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Daily curated robotics news from top industry sources worldwide.

Startup

WaiV Robotics emerges from stealth to help drones take off and land at sea

The Robot Report·May 5, 2026

With $7.5 million in funding, WaiV Robotics is working to productize its drone landing system, and find OEM partners to work with. The post…

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Consumer

China's 15th Five-Year Plan Positions Robotics & AI to Drive Growth

Design News Robotics·May 5, 2026

China shifts focus from traditional automation to AI-integrated intelligent robotics, leveraging its massive domestic market and manufactur…

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Humanoid

Tutor Intelligence builds Data Factory to train robot AI in the real world

The Robot Report·May 5, 2026

Tutor Intelligence is running 100 Sonny semi-humanoid robots in its headquarters while sharing technology and data with its Cassie mobile m…

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General

Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little selected for 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards

The Robot Report·May 5, 2026

A3 honored Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little with the 2026 Engelberger Awards for their transformative leadership and robotics application…

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General

NORD Drivesystems releases motor starters, variable frequency drives

The Robot Report·May 5, 2026

NORD Drivesystems says its new motor starters and variable-frequency drives allow for easy integration and scaling. The post NORD Drivesyst…

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General

The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy

MIT Technology Review·May 5, 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

Robotically assembled building blocks could make construction more efficient and sustainable

Robohub·May 5, 2026

New research suggests constructing a simple building from interlocking subunits should be mechanically feasible and have a much smaller car…

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General

A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy

MIT Technology Review·May 5, 2026

Every few centuries, changes in how information moves reshape how societies govern themselves. The printing press spread vernacular literac…

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Agriculture

‘Super El Nino’ raises fears for Asia reeling from Middle East conflict

Japan Times Technology·May 5, 2026

The continent is now facing the prospect of strong climate conditions that could spike energy demand, sap hydropower and damage crops.

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General

OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question

The Verge AI·May 4, 2026

{"#text":"The strongest witness for Elon Musk's case against OpenAI so far has been Greg Brockman's journal. Brockman himself is running as…

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Humanoid

iRobot Founder Wants to Put a Robotic Familiar Into Your Home

IEEE Spectrum Robotics·May 4, 2026

Two years ago, Colin Angle stepped down as CEO of iRobot, the company that he co-founded and the most successful home robot company the wor…

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General

ABB Robotics launches OmniVance autonomous surface finishing cell

The Robot Report·May 4, 2026

ABB Robotics said its new OmniVance Collaborative Surface Finishing Cell automates repetitive sanding and polishing tasks The post ABB Robo…

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Startup

Inside Colin Angle’s bid to build companion robots with Familiar Machines & Magic

The Robot Report·May 4, 2026

Familiar Machines & Magic, Colin Angle's new robot startup, is developing a quadruped 'familiar' to succeed in a challenging category.…

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Consumer

The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion

The Verge AI·May 4, 2026

{"#text":"Colin Angle, the maker of the Roomba and the man who helped put 50 million household robots into people's homes, is back with a n…

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General

Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

MIT Technology Review·May 4, 2026

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up he…

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General

US Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone

South China Morning Post Tech·May 4, 2026

The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of…

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General

Tailoring AI solutions for health care needs

MIT Technology Review·May 4, 2026

The AI market is full of big promises of grand transformation. Health care is a prime target for those promises, beset as it is by financia…

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General

Wall Street hesitates, oil prices rise amid uncertainty in Strait of Hormuz

South China Morning Post Tech·May 4, 2026

The US stock market is holding tentatively near its record heights on Monday, while oil prices climb with uncertainty about when oil tanker…

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General

Ouster releases REV8 OS sensor family with native-color lidar

The Robot Report·May 4, 2026

Ouster says its Rev8 OS sensors are the first to have native color and include the OS1 Max with double the range and resolution of Rev7. Th…

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General

Cheaper durians for China, Hong Kong helpers camp in tents: 5 weekend reads you missed

South China Morning Post Tech·May 4, 2026

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…

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General

At 70, chasing birds across a changing Japan

Japan Times Technology·May 4, 2026

From subtropical islands to northern coasts, a quest for rare sightings becomes a meditation on memory, effort and environmental change.

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General

Vigilantes in Nigeria kill herders amid jihadist tensions, kidnapping gangs

South China Morning Post Tech·May 3, 2026

A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have tol…

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General

Why physical AI is the real manufacturing revolution

The Robot Report·May 3, 2026

Physical AI promises to transform manufacturing, but only if robotics developers and integrators avoid hype and address real scaling challe…

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Cobot

Closing the latency gap: Why physical AI requires edge-first architectures

The Robot Report·May 3, 2026

Madhu Gaganam, founder and CEO of Cogniedge.ai, said the industry’s shift toward true cobots demands more than safer cages or slower speeds…

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