NHTSA Orders Sworn Proof Tesla’s Control-Free Cybercab Meets Safety Rules by September 30
Tesla has until September 30 to provide sworn evidence that its Cybercab complies with federal vehicle-safety rules, even though the…
Tesla Update Can Start Supervised Steering When Emergency Braking May Fall Short
Braking reduces speed along the vehicle’s existing path; steering changes that path. Tesla is now combining those two forms of…
Ukrainian Commander Says Ground Robots Survive Just Three or Four Missions
Ukraine is rapidly expanding its ground-robot fleet, but one commander says machines operating near Kupiansk now survive only three or…
Hyundai Delays Its Driving Software to 2029, Uses Nvidia for 2028
Hyundai Motor Group faces a two-year gap between its original software timetable and the revised arrival of its proprietary system….
FANUC Integrates AI, Force Control and Digital Twins for IMTS
A manufacturing robot can only act on an AI-generated instruction after that instruction passes through several engineering layers: interpretation, program…
ICE Plans Up to $2 Million Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Buy; Rules Undisclosed
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $2 million on Boston Dynamics Spot robot dogs for hazardous…
UC San Diego Humanoids Complete Two Surgeries, but Motion Limits Block Clinical Use
A robot shaped to work in a human operating room still has to meet performance standards set by machines designed…
ICE Plans Up to $2 Million for Spot Inspection Robots, Not Arrests
A Boston Dynamics Spot robot can carry cameras and hazard sensors across uneven ground while its operator remains at a…
Tesla Sets September 3 Cybercab Launch, but Paid Rides Remain Unscheduled
Tesla will hold a Cybercab launch event in Austin on September 3, advancing a robotaxi program built around a two-seat…
Nevada Expands Tesla’s Las Vegas Robotaxi Approval From 10 to 5,000
Tesla’s proposed Las Vegas robotaxi fleet was initially cut from 5,000 vehicles to just 10, but that severe restriction did…
NASA Calls Off Swift Rescue After LINK Control Problems Persist
Katalyst Space Technologies regained partial control of its spinning LINK spacecraft, but not enough to complete the job that mattered…
UC San Diego’s $22.9 Million Clot-Removal Robot Grows From Its Tip
The proposed clot-removal robot does not move through an artery by pushing a catheter’s full length forward from outside the…
PI V-783 Brings 310-Millimeter Travel to Mechanical-Bearing Wafer Automation
Direct-drive motors move the PI V-783 stage without the screws, belts or gear components that can introduce backlash and drivetrain…
Onshape Turns Text Prompts Into Reusable CAD Features With Traceable Changes
The useful output of Onshape’s latest artificial-intelligence workflow is not a single piece of generated geometry. It is code that…
FCC Restriction Could Block New Foreign-Made Robot Vacuums, Not Existing Models
A robot vacuum becomes communications equipment in regulatory terms when its mobility depends on a tightly integrated stack of sensors,…
FCC Blocks New Foreign Robots but Spares Previously Cleared Models
A newly introduced foreign robot can now be shut out of the United States while an outwardly similar model already…
Ingalls Welding Robot Pilot Targets Variable Geometry With Real-Time Correction
A weld path programmed from an ideal drawing can lose alignment when a large steel assembly departs from that ideal….
FCC Robot Restriction May Reach Household Models, Not Existing Devices
A connected robot vacuum can map rooms and exchange data with remote services, yet that does not automatically mean it…