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Robotics News Digest — Latest Industry Updates

Daily curated robotics news from top industry sources worldwide.

General

Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats

Robohub·Apr 29, 2026

This small drone is using sonar, similar to bats’ echolocation, to navigate through a grove of trees. Image credit: Nitin Sanket. By Nitin…

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Project CETI deploys autonomous underwater gliders to better observe sperm whales

The Robot Report·Apr 29, 2026

Project CETI has deployed a new underwater glider that can monitor whales for longer than the organization's previous methods. The post Pro…

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The Download: storing nuclear waste and orchestrating agents

MIT Technology Review·Apr 29, 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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GFT Technologies AI-powered robots move from inspection to action for automakers

The Robot Report·Apr 29, 2026

GFT Technologies has built on its work with Google Cloud to deploy robots on automotive factory floors to find and remove defective parts.…

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It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste

MIT Technology Review·Apr 29, 2026

Today, nuclear energy enjoys a rare moment of support across the political spectrum in the US. Interest from tech companies that are scramb…

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Flex and Teradyne expand partnership to scale physical AI

The Robot Report·Apr 28, 2026

Flex and Teradyne Robotics expanded their partnership to accelerate physical AI across global manufacturing facilities. The post Flex and T…

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Intel May Be Finally Turning the Corner

Design News Robotics·Apr 28, 2026

Intel’s turnaround gains momentum with AI-driven CPU demand, foundry progress, and restructuring efforts boosting recovery prospects.

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Humanoid

Apptronik’s new CPO hire a major step in right direction

The Robot Report·Apr 28, 2026

Apptronik taps Waymo veteran Daniel Chu as CPO to lead its $935M transition from humanoid R&D to mass-market commercialization. The po…

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Appetronix acquires Cibotica to automate restaurant kitchens

The Robot Report·Apr 28, 2026

Until now, Appetronix has focused on creating standalone fully autonomous restaurants. With Cibotica, it can also retrofit existing kitchen…

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The Download: Musk and Altman’s legal showdown, and AI’s profit problem

MIT Technology Review·Apr 28, 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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North Korean executions rose dramatically during COVID-19, report shows

Japan Times Technology·Apr 28, 2026

Death penalty cases related to foreign culture, religion and "superstition" jumped by 250% after the country closed its borders, the report…

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Manipulation

Gradient-based planning for world models at longer horizons

Robohub·Apr 28, 2026

GRASP is a new gradient-based planner for learned dynamics (a “world model”) that makes long-horizon planning practical by (1) lifting the…

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Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’

The Verge AI·Apr 28, 2026

{"#text":"On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with j…

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

MIT Technology Review·Apr 27, 2026

After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that coul…

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Startup

SquareMind raises $18M for robotic dermatology platform

The Robot Report·Apr 27, 2026

Squaremind has raised funding to launch Swan, a robotic platform that automates full-body skin imaging for early cancer detection. The post…

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General

Learn about the latest advances in physical AI at the Robotics Summit

The Robot Report·Apr 27, 2026

The Robotics Summit & Expo will have an entire track of sessions focusing on how to apply artificial intelligence to robotics. The pos…

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Startup

Sereact gets Series B funding to expand Cortex 2.0 robot brain, enter U.S. market

The Robot Report·Apr 27, 2026

Sereact plans to expand Cortex 2.0 from bin picking to tasks such as assembly and kitting, and it is opening a Boston office. The post Sere…

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Manipulation

Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead

The Verge AI·Apr 27, 2026

{"#text":"OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intel…

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The missing step between hype and profit

MIT Technology Review·Apr 27, 2026

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

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Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces ‘Palestine’ in designs

The Verge AI·Apr 27, 2026

{"#text":"One of Canva's new AI features has been caught replacing the word \"Palestine\" in designs. The Magic Layers feature - which is d…

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Consumer

Rebuilding the data stack for AI

MIT Technology Review·Apr 27, 2026

Artificial intelligence may be dominating boardroom agendas, but many enterprises are discovering that the biggest obstacle to meaningful a…

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Construction

Reopen Strait of Hormuz by reframing Iran’s tolls as reconstruction

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 27, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is usually described as a chokepoint. Today, it is more than that. It is the hinge point between war and peace in the…

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The Download: DeepSeek’s latest AI breakthrough, and the race to build world models

MIT Technology Review·Apr 27, 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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DJI-Insta360 rivalry, nuclear hint for China’s next carrier: 5 weekend reads you missed

South China Morning Post Tech·Apr 27, 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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