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Updated 2h agoWhat's happening: Embention lands spot on Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Spain
Embention, a developer of UAV autopilots and high‑reliability avionics, was named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Spain, highlighting four years of strong revenue growth. The company’s avionics for UAVs and eVTOL platforms are certified to DO‑160, DO‑178C and DO‑254 standards. Embention also announced the opening of a U.S. headquarters to expand its Veronte Ecosystem.
Also developing:
- •New York reverses on plans to allow robottaxis, a blow to Waymo
- •Waymo partners with TechForce Foundation to support autonomous ride‑hailing workforce
- •Opinion: Nevada should lead on autonomous trucking, not legislate it away
News•Feb 20, 2026
Brazil Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese Steel
Brazil’s foreign trade committee approved five‑year anti‑dumping duties on a wide range of Chinese steel products after a 2024 investigation revealed pricing below market levels. The duties range from US$323 to US$670 per ton for cold‑rolled coil and US$285 to US$710 per ton for hot‑dip galvanized coil. In 2025 Brazil imported 202,000 tons of CRC and 1.42 million tons of HDG from China, representing a significant share of the country’s 5.7 million‑ton rolled‑steel market. The measures aim to protect domestic producers and stabilize pricing for downstream industries such as automotive manufacturing.
By Just Auto
News•Feb 20, 2026
Embention Named in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Spain for Sustained Growth
Embention, a developer of UAV autopilots and high‑reliability avionics, has been named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Spain, recognizing four years of strong revenue growth. The accolade underscores the company’s certified avionics for UAVs and eVTOL platforms, built to DO‑160,...
By Unmanned Systems Technology – News
News•Feb 20, 2026
Tesla Launches $60k AWD Cybertruck, Reverses $15k Cyberbeast Price Hike
Tesla announced a $60,000 base all‑wheel‑drive Cybertruck and cut the top‑end Cyberbeast price to $100,000, down $15,000. The price adjustments come as the model is selling roughly 5,000 units per quarter, far below the original target of 250,000 annual deliveries....
By Electrek
Video•Feb 19, 2026
Next Generation 3D Cabin Tech - Seeing Machines CEO on Tech Leading Automotive and Robotics Future
Seeing Machines Ltd says it is approaching a major inflection point ahead of the July 2026 EU GSR deadline. CEO Paul McGlone highlights 67% royalty growth and expects positive adjusted EBITDA in Q3, while CFO Martin Ive confirms a strengthened...
By Proactive Investors
News•Feb 19, 2026
NIST Launches AI Agent Standards Initiative as Autonomous AI Moves Into Production
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched the AI Agent Standards Initiative to craft technical standards for autonomous AI agents. Led by NIST’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation, the program targets interoperability, identity, and security challenges...
By SiliconANGLE (sitewide)
Social•Feb 19, 2026
NY Governor Blocks Robotaxi Rollout, Waymo Hit, Tesla Dips
Big piece of robotaxi reporting by @natlungfy New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal that would have allowed for commercial robotaxi services outside New York City. A big blow for Waymo. But also note that Tesla shares fell...
By Ed Ludlow
Social•Feb 18, 2026
Bay Area ROS Meetup: Drones, Autonomy, Expert Speakers
Are you in the Bay Area and interested in drones or autonomous heavy equipment? Join us for our next ROS By-The-Bay meetup next Thursday. Our guest speakers will be @mrpollo from @PX4Autopilot / @Dronecode and Zeerek Ahmad, a Sr. controls engineer...
By Open Robotics
Video•Feb 18, 2026
IROS 2025 Keynotes - AI and Robot Learning: Xfeng Yan
In this keynote, Shifen Yan from UC Santa Barbara introduced a token‑level adaptive inference framework for transformer models, arguing that the uniform computational cost per token is inefficient for many robotics and language tasks. By inserting a lightweight router before...
By IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
Video•Feb 18, 2026
IROS 2025 Keynotes - Field Robotics: Brendan Englot
Brendan Englot’s IROS 2025 keynote highlighted the latest advances in situational awareness and decision‑making for marine robots, spanning perception, exploration, and risk‑aware control. His Robust Field Autonomy Lab at Stevens focuses on equipping underwater platforms with sensors and algorithms that...
By IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
Video•Feb 18, 2026
IROS 2025 Keynotes - Field Robotics: Jiancheng Yu
The keynote at IROS 2025 presented a multidisciplinary optimization framework for long‑range autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), aiming to overcome traditional design bottlenecks and deliver cost‑effective, high‑performance ocean observation platforms. The speaker, Jiancheng Yu of the Shenyang Institute of the Chinese Academy...
By IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
Video•Feb 18, 2026
IROS 2025 Keynotes - Field Robotics: Matteo Matteucci
Matteucci’s IROS 2025 keynote frames agriculture’s fourth, digital revolution as a necessity to feed a projected two‑billion‑person increase by 2100. He links declining farm labor, rising food insecurity, and unsustainable fertilizer and water use to the urgent need for robotics,...
By IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
Video•Feb 18, 2026
Fireside Chat with Chief of the Air Staff 2026
The Royal Aeronautical Society were delighted to host Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, to our HQ at No.4 Hamilton Place for a Corporate Partner briefing on the evolving role of air and space power. Sir...
By Royal Aeronautical Society
Video•Feb 18, 2026
IROS 2025 Keynotes - Field Robotics: Timothy Chung
Timothy Chung’s IROS 2025 keynote outlined Microsoft’s strategic roadmap for field robotics, emphasizing a shift from isolated robot pilots to large‑scale, interoperable robot federations that operate across air, sea, ground and underwater domains. He framed this evolution on a two‑dimensional...
By IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
News•Feb 18, 2026
U.S. Firms Test Venom Autonomous Strike Aircraft
Divergent Technologies and Mach Industries unveiled Venom, an autonomous strike aircraft prototype that reached flight readiness in just 71 days. The rapid development leveraged Mach's modular open‑systems architecture and Divergent's Adaptive Production System, which uses additive manufacturing to produce monolithic...
By Defence Blog
News•Feb 18, 2026
U.S. Contract Sends Revolutionary Naval Drones to Japan
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Liquid Robotics a $25 million sole‑source contract to deliver 20 unmanned surface vehicles to Japan under a Foreign Military Sales program. The award covers control software, mission‑specific payloads, and launch‑recovery equipment, with work slated for...
By Defence Blog
News•Feb 18, 2026
UAV Navigation & Ekolot Aerospace and Defense Partner on ZEUS VTOL Platform
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía and Ekolot Aerospace & Defense have forged a strategic partnership to embed high‑precision flight‑control and navigation systems into the ZEUS VTOL platform. The ZEUS family, with a maximum take‑off weight of 100‑250 kg and payload capacity of 30‑150 kg,...
By Unmanned Systems Technology – News
News•Feb 18, 2026
Allient Appoints New Director of Engineering to Support Motion Control Development
Allient has named Ben Vespone as Director of Engineering for its Rochester unit, overseeing new product development and value‑add design projects. Vespone brings a master’s degree from the University of Rochester and a track record launching complex electronic and electromechanical...
By Unmanned Systems Technology – News
News•Feb 18, 2026
Robotaxis Wreck 4x More than Humans, and at Least One Tesla Wants to Swim
Tesla’s autonomous robotaxi fleet in Austin logged five additional crashes this month, pushing the crash rate to more than four times that of human drivers. In China, the company’s sales plunged over 45% amid negative media coverage. A viral video...
By Electrek
News•Feb 18, 2026
Modex 2026: MHI Innovation Award Finalists Announced
MHI announced the finalists for its 2026 Innovation Awards, selecting twelve solutions from 220 submissions. The entries span four categories—Best New Innovation, Best Robotics Innovation, Best IT Innovation, and Best Sustainability Innovation—each judged by eight industry practitioners. Finalists will present...
By Modern Materials Handling
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Autonomous Wheelchair Maps Home, Yet Cost Hurdles Remain
What if your wheelchair could map your house and drive you to specific spots on command? Strutt's EV1 does exactly that. It learns your space, lets you save waypoints, and navigates at 3 mph while avoiding obstacles. Manual override is...
By IEEE Spectrum Threads
Social•Feb 17, 2026
AI Agents Gaining True Autonomy for Business
Agentic AI Explained: The Future of Autonomous AI Systems in Business & Technology 📽️ https://t.co/9GBCWdMbfw What if AI could set its own goals and make independent decisions — just like a human? Agentic AI represents the next evolution of artificial...
By Giuliano Liguori
News•Feb 17, 2026
Royal Navy Sees Hybrid Shift as Central to Future Force Mix
Britain’s Royal Navy is accelerating a transition to a ‘hybrid fleet’ that blends crewed warships with uncrewed and autonomous systems, a core element of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review. First Sea Lord Gen. Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the priority is...
By Naval News
Video•Feb 16, 2026
Integrate a PowerFlex 525 in Studio 5000 Logix Designer
The video demonstrates how to integrate a Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 variable‑frequency drive into a Studio 5000 Logix Designer project using the vendor‑supplied PowerDevice Object Library. First, the presenter downloads the PowerDevice library, updates the drive’s connection format in the Device Definition dialog,...
By RealPars
Deals•Feb 16, 2026
The Fourth Law Raises Funding From Axon to Boost Drone AI for Ukraine
Kyiv-based defence tech firm The Fourth Law announced a new funding round backed by US public safety technology group Axon. The undisclosed investment will support R&D of AI-driven autonomy solutions for drones to protect Ukrainian cities from Shahed attacks. The...
Tech.eu
Video•Feb 14, 2026
First Public #Zoox Ride in Las Vegas
The video documents the author’s first public ride in a Zoox autonomous vehicle in Las Vegas, part of a limited free‑service pilot that requires only a credit‑card‑linked app download. The eight‑seat pod offers individual climate and music controls at four user...
By The Robot Report YouTube
Video•Feb 13, 2026
DiskChunGS: Large-Scale 3D Gaussian SLAM Through Chunk-Based Memory Management
DiskChunGS introduces a scalable 3D Gaussian splatting SLAM pipeline that overcomes traditional GPU memory constraints by treating scene reconstruction as a spatial streaming problem. The system partitions the environment into discrete chunks, keeping only the currently visible regions in GPU...
By ETH Zürich Robotic Systems Lab