Tesla Cybercab Faces Federal Safety Investigation After Entering Austin Passenger Service
Tesla’s Cybercab has moved beyond prototype demonstrations into commercial passenger service in Austin, Texas. That deployment is now under federal…
Mechanical Design & Robotics
Pentagon Commits $115 Million as Ukraine Favors Cheaper Ground Robots
The Pentagon committed more than $115 million to ground-robot projects in fiscal 2026, according to public records and GovTribe data…
Philadelphia Proposes 50-Cent Minimum Charge on Every Robot Delivery
Philadelphia wants autonomous services to help fund public transit and offset anticipated tax losses, but its proposal immediately creates two…
Faraday Future Spins Off Robotics, Pivots to Under-100 Robotaxi Fleet
Faraday Future is moving from one difficult automotive strategy to another. After investing more than $3 billion in a luxury…
Lava Regiment Says Robot Autonomously Handled 93% of 12-Mile Supply Run
Ninety-three percent is the central figure in a logistics mission reported by the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, part of the…
Pennsylvania Professor Arrested Blocking Uber Eats Robot Required to Yield
Pennsylvania gives autonomous delivery robots the legal status of pedestrians, but it does not put them ahead of people on…
Turo Verifies Tesla Full Self-Driving, but Renters Must Stay Attentive
The verification begins when a host connects a Tesla account to Turo. Through that direct account connection, Turo can confirm…
China’s Yitian-L Air Defense Truck Appears With 12 Missiles, Up From Four
A compact Yitian-L air-defense truck that previously carried four missiles now appears to carry 12 in two six-tube roof packs….
Tesla Model Y Lost Supervised Driving for Much of a 1,500-Mile Trip
A feature intended to ease long-distance driving was unavailable when its owner needed it most. During an approximately 1,500-mile journey…
Tesla Passes Waymo in Austin, but Waymo Logs Seven Times More Nationally
Tesla’s Robotaxi service logged a reported 438,000 driverless miles in Austin during the week ending October 18, 2026. That put…
Tesla Reports Six Million Miles Between Major Collisions, Not a Controlled Comparison
Tesla says vehicles using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) now travel an average of 6,006,200 miles between major collisions. The October 2026…
Bedrock Robotics Raises $600 Million as Autonomous Excavators Start Commercial Work
Bedrock Robotics has raised $600 million after moving excavators equipped with its autonomous-driving system beyond pilots and into paid work…
5 Close-Range Tank Duels and Armor Clashes Caught on Video
By Sam Andrews — AMI’s senior editor for defense, aerospace, and uncrewed systems, covering autonomous drones, military technology, advanced materials, mechanical systems, automotive integration, and engineering policy & innovation ethics.
Greek Submarine Torpedo Sinks Decommissioned Frigate During Joint Missile Trials
A Greek submarine fired a torpedo that sank the decommissioned frigate HS MPOUMPOULINA during a wider Greek-Israeli naval weapons trial…
Navy Raises Gecko Robotics Ceiling to $300 Million Amid Ship Delays
$300 million is the new ceiling on the U.S. Navy’s ship-inspection contract with Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics, up from $70 million….
110 Robots Perform Synchronized Dance In China and Set Guinness World Record On Camera
By Sam Andrews — AMI’s senior editor for defense, aerospace, and uncrewed systems, covering autonomous drones, military technology, advanced materials, mechanical systems, automotive integration, and engineering policy & innovation ethics.
China Turns Sci-fi Into Reality With a Massive Deep Sea Floating Island
For more than a decade, the struggle for maritime dominance across the Western Pacific has driven major powers to project…
Electricity Spins Screw-Shaped Molecule, Raising Its Current Up to 100-Fold
An electric current enters a screw-shaped molecule suspended between two fine gold tips. The passing electrons set the molecule rotating…