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At the recently held MADEX2025 International Maritime Defense Exhibition in Busan, South Korea, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries unveiled for the first time a conceptual design model of a new drone carrier called HCX-23 Plus.

Compared with the Turkish Anadolu drone carrier, which was a “half-baked” aircraft carrier, the HCX-23 Plus launched by...

Humanoid and cobot developers can use NVIDIA&s full-stack safety platform. Source: NVIDIA

At its GPU Technology Conference, or GTC in Paris today, NVIDIA Corp. announced new tools for applying artificial intelligence to the development of robots, self-driving cars, and smart cities. The company claimed that European manufacturers are racing...

An autonomous drone carrying water to help extinguish a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada might encounter swirling Santa Ana winds that threaten to push it off course. Rapidly adapting to these unknown disturbances inflight presents an enormous challenge for the drone’s flight control system.

To help such a drone stay on target, MIT researchers...

1X Technologies has introduced Redwood, an artificial intelligence model designed for its humanoid, NEO. The company said Redwood enables NEO to perform household tasks autonomously.

Redwood is intended to allow NEO robot to move, perceive, and interact within home environments. 1X said the AI model was trained on real-world data and is designed to...

Wing said its drones use a dual-propulsion system that includes vertical lift motors for takeoff and landing, and separate cruise motors for long-range flights. | Source: Wing

Walmart Inc., with the help of Wing Aviation LLC, last week said it is taking its drone delivery service to five new cities: Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Houston; Orlando; and...

– A bird’s nest incorporating fiber optic cable is a striking sign of how much debris from fiber-guided FPVs now litters the landscape of Ukraine. Other images show fields glittering with fibers like spiderwebs where dozens of drones have passed overhead.

Meanwhile social media fills with hide-and-seek videos as Ukrainian drone pilots use their new...

WTWH Media, producer of The Robot Report and the Robotics Summit - Expo, invites you to submit a presentation to be considered for RoboBusiness 2025, which will be held on Oct. 15 and 16 in Santa Clara, Calif. The event was founded in 2004.

In addition to enabling tech and robotics development, RoboBusiness focuses on investments and business...

On Thursday, Spanish startup Multiverse Computing announced that it raised an enormous Series B round of €189 million (about $215 million) on the strength of a technology it calls “CompactifAI.”

CompactifAI is a quantum-computing inspired compression technology that is capable of reducing the size of LLMs by up to 95% without impacting model...

The NHS hopes to bring the benefits of robotic surgery, like faster recovery and fewer complications, to more people in the coming years. | Source: Adobe Stock

The National Health Society (NHS) of England announced today that millions of patients will benefit from robotic surgery over the next decade as part of its efforts to cut waiting times. By...

Los Angeles-based Coco Robotics, a startup building last-mile delivery robots, announced it raised $80 million on Wednesday.

The funding round included angel investors Sam Altman and Max Altman, both returning investors, in addition to VC firms like Pelion Venture Partners and Offline Ventures, among others.

This brings the company’s total funding t...

– Intellition, an emerging innovator in drone services for mountain resort operations, has achieved a critical milestone with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by securing its first waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations.

This regulatory approval includes the integration of uAvionix’s Casia G ground-based...

– Altitude Angel has announced that it has been awarded a United States patent for its pioneering ground-based detect and avoid (DAA) technology, ARROW, the foundational innovation behind the UK’s first drone superhighway.

The newly U.S. patented ARROW system enables drones to safely operate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) without the need for...

Wandercraft&s person exoskeleton, Eve, offers upright motion and walking independence for people with severe mobility disabilities. | Source: Wandercraft

Wandercraft has raised $75 million in Series D funding. The French robotics company said the new funding will help it commercialize the Eve self-balancing personal exoskeleton as early as...

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has signed a support and sustainment contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. for logistics and maintenance of the Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft system.

The contract — known as the UK Protector Availability and Support Solution or UK PASS — will provide ongoing support for the new...

Swarms of drones are evolving beyond surveillance and becoming vital tools for civil protection, serving as agents of societal good.

As climate-related disasters grow more frequent and urban infrastructure more complex, cities and public sector agencies need tools that are faster, smarter, and more reliable to both prevent and manage crises.

A swarm...

Vast Data, which offers an AI-friendly data storage platform, is in the market to raise a new round at a giant leap in valuation.

Earlier this year, the 9-year-old company was seeking a valuation of around $25 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. Should it achieve that, it would be a massive jump from its $9 billion Series E...

–Skyways, a designer and manufacturer of long-range autonomous unmanned cargo aircraft systems, announced that it has received an award for a total amount of $37 million from the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) AFWERX to transition its existing V3 aircraft from prototype to full-rate production.

With the funding, Skyways will continue building its...

UR&s Direct Torque Control interface applies to both the e-Series and UR Series and is supported by PolyScope 5 and PolyScope X. | Source: Universal Robots

Universal Robots has announced early access to its Direct Torque Control technology for collaborative robots. The technology gives researchers and developers real-time control of all the...

Let’s be honest: Most events aren’t built for VCs — they’re built around VCs. Panels, keynotes, maybe a few startups worth watching, and a sea of business cards you’ll forget by dinner.

A Technology NewsRoom All Stage 2025 flips that script, when we fill up Boston’s SoWa Power Station on July 15. This isn’t just a chance to speak onstage and bounce...