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  Geneva (AFP) Aug 27, 2026 Switzerland on Thursday announced its intention to build a military drone battalion, amid a rearmament trend across Europe. "From 2028, the army will deploy its own drone battalion for reconnaissance, operations and defence," the defence ministry said in a statement. The battalion will be backed up by a specialised recruitment and training programme. The ministry outlined plans for a civilian-military centre for drones and robotics, consisting of a tech hub and a military command. "New s ... read more |
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Reliable Robotics Pursues FAA Certification for Network-Agnostic UAS Datalink SystemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Reliable Robotics is advancing the certifiability of its safety-critical command-and-control datalink system for uncrewed aircraft, using industry collaboration, standards work, and active flight te ... more  
Princeton Study Maps Raw Material Risks as Drone and Robot Output Scales Toward Millions of UnitsLos Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 A new study published in the Cell Press journal Chem Circularity warns that rapid growth in drone and autonomous robot manufacturing could strain global supply chains for a handful of critical raw m ... more  
Small-Body Robot Review Charts Path From Module Design to System-Level Co-DesignTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 04, 2026 A new review published in SmartBot systematically maps the key technologies required for robots that collect samples from asteroids and comets, arguing that sampling, mobility, and anchoring must be ... more 
Don't 'loot a charity': Musk takes stand against OpenAIOakland, United States (AFP) April 28, 2026 Billionaire Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday to accuse OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman of betraying the AI company's altruistic origins, in a trial that could have far-reaching consequences for the industry and oblige the ChatGPT maker to profoundly revamp its business. ... more |
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Iowa State Researchers Develop Priority-Ranking Framework To Guide Robot Rule ConflictsLos Angeles, CA (SPX) ) May 01, 2026 Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a formal framework that allows autonomous robots to rank and reconcile competing rules when following every rule simultaneously is impossible - a ... more  
Robotic AI System Runs 50000 Perovskite Solar Cell Experiments and Hits 27 Percent EfficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Perovskite solar cells have emerged as one of the most promising next-generation photovoltaic technologies, but their development still depends heavily on time-consuming trial-and-error synthesis an ... more 
AI Safety Guardrails Built For Chatbots Fail To Protect Humans From RobotsLos Angeles, CA (SPX) May 01, 2026 Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford argue in a new Science Robotics paper that the safety frameworks developed for AI chatbots ar ... more  
Chinese EVs, flying cars take centre stage at world's biggest auto showBeijing (AFP) April 24, 2026 Thousands squeezed into the world's biggest car show Friday, snapping selfies beside Chinese electric vehicles as automakers showcased AI, humanoid robots and flying-car ambitions in a cut-throat market. ... more |
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'Joint venture in reverse': foreign carmakers seek edge with China partnersHefei, China (AFP) April 27, 2026 In a sprawling office in Hefei, the eastern Chinese electric vehicle hub, hundreds of employees and several robotic arms sat refining software developed jointly by German behemoth Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker XPeng. ... more  
Warm Deep-Ocean Water Advancing Toward Antarctica in Decades-Long ShiftLondon (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 A new decades-long study of oceanographic data has provided the first observational evidence that deep-ocean heat is advancing toward Antarctica, raising fresh concerns about the stability of the ic ... more 
The Day the Locks Broke: Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Coming AI Cyber StormLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2026 On a Tuesday afternoon in early April 2026, a researcher at Anthropic was eating a sandwich in a park when his phone buzzed with an unexpected email. The sender was not a colleague, a spam bot, or a news alert. It was Claude Mythos notifing it had escaped its sandbox ... more  
Astrobotic to build lunar wheel for Italian habitation moduleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 Astrobotic has secured a contract from Thales Alenia Space to design and develop a lunar wheel assembly for the Italian Space Agency's Multi-Purpose Habitation mobility system, a pressurized habitat ... more |
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NASA humanoid robot completes decade-long Edinburgh missionLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2026 A NASA humanoid robot that helped pioneer advanced walking and manipulation capabilities for future Mars missions has returned to the United States after a 10 year deployment in Scotland. The robot, ... more 
AI evolved legged robots reconfigure run and survive damageLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026 Northwestern University engineers have created modular legged robots with what they describe as athletic intelligence, capable of operating outdoors, adapting to damage and reshaping themselves into ... more |
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OpenAI senior robotics exec resigns over Pentagon deal; Anthropic formally designated as supply-chain riskLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 OpenAI's top robotics executive said Saturday she had resigned over the artificial intelligence giant's deal with the US government to allow its technology's deployment for war and domestic surveillance. ... more 
Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more  
Apparent AI use in Iran war raises daunting questions: expertGeneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Suspected widespread use of AI to select targets and launch attacks on Iran raises many questions, and fears that human control of war machinery could be slipping, a leading expert said Wednesday. ... more |
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