The risk of weather data sabotage is rising

MIT Technology Review·Jul 17, 2026

Every morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast…

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Japan’s parliament passes bill to revise retrial system

Japan Times Technology·Jul 17, 2026

The revised code will prohibit prosecutors from appealing court orders to initiate retrials in principle, while some exceptions will be all…

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Chinese scientist’s sodium battery leap; petition to boot Argentina: SCMP’s 7 highlights

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 17, 2026

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with…

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US confronts floods, heatwaves, smoky skies all at once amid Trump aid cuts

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 17, 2026

Across the US this week, different disasters – from Canadian wildfire smoke darkening the skies in the Midwest and northeast to extreme hea…

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US pounds Iran as Tehran threatens to ‘crush’ Middle East infrastructure

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 16, 2026

The United States and Iran traded attacks on Friday, with Tehran targeting American assets across the Middle East in the biggest escalation…

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Texas floods kill 2, with more storms to come

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 16, 2026

Mandatory evacuations across the Texas Hill Country are under way as life-threatening flash floods wreck bridges and roads with more heavy…

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Italian police raid luxury brands Bulgari and Chanel over exploitation of Chinese workers

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 16, 2026

Italian police raided the offices of several luxury brands including Bulgari and Chanel over suspicions they used subcontractors employing…

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Construction

TerraFirma raises $115M to build robotic infrastructure for construction

The Robot Report·Jul 16, 2026

TerraFirma has developed a platform that combines AI-enabled software, a remote command-and-control center, and retrofitted heavy machinery…

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Manipulation

How to Make an Invisible Drone

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jul 16, 2026

There are many words that I would never, ever use to describe a drone. Stealthy. Subtle. Whatever the opposite of obnoxious is. Much of thi…

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General

Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook

The Verge AI·Jul 16, 2026

{"#text":"Google is giving its AI note-taking app a new name. The company announced on Thursday that NotebookLM is becoming Gemini Notebook…

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Xpanner rolls out X1 Panel Lift for automated solar panel installation

The Robot Report·Jul 16, 2026

X1 Panel Lift uses existing excavators and a single workflow so solar installation crews can focus on alignment, fastening, and quality. Th…

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Lockheed Martin taps Machina’s robots for mission-critical missile parts

The Robot Report·Jul 16, 2026

Machina Labs secured a Lockheed Martin contract to qualify robotically formed metal components for the JASSM missile program. The post Lock…

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The Download: OpenAI unveils GPT-Red and heat pumps rise in the US

MIT Technology Review·Jul 16, 2026

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 t…

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4 Greek MPs charged over multimillion EU farm fraud scandal

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 16, 2026

Four acting members of Greece’s parliament were among ⁠22 people indicted ⁠on Thursday by the European Public ⁠Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) o…

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General

Why heat pumps are still so hot in the US

MIT Technology Review·Jul 16, 2026

It feels as if it should be illegal to even think about heating appliances during the height of summer—seriously, these heat waves in New Y…

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