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General

Windows for robots: Edge AI expands usability

The Robot Report·Jun 13, 2026

Before Windows, only engineers and computer scientists could work with computers. Edge AI is causing a similar accessibility shift for robo…

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General

Why it’s nearly impossible to build a robot without China

Japan Times Technology·Jun 13, 2026

Building on the country's electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can't match.

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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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General

AI in warehousing: Akash Gupta’s vision for the future

The Robot Report·Jun 12, 2026

Explore how GreyOrange's software revolutionizes warehouse automation with AI, transforming logistics into dynamic, predictive ecosystems.…

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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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Manipulation

Award-Winning Researcher Trains Robots to Make Educated Guesses

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jun 12, 2026

Yen-Ling Kuo always wanted to understand how things worked. When she was growing up in Taiwan, reading the story of Michael Faraday in elem…

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General

Gatik to bring autonomous freight to PepsiCo’s North American supply chain

The Robot Report·Jun 12, 2026

The partnership focuses on PepsiCo’s regional transportation networks, where it moves products daily from site to site. The post Gatik to b…

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Humanoid

Video Friday: Robotic Motion Discovery Reveals Unusual Behaviors

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·Jun 12, 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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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

Robot Talk Episode 160 – Robotic blacksmiths, with Edward Mehr

Robohub·Jun 12, 2026

Claire chatted to Edward Mehr from Machina Labs about their RoboCraftsman that shapes complex metal parts for the aerospace, defence, and a…

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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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General

With Central Asia rising, John Lee’s visit was well timed

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 12, 2026

In their 2022 book Sinostan, Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen saw Central Asia as China’s “inadvertent empire”. If that is true –…

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Xi on North Korean military ties; US blacklists Chinese tech firms: SCMP’s 7 highlights

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 12, 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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General

SMBC-backed Yes Bank sees Indians tip-toeing back to deposits

Japan Times Technology·Jun 12, 2026

Bank credit in India grew 16.2% in the year through May 15, the fastest pace since June 2024, according to central bank data, while deposit…

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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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General

Trump picks Wall Street ‘top cop’ as US spy chief after Pulte backlash

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 11, 2026

US President Donald Trump said he is nominating Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence, following backlash over his s…

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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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General

Why tech titans’ IPOs matter as much in China as in the US

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 11, 2026

Blockbuster initial public offerings from tech champions such as Anthropic and SpaceX are about to fundamentally reshape global capital mar…

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General

The Download: soccer’s data renaissance and China’s big nuclear plans

MIT Technology Review·Jun 11, 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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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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