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Prosecutors to lay out case against Charlie Kirk’s accused killer

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 5, 2026

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…

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‘Catastrophic’ Super Typhoon Bavi hits US island of Rota

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 5, 2026

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 Nati…

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Humanoid

Humanoid says KinetIQ Ascend reinforcement learning approaches human-level dexterity

The Robot Report·Jul 5, 2026

Humanoid says its KinetIQ Ascend approach can reach 99.9% manipulation reliability at human speed and beyond for industrial tasks. The post…

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Asian landlords are ready for a hawkish Fed

Japan Times Technology·Jul 5, 2026

The lesson across these markets is the same: Property owners who cleaned up their debt profiles ahead of time are well poised to navigate a…

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Trump seeks to put himself centre stage for US Independence Day

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 4, 2026

President Donald Trump will headline US Independence Day celebrations on Saturday with a speech and a show that seek to place him at the ce…

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Sachiko Kazama’s art bites back at a cruel society

Japan Times Technology·Jul 4, 2026

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…

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AMR

Context is king: How Avride uses cloud VLMs as a safety net for delivery robots

The Robot Report·Jul 4, 2026

Avride uses vision-language models, or VLMs, to improve the environmental awareness of its delivery robots. The post Context is king: How A…

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The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

The Verge AI·Jul 4, 2026

{"#text":"Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detecti…

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Nasa launches robotic mission to save space telescope

South China Morning Post Tech·Jul 3, 2026

Nasa launched a robotic mission on Friday to try to prevent one of its ageing telescopes from burning up in the atmosphere, a complicated o…

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Research

A device that revives eyeballs from dead donors could make eye transplants possible

MIT Technology Review·Jul 3, 2026

It’s not easy to transplant a whole human eye. The surgery is difficult. And the eyes themselves start to degenerate as soon as they’ve lef…

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ERL2026 Photo & Video Galleries Now Online

EU Robotics·Jul 3, 2026

Congratulations to all participants! Thank you to all sponsors and partners! Check out the photo gallery of ERL2026, the aftermovie and the…

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Humanoid

Automate 2026 show recap

The Robot Report·Jul 2, 2026

Editors Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman, and Sarah Wynn review Automate 2026, analyzing key trends in physical AI, humanoids, and software orches…

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Achieving operational excellence with AI

MIT Technology Review·Jul 2, 2026

Frameworks like Lean Six Sigma and business process management (BPM) first gained traction because they promised clarity in the chaos—a str…

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Research

Reflections from ICRA 2026

Robohub·Jul 2, 2026

From the 1st-5th June, the robots descended on Vienna. The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) brought t…

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Consumer

Teaching AI to run with the turbines

MIT Technology Review·Jul 2, 2026

Artificial intelligence may have captured the public imagination through chatbots and image generators, but some of its most consequential…

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Why you should combine robot dexterity with mechanical positioning for complex assembly operations

The Robot Report·Jul 2, 2026

Experts are recognizing the importance of mechanical positioning and its impact on the machine’s mobility, range and speed. The post Why yo…

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Startup

The Download: a startup has a solution for AI’s groupthink problem

MIT Technology Review·Jul 2, 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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Startup

Luxonis closes Series A round to scale physical AI perception layer

The Robot Report·Jul 2, 2026

Luxonis said it plans to scale production of its OAK camera and refine its platform to support robotics and industrial automation. The post…

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Interrogation footage to be shown at trial over prosecutor questioning

Japan Times Technology·Jul 2, 2026

According to the complaint, prosecutors interrogated a man for 41 days in a row between May 2021 and July 2021, totaling roughly 205 hours.

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In Robotics, Ruggedization Is No Longer Optional

The Robot Report·Jul 1, 2026

As autonomy moves beyond controlled environments, ruggedized design is becoming a prerequisite for reliable robotic operations. The post In…

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Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freight

TechCrunch Robotics·Jul 1, 2026

The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company,…

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Humble Robotics’ CEO says the tech finally caught up to the vision for autonomous vehicles

TechCrunch Robotics·Jul 1, 2026

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: the autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a…

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Humanoid

Top 10 robotics developments of June 2026

The Robot Report·Jul 1, 2026

Humanoid robots made many headlines in June 2026, whether it be for companies going public, new deployments, or hitting production mileston…

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Startup

LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.

MIT Technology Review·Jul 1, 2026

Let’s start with a game. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number between 1 and 10.” You’re…

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