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Mechanical Design & Robotics

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Face One Obstacle Bigger Than Fuel

Thomas Caldwell
Mechanical Design & Robotics

China’s 10,000-Robot Milestone Raises the Stakes in Humanoid Manufacturing

Stephen Wallace
Mechanical Design & Robotics

AI Data Centers Are Forcing a New Turbine Power Race

Edward Collins
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Teen Turned Down $300,000 to Keep Farm AI in Class

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Restaurant Robot Loses Control, Exposing a Bigger Safety Problem

Thomas Caldwell
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Richtech and Microsoft put “agentic” AI where robots actually meet customers

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

A robot face practiced lip-sync in a mirror, and the hard...

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Tesla’s Optimus promise puts factory safety, uptime and standards at center...

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Watch: ALLEX’s handshake highlights the real engineering behind “safe touch” robots

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Scientists found AI’s hidden weakness: “reasoning” models still miss obvious rules

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Enzyme-driven microbubbles swim to tumors and burst drugs on cue

Jonathan Barrett

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Aerospace & Spaceflight

SpaceX’s 600 Falcon Landings Show Reusability Has Become Routine

David Whitaker
Aerospace & Spaceflight

Voyager 1 Sacrifices a Science Tool as Power Runs Critically Low

David Whitaker
Drones & Unmanned Systems

SoftBank Pushes Matternet Drone Deliveries Toward Everyday US Logistics

Stephen Wallace
Aerospace & Spaceflight

Why One SR-71 Crew Refused to Eject From a Burning Blackbird

David Whitaker
David Whitaker

SpaceX’s 600 Falcon Landings Show Reusability Has Become Routine

What makes this event really impressive is the fact that SpaceX has mastered and incorporated the process of booster recovery into its standard operating procedure, which is what has brought the company a huge step forward. Namely, after the booster detaches from the Falcon 9 stack and the upper...