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Mechanical Design & Robotics

Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Face One Obstacle Bigger Than Fuel

Thomas Caldwell
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Kawasaki’s Robot-Horse Plan Forces a Hard Question: Can It Be Safe?

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Jelly “Pain Nerves” That Remember Could Make Robots Safer

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

CES Puts Humanoids Center-Stage as Physical AI Gets Real

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

I Held Atlas’s Hand and Noticed Its Most Human Choice

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

CES Humanoids Promise Laundry Help, But Homes Are Hard

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Humanoid Robots Steal CES 2026 Spotlight Engineering Still Decides

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

I Saw Weird CES Robots These Moments Were Most Memorable

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

I Walked CES 2026’s Robot Aisles Chores, Cuteness, and Unease

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

Boston Dynamics’ “48-Hour Task” Standard for Factory Humanoids

Jonathan Barrett
Mechanical Design & Robotics

CES 2026’s surprise theme: machines that listen, watch, decide

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...