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The Download: AI can run your admin department now

MIT Technology Review·Jun 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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Rehumanizing global health care with agentic AI

MIT Technology Review·Jun 2, 2026

The global health care sector is under increasing strain.  Decades of chronic underinvestment and constraints in recruitment have coin…

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The next tech war? Why biotech may become a new US-China battleground

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 2, 2026

The wide-ranging geopolitical rivalry between Beijing and Washington could soon expand into biotechnology, raising the prospect of fresh te…

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RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot

Robohub·Jun 2, 2026

Image credit: HIMS / Nature Synthesis. In a paper published in Nature Synthesis, researchers led by Professor Timothy Noël of the Universit…

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NEWS RELEASE – EUROPE MUST SET ITS OWN ROBOTICS AGENDA

EU Robotics·Jun 2, 2026

Vienna Statement urges recognition of essential role of robotics in meeting major challenges Tuesday 2nd June 2026 Europe’s citizens,…

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How small businesses can leverage AI

MIT Technology Review·Jun 2, 2026

This article is from Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s limited-run newsletter examining how to apply LLMs across industries. To recei…

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Nine dead, dozens wounded as Russia launches major attack across Ukraine

Japan Times Technology·Jun 2, 2026

Moscow warned last week that it intended to launch "systematic strikes" on targets in Kyiv and urged foreign nationals to leave.

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WHO chief ends DR Congo visit as group warns Ebola likely spread undetected

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 2, 2026

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday concluded his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo by briefing the president on the re…

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Salesforce Japan to focus on helping firms deploy AI effectively

Japan Times Technology·Jun 2, 2026

Salesforce Japan's CEO said firms often have fragmented systems in which data is scattered across departments, making it difficult for AI t…

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NVIDIA releases new and updated tools for physical AI developers

The Robot Report·Jun 1, 2026

NVIDIA has released open-source physical AI agent skills and tools, as well as an Isaac GR00T humanoid reference robot. The post NVIDIA rel…

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ANSCER Robotics closes Series A round for industrial material handling

The Robot Report·Jun 1, 2026

ANSCER Robotics has raised $5.4 million to scale its hybrid industrial automation robots in North America and globally. The post ANSCER Rob…

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Top 10 robotics stories of May 2026

The Robot Report·Jun 1, 2026

May 2026 was a busy month full of robotics news, and it was topped off by the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. The post Top 10 roboti…

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Key hearing for accused Charlie Kirk killer will be public

South China Morning Post Tech·Jun 1, 2026

Reporters and the public will be allowed to attend a key coming hearing for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, after a Utah judge on…

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Learn about advances in robotic case and each picking

The Robot Report·Jun 1, 2026

Experts from Locus Robotics, Nomagic, and RightHand Robotics will discuss progress in piece picking in this week's webinar. The post Learn…

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Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build

The Verge AI·Jun 1, 2026

{"#text":"Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this week in a bid to win back developers at its Build conference. I've been attending Buil…

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Robotics in culture

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

Robot… A Graphic Novel (Lem, Klimowski, Schejbal, SelfMadeHero Publishing, 2011, London) In the realm of science fiction as it relates to r…

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Robotics and automation 2026 at the MTC

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

In the next newsletter we’ll be reporting on this month’s Robotics and Automation 2026 showcase, which will take place at Manufacturing &#3…

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ICRA 2026 is here

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

Members of the euRobotics community find themselves in good company as they attend ICRA in Vienna this month. The association is present an…

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Wind, Rain, Sand… and Robots!

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

ERL 2026 on the beach at Scheveningen For a small, hard-working team of robotics competition organisers and competitors, mid-May 2026 will…

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Could you host ERF in 2029?

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

For those of us who have been longer on the planet than others, the years come and go with increasing speed. We are already into the second…

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Birmingham 2027 – Workshop call

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

As a clear illustration that the ERF process never stops, the call for expression of interest in workshops for Birmingham is already out. M…

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ERF – learning from Stavanger

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

Work is already well advanced for next year’s ERF in Birmingham and the location of ERF 2028 is known (Athens), while the search for a host…

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Fiorella Operto (1949-2026) – an appreciation

EU Robotics·Jun 1, 2026

Fiorella Operto – picture reproduced with the kind permission of the European Network of STEAM Educators It was with great sadness tha…

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The Download: China’s brain implant ambitions

MIT Technology Review·Jun 1, 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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