Dutch Startup Intelic Sets up Drone Marketplace for European Militaries
Dutch defence‑tech startup Intelic has launched BASE, a European military drone marketplace that aggregates manufacturers from nine countries and lets ministries compare mission‑ready UAVs. The platform relies on Intelic’s Nexus command‑and‑control software to guarantee plug‑and‑play interoperability, aiming to slash procurement timelines that have been hampered by market fragmentation. Intelic expects the first‑stage participants to generate over €1.5 billion (US$1.76 billion) in sales this year, and the Dutch army is set to adopt Nexus as a pilot. The model draws on Ukraine’s Brave1 system but is tailored for EU procurement rules.
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Hong Kong International Airport now runs more than 70 autonomous vehicles—including 56 electric tractors, eight patrol cars and six staff shuttles—making it the world’s first airport with a fully Level 4 driverless fleet. The vehicles have collectively covered over three million...
Carmeuse Selects Caterpillar's Autonomous Hauling Solution to Deploy at Drummond Island Operation
Caterpillar Inc. has signed an agreement with limestone producer Carmeuse to install its autonomous hauling system at the Drummond Island quarry in Michigan. The deployment will integrate Cat MineStar Command across Carmeuse’s fleet of 777 trucks, supported by Fabick CAT and complemented by...
Japan’s Terra Drone Bets On Ukraine’s Cheap Way To Stop Shaheds
Terra Drone Corp. of Japan has partnered with Ukraine’s Amazing Drones to produce the Terra A1, a $2,500 interceptor drone designed to shoot down low‑cost Shahed attack drones. The system trades missile‑grade expense for speed, simplicity and mass‑production, aiming to...
The US Has Banned the World’s Best Drones. It Has Not Figured Out How to Make Them.
The FCC’s December 2025 decision automatically placed DJI on the Covered List, halting imports of new DJI drones that command roughly 80% of the U.S. consumer and commercial market. In response, Skydio unveiled a $3.5 billion, five‑year SkyForge program to build a...
Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground
A Texas startup near Austin has developed a robotic system that constructs homes from on‑site clay. The robot extracts dirt, mixes it into adobe, and uses a claw and hammer attachment to shape walls, guided by machine‑learning feedback. The pilot...
Geekplus Reports 50 Percent Growth in Americas as It Pushes Embodied Intelligence Into US Warehouse Market
Geekplus reported a 50% year‑on‑year increase in new orders across the Americas in 2025, driven primarily by U.S. demand. The Chinese‑origin robotics firm now has more than 72,000 autonomous mobile robots deployed in over 40 countries, serving roughly 950 customers,...
Meta Acquires Humanoid Robot Developer Assured Robot Intelligence
Meta has completed the acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup that builds AI models for humanoid robots. The deal, announced Friday, positions Meta to develop robots that can understand, predict and adapt to human behavior in dynamic environments. The...
The Humanoid Robot Market Is Smaller Than It Looks
The article argues that the humanoid robot market is far smaller than the often‑cited $20 trillion labor figure because real deployments must overcome two key burdens: dexterity and human‑proximity safety. By scoring tasks on these axes, the author shows that only...
Tesla Reaches 10 Billion FSD Miles — Is There’s a Magical Milestone for Autonomy
Tesla announced its Full Self‑Driving (Supervised) fleet has surpassed 10 billion miles, logging about 29 million miles per day by late April—double the rate at the start of the year. The company cites a crash rate of one serious incident per 5.3 million...
Table Tennis Robot Defeats some of World's Best Players. Why This Has Major Implications for Robotics
Sony AI's table‑tennis robot Ace beat three of five elite players, showcasing real‑time spin detection and 20 m/s returns. The system combines event‑based vision, high‑speed cameras, and deep reinforcement learning trained in simulation to make sub‑100 ms decisions. Unlike earlier robots that...
Japan Is Building Military Drones Out of Cardboard, and They're Faster and Cheaper than You'd Expect
Japanese startup Air Kamuy is introducing the AirKamuy 150, a fixed‑wing drone built from corrugated cardboard that costs roughly $3,000 per unit—significantly cheaper than the $10,000 Lucas drone. The design folds flat, can be assembled by hand in about five minutes,...
Scaling for the Frontlines: Meeting the Department of War’s Urgent Demands
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace announced that it has scaled its production of the K1000ULE drone to meet the Department of War’s urgent demand. The company now controls the entire supply chain, from in‑house computer boards to mission‑system integration, eliminating reliance on...
This $25,000 Robot Looks Right Out of Star Wars
LimX Dynamics unveiled the Tron 1, a two‑legged robot priced at $25,000 that looks like a miniature Star Wars AT‑ST. Initially shown at CES with basic pre‑programmed motions and remote control, the robot now demonstrates real‑world tasks such as guiding hotel...
Report: Humanoid Robots Represent a Premium Growth Market for Motion Controls
Interact Analysis reports that motion‑control demand tied to humanoid robots will surge, with a projected 102% compound annual growth rate from 2023 to 2029. Shipments are expected to jump to roughly 20,000 units in 2025, up from 2,000 in 2024,...
Antioch Raises $8.5 Million to Accelerate Simulation-Based Development of Autonomous Systems
Antioch, a New York‑based cloud simulation platform for robotics, closed an $8.5 million funding round led by A* and Category Ventures. The capital will accelerate its push to move autonomous‑system development from costly physical testbeds into scalable software simulations. Co‑founders—ex‑Tesla Autopilot, DeepMind,...
How Coratia Technologies Is Protecting Undersea Data Highways With Marine Robots
Coratia Technologies, an Odisha‑based deep‑tech startup, is deploying marine robots to survey and protect undersea fibre‑optic cables after recent threats in the Strait of Hormuz. The company has raised about $2.6 million and landed a roughly $8 million contract with the Indian...
Androids Break Human Record at Half Marathon
At the Beijing E‑Town Half Marathon, Honor’s humanoid robot Lightning finished the 21‑kilometer course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, eclipsing the human world record of 57:20 set by Jacob Kiplimo. More than 100 robotic entries competed on separate tracks,...
Robots Can Run a Marathon and Play Ping Pong. But Will They Ever Achieve True Sporting Greatness?
A humanoid robot recently shattered the half‑marathon world record, running faster than any human, while an AI‑powered robot defeated elite table‑tennis players with millisecond‑level reactions. Both feats highlight how robots can master high‑speed, dynamic sports through intensive simulation‑to‑real training and...
Japan Airlines Vs. The World: How Robotics Is Reshaping Aviation and Tourism
Japan Airlines is trialing general‑purpose humanoid robots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to handle baggage and cargo, with the program running through ~2028. The initiative addresses Japan’s acute labor shortage and surging tourism, marking a shift from fixed automation to adaptable, human‑like...
1966 Ford Mustang Converted Into a Tesla with Working ‘Full Self-Driving’
A Sacramento auto‑parts shop spent about $40,000 and two years turning a 1966 Ford Mustang into a fully electric vehicle powered by a 2024 Tesla Model 3 dual‑motor drivetrain. The conversion includes Tesla’s 15‑inch touchscreen, Cybertruck‑style yoke, and a retrofitted camera...
US Navy Signs Deal with AI Firm for Training Underwater Drones to Detect Mines in Strait of Hormuz — $100...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $99.7 million contract to San Francisco‑based AI startup Domino Data Lab to equip its unmanned underwater vehicles with rapid‑learning detection software. The new system will fuse side‑scan sonar and visual data, allowing mine‑hunting algorithms to...
This Tesla Owner Won $10k in Court for Tesla’s FSD Lies. Tesla Is Still Fighting Him.
Tesla was ordered by a Texas small‑claims court to pay $10,600 to owner Ben Gawiser after he proved the Full Self‑Driving (FSD) package he bought in 2021 was never delivered. Gawiser paid $10,000 for the FSD add‑on, which remains a...
Australia’s Speartooth Submarine Drone Enters U.S. Service
C2 Robotics has commissioned and delivered its first Speartooth Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV) to the United States, marking the inaugural Australian export of the platform. The 8‑meter autonomous submarine can travel 2,000 kilometers, dive to 2,000 meters, and supports ISR and...
U.S. Special Forces Sink a Ship with Ukrainian-Designed Drone Boats
During the Balikatan 2026 exercise off Itbayat, Philippines, Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group remotely launched unmanned surface vessels that delivered shaped‑charge warheads and sank a designated target ship. The USVs closely resembled Ukraine‑origin Magura V7.2 drones produced by...
Autonomous ‘BumbleB’ Shuttle Begins Campus Trials in Stuttgart Mobility Project
Bertrandt’s autonomous electric shuttle BumbleB has started real‑world trials on the Fraunhofer IZS campus in Stuttgart, linking the research site to the nearby Universität S‑Bahn station. The shuttle is part of the IZSMO project, which will also transform about 700...
Uber Wants to Turn Its Millions of Drivers Into a Sensor Grid for Self-Driving Companies
Uber is planning to turn its global fleet of human drivers into a massive sensor network that streams real‑world data to autonomous‑vehicle (AV) developers. CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga said the initiative builds on the AV Labs program, which currently uses...
Meta Acquires Robot Software Startup Assured Robot Intelligence
Meta Platforms has acquired San Diego‑based Assured Robot Intelligence, a developer of AI software for robots, though financial terms were not disclosed. The move bolsters Meta’s Superintelligence Labs and its nascent humanoid‑robot program, which aims to let users control robots...
Meta Buys Robotics Startup to Bolster Its Humanoid AI Ambitions
Meta has acquired the humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, adding its team to the company’s Superintelligence Labs research division. ARI specializes in foundation models that enable robots to understand, predict, and adapt to human...
Driverless Cars Will Be Subject to Moving-Violation Tickets in California Soon
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles approved rules that will let police issue moving‑violation tickets to driverless cars, directing the citations to the manufacturers. The regulation, part of a 2024 autonomous‑vehicle bill, also imposes testing milestones of 50,000 miles for light‑duty...
Just Call These Tiny Autonomous Construction Robots “Antdroids”
Harvard and IIT Madras researchers unveiled RAnts, tiny ant‑inspired robots that can collectively build and dismantle structures without any central controller. By tweaking only two parameters—cooperation strength and block‑handling rate—the swarm exhibits emergent coordination through stigmergic light signals. The study, published...
Canopy Launches Canopy Coworker
Canopy, a Lehi‑based practice‑management platform, unveiled Canopy Coworker, an AI‑driven execution layer that automates multistep workflows across its CRM, document‑management, and billing modules. The tool enables autonomous client onboarding, proactive scope‑creep detection, regulatory deadline cascading, missing‑document audits, and capacity planning...
Autonomous Drones Key to Marine Corps’ Future Logistics
The Marine Corps is building a new generation of autonomous unmanned aircraft systems to support distributed operations in contested environments. By shifting aviation assets from secure bases to rapidly moving austere sites, the service aims to complicate enemy targeting while...
EHang “Makes First People-Carrying Pilotless eVTOL Flights in Mexico”
EHang announced that its autonomous electric vertical take‑off and landing aircraft, the EH216‑S, completed the first passenger‑only pilotless flights in Mexico and across Latin America during the 2026 FAMEX Tulum Air Show. The company highlighted the flights as proof of...
Robotaxis Are Rolling Out Across America
After a decade of hype, setbacks, and renewed interest, driverless taxis are now appearing on streets across the United States. Waymo, Tesla and five other firms are operating fleets in California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Illinois, with plans to...
Autonomous VW Buses to Begin Microtransit Service in Florida Community
Beep and Volkswagen’s Moia America are launching an autonomous microtransit service in Lake Nona, Florida, using purpose‑built ID.Buzz electric shuttles. Six four‑passenger vehicles equipped with safety drivers are currently being tested, with public rides slated for later this year. The...
DZYNE Wins AFRL Contract for Additional ULTRA Turbo Aircraft
DZYNE Technologies has secured a multi‑million‑dollar contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation to deliver three ULTRA Turbo uncrewed long‑endurance tactical reconnaissance aircraft. The award follows the platform’s maiden flight, which demonstrated turbo‑charged engine performance,...
How to Avoid Supply Chain Issues as Drone and Robot Production Increases Exponentially
Researchers in Chem Circularity project that commercial drone output could grow tenfold and humanoid robot production could surge up to 100 times by the late 2030s. Their analysis of 18 critical raw materials shows most will remain manageable, but rare‑earth neodymium‑praseodymium...
New Report Tracks Russia’s Growing Combat Ground Robot Fleet
StateWatch’s April 2026 report catalogued 32 Russian unmanned ground‑vehicle models, confirming combat use for at least 20 of them against Ukraine. The analysis highlights three serial‑production platforms—Kuryer, Varan and Impulse‑M—each fielded in hundreds, while the majority of their manufacturers remain free...
AI Processing of Earth Images Can Now Run In Space
Planet Labs has demonstrated the first successful run of AI image processing on a satellite, using its Pelican‑4 platform to automatically detect and box more than a dozen aircraft at an Australian airport. The onboard NVIDIA Jetson ORIN GPU analyzes a...
With Driverless Cars a Reality, What Can Cities Do to Prepare for Them?
Waymo has logged over 200 million autonomous miles and now delivers more than 400,000 paid rides each week across major U.S. cities, achieving a ten‑fold reduction in serious‑injury crashes versus human drivers. The rapid expansion highlights the need for cities to...
AVSS Collaborates with the Government of Canada Through Innovative Solutions Canada to Perform Avalanche Control Work with Drones
AVSS announced successful testing of its Precision Avalanche Management System (PAMS) in Jasper, Alberta, marking Canada’s first regulatory‑approved drone‑based avalanche control using live explosives. The trials, conducted with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and several federal agencies, proved the...
For Autonomous Robots, Not All Rules Are Equal
Researchers Tichakorn Wongpiromsarn, Konstantin Slutsky and Emilio Frazzoli propose a new "rulebooks" framework that lets autonomous robots rank competing goals instead of blending them into a single weighted cost function. Published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, the system distinguishes hard...
EXPO NEWS: Beamr Explains What ML-Safe Compression Requires Across the AV Pipeline
Beamr announced its participation at the Autonomous Vehicle Tech Expo in Stuttgart and detailed a new validation framework for machine‑learning‑safe video compression across autonomous‑vehicle pipelines. The company argues that without a shared methodology, compression decisions risk degrading perception, depth‑estimation and...
Warehouse Automation to Hit $120 Billion by 2034
The global warehouse automation market, valued at $23.97 billion in 2024, is projected to surge to $119.79 billion by 2034, driven by a 17.5% CAGR. Growth is propelled by expanding e‑commerce, labor shortages, and rising consumer expectations for rapid delivery. Companies are...
Circus Acquires US-Israelian Kitchen Robotics
Circus SE completed an all‑cash acquisition of Kitchen Robotics for an estimated $150,000, securing full ownership of its patents, AI‑driven control algorithms, and NSF‑certified sensor systems. The deal expands Circus' intellectual‑property portfolio and gives it immediate access to U.S.‑approved autonomous...
Altera Updates FPGA AI Suite for Edge AI Deployment
Altera has launched FPGA AI Suite 26.1.1, a major upgrade that adds a spatial‑mapping compiler to its AI software platform. The new compiler translates neural networks directly onto FPGA fabric, delivering ASIC‑like inference speed while preserving the re‑programmability of FPGAs....
Textron Awarded DIU Contract to Provide Tsunami USV to U.S. Navy
Textron Systems received a Defense Innovation Unit contract to build and deliver multiple TSUNAMI uncrewed surface vessels for the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) exercise in Key West, Florida, and three months of joint operations with SOUTHCOM and the Fourth...
Bosch Begins Delivering Hardware to Kodiak as Autonomous Trucking Moves Toward Production Scale
Bosch has started shipping critical sensors and actuation components to Kodiak AI, accelerating the company’s move toward a production‑grade autonomous trucking platform. Kodiak is already testing Bosch camera samples and integrating them into its proprietary SensorPod hardware modules. The partnership,...
ITS America 2026: Detroit's Smart Roads & Tech Tours
The ITS America 2026 Conference & Expo will take place June 9‑12 at Huntington Place in Detroit, featuring plenary sessions, state Department of Transportation roundtables, and a Future Leaders Program. Attendees can join three off‑site Tech Tours on June 9 for $75...