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Latest robotics news and industry updates from Global.

General

Modernizing the global economy with industrial robotics is needed but not inevitable

The Robot Report·Jun 14, 2026

While service robotics adoption grows, industrial automation faces greater demand and bigger obstacles, notes a columnist. The post Moderni…

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US judge reprimanded for having sex in chambers apologises: ‘I have no excuse’

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 13, 2026

A US federal judge who was disciplined after an investigation found that she had sex with a police officer in her chambers and then lied ab…

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MassRobotics announces the winners of 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star awards

The Robot Report·Jun 12, 2026

Allison Okamura and Ayoung Kim won MassRobotics' 2026 Robotics Medal and Rising Star Medal, which honor women in robotics. The post MassRob…

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Humanoid

Robotics Summit panel explores the state of humanoid robot design

The Robot Report·Jun 12, 2026

At the Robotics Summit & Expo, experts weighed in on humanoid robotics today — and the ability to achieve a $20,000 price point tomorr…

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General

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 12, 2026

In a post on the social media platform he owns, Elon Musk recently lamented: “Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ really knew what the…

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The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception

MIT Technology Review·Jun 12, 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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General

You do your own time

MIT Technology Review·Jun 12, 2026

There we were, a regular murderers’ row of librarians. Little Jo. Eustace. And me. Turning around in the nave of our library to greet the s…

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Startup

Inside Interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside

MIT Technology Review·Jun 12, 2026

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand wha…

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Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now

MIT Technology Review·Jun 12, 2026

Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first vol…

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Manipulation

Hello Robot is recognized by World Economic Forum as a tech pioneer

The Robot Report·Jun 11, 2026

The World Economic Forum has honored Hello Robot, whose Stretch system provides mobile manipulation to older adults and people with disabil…

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AI Training

Inside XRZero-G0, a new 2,000-hour open dataset for robotics research

The Robot Report·Jun 11, 2026

X Square Robot has open-sourced XRZero-G0, a framework that reduces real-robot training data requirements by up to 20x. The post Inside XRZ…

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Research

Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact

MIT Technology Review·Jun 11, 2026

Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of situations where millions of different AI agents interact with each other…

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Research

Defining Autonomy for Wellness Robots in Senior Care

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jun 11, 2026

An examination of how socially assistive wellness robots could support the seven dimensions of senior wellness, and how a framework can mea…

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General

Inside soccer’s data renaissance

MIT Technology Review·Jun 11, 2026

Imagine tuning in to the opening kickoff of a World Cup match and seeing a player intentionally send the ball all the way down the pitch an…

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General

Job titles of the future: Nature’s drug designer

MIT Technology Review·Jun 11, 2026

In 2018, after nearly two decades working in Big Pharma, chemist Tim Cernak was ready to put his skills to a new use.  For Merck, he’d…

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Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers

The Verge AI·Jun 10, 2026

{"#text":"New college graduates around the country have been booing and heckling commencement speakers who hype up AI. Microsoft would like…

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Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns

The Verge AI·Jun 10, 2026

{"#text":"Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it's already causing concerns inside Microsoft. S…

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Humanoid

NEURA Robotics to raise up to $1.4B in Series C funding for physical AI

The Robot Report·Jun 10, 2026

NEURA Robotics plans to expand its platforms for robot learning and global production of humanoids and other systems. The post NEURA Roboti…

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Consumer

‘I love the inflation’: Trump embraces 3-year price high as Iran war hits home

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 10, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday brushed off concerns about consumer inflation surging to a fresh three-year high in May, on the back…

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Policy

Robotics will not have a clean Llama moment

The Robot Report·Jun 10, 2026

The Llama moment in robotics will not be the day a policy becomes downloadable. It will be the day another team can take that policy, adapt…

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General

The Download: the “steroid olympics” and a safer Mythos

MIT Technology Review·Jun 10, 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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General

The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture

MIT Technology Review·Jun 10, 2026

Testosterone. Methenolone. Nandrolone. Human growth hormone and EPO. Meldonium, modafinil, and mixed amphetamine salts. Clomiphene, anastro…

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General

Protesters torch buildings and vehicles, block roads over Belfast stabbing

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 10, 2026

Anti-immigration protesters torched buildings and vehicles in Belfast on Tuesday evening and blocked roads, a day after a stabbing allegedl…

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General

Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious

The Verge AI·Jun 9, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's \"really, really dangerous\" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness…

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