US parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son weighing 116kg
The parents of a seven-year-old Michigan boy who weighed 116kg (255 pounds) when he died have been charged with murder, torture and child abuse, prosecutors…
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Robotics News Digest — Page 19
Curated robotics and AI headlines from around the world. 1247 articles · page 19 of 52.
The Download: metric weaknesses and AI elephant warnings
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 technology. The…
Switzerland returns 18 historic Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Swiss authorities on Monday returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in a ceremony at the National Museum in Lagos, the latest addition to the nation’s growing…
Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.
Prosecutors seek life sentence over 2013 Ohsho president murder
The defendant, Yukio Tanaka, is accused of shooting Takayuki Ohigashi, the Ohsho president who was 72 at the time, to death in Kyoto.
Nasa turns to robotic spacecraft to save telescope from falling back to Earth
Nasa is racing to save an ageing telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The US$30 million salvage operation gets under way as…
MBody AI expands service robotics operations to eleven states and Canada
MBody AI has deployed its hardware-agnostic Orchestrator platform to Florida and California, with a pilot in Ontario. The post MBody AI expands service…
Insights behind Kinisi’s acquisition by Bear Robotics
Brennand Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi Robotics, discusses the company's approach to physical AI and its acquisition by Bear Robotics. The post Insights…
Heatwave grips Eastern Europe after Germany weather breaks records
The deadly heatwave that’s set temperature records across western Europe for more than a week has shifted east to scorch Hungary, Romania and the Balkans.…
Europeans hunt for Chinese aircons, Wu Chun’s luggage ordeal: 5 weekend reads
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of…
BMW Group deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version
The Figure 02 robot supported the production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over 11 months in South Carolina. The post BMW Group deploys Figure 03…
Author of US ‘torture memos’ to advise team probing alleged anti-Trump conspiracy
A law professor known for his expansive views of presidential power and for decades-old memos that justified harsh interrogation techniques after the…
AI agents are not your “coworkers”
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Imagine coming in…
Agent confidence on the technical frontier
Enterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business…
Advantages of hypoid gearing over worm, bevel and bevel-planetary
Right-angle gearing often requires engineers to compromise between torque capacity and mechanical efficiency. Hypoid gearing offers a balance of mechanical…
Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial
{"#text":"Jonathan Rinderknecht was facing arson charges for setting a fire on New Year's Day in 2025, which became one of the deadliest wildfires in LA…
For an Africa seeking growth, China is proving a reliable partner
On June 4, at a packing facility in Limuru near Nairobi, Kenya, avocados were being prepared for the Chinese market. The scene may seem mundane, but the…
AGIBOT produces 15,000th robot, marking a milestone in embodied AI deployment
AGIBOT has rolled out 15,000 wheeled semi-humanoid robots as it moves from embodied AI from development and production to deployment. The post AGIBOT…
We know how to build smarter robots. Now, we need to learn smarter ways to test them
Atharv Kolhar, a staff test automation engineer at Figure AI, says the robotics industry needs a testing philosophy that scales alongside autonomy. The post…
US, Mexico Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants
More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners joined a procession across the US-Mexico border on Friday evening, urging the US government…
Smash tacos with bear-approved veggies
Alpine leeks are a forageable example of the "sansai" (wild edible plants) that make springtime a bounty of flavors across Japan's countryside — for humans…
Iran survived 3 months of war. Can it survive the aftermath?
Three months of war with the United States and Israel may not have broken Iran’s resistance, but its economy has been brought to its knees. Forty days of…
How compact cobot integration enhances autonomous mobile robot applications
Cobots are quickly shaping the future of warehousing, with their use rising 10-fold from 2018 to 2025, Kassow said. The post How compact cobot integration…
Why Chinese exporters and shipping firms remain wary despite the US-Iran peace deal
Iran and the United States may have entered a temporary ceasefire, but uncertainty over the agreement continues to cast a shadow over the operations of…