Humanoid Robots Surge Amid AI Breakthroughs
When Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI, encountered a video in August of a sleek, China-made humanoid…
Oct.2023
DLR’s Moon-Mars Test Site Advances Planetary Robotics
On 26 September 2023, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) inaugurated its Moon-Mars Test Site at the Robotics and Mechatronics Center…
3D Printing Homes on Earth and the Moon
In Austin, Texas, a construction site hums without hammers or saws. Instead, a robotic nozzle extrudes layers of concrete, building…
Net-Capture Drones Take Center Stage at AUSA 2023
Small unmanned aerial systems have become increasingly accessible to adversaries, who can modify and weaponize them to exploit gaps in…
Ecomondo 2023 Showcases Engineering for Circular Innovation
The 26th edition of Ecomondo, the Italian Exhibition Group’s international trade show dedicated to industrial technologies and services for the…
High Interest Rates Threaten Global Innovation Momentum
The latest findings from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reveal a shifting landscape for global innovation funding. While…
Programmable CNC-Hydrogel Composites for Soft Robotics
A novel class of programmable, self-healing hydrogel nanocomposites has been developed by combining cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) with zwitterionic copolymers of…
Systems Thinking Unlocks Circular Economy Potential
The Circular Economy (CE) has surged into mainstream policy in regions such as China and Europe, yet its scientific foundations…
Rowan University Advances Soft Robotics Education
In the public imagination, robots are often envisioned as rigid, metallic constructs—towering Transformers, Pixar’s WALL-E, or the droids of Star…
Drone Swarms Push Boundaries of Technology and Security
Uncrewed vehicle swarms—whether airborne or ground-based—are rapidly reshaping the landscape of both opportunity and risk in security and engineering. Advances…
Drone Delivery Gains Speed with Global Expansion
Commercial drone delivery, once a niche experiment, is now a steadily scaling reality in multiple regions. In 2022, more than…
Pinpointing the Weak Links in EV Charging Reliability
As electric vehicle adoption accelerates across North America, the performance of public charging infrastructure has emerged as a decisive factor…
MIT Fellowship Reshapes Nigerian Engineering Education
Empowering the Teachers (ETT), launched at MIT in 2011, has become a catalyst for reforming engineering education in Nigerian universities….
Vietnam’s Push Toward Smokeless Mobility and Hydrogen Cars
At a recent seminar on the automobile industry’s multi-dimensional approach to carbon neutrality, experts agreed that Vietnam’s transition to electric…