Smart robots and AI now handle everything from metal stamping to automated inspections, enabling complete vehicle assembly in just 20 hours.
Top Stories This Week
- How Smart Robots And AI Assemble Vehicles In 20 Hours
- U.S. PCB Factory Says It Now Matches China On Price — And Builds Boards In Half The Time
- Ultra Raises $50M To Put AI Packing Robots On More Warehouse Floors
- Bedrock Robotics Lands $600M Series C To Scale Autonomous Excavators At $4.1B Valuation
- Unitree Says Its ‘self-evolving Robots’ Are The Next Big Leap For Humanoids
- Mars Ingenuity Engineer Pivots To Teach Robots To ‘feel Pain’ And Make Safe Decisions
- Doctor Removes Prostate From 35 Miles Away In First Telerobotic Surgery In US
- New Tool Lets Users Repair AI-generated 3D Models, Then Fabricate Them Just The Way They Want
- Low-Cost 3D-Printed Robotic Arm Lifts 0.8 Kg Payload With 100% Success
- A Soft Robot Could Help Doctors Diagnose And Treat Disorders Of The Small Intestine
- Machine Learning Spots RISC-V Hardware Attacks From Processor Performance Counters
Hardware Business News
U.S. PCB Factory Says It Now Matches China On Price — And Builds Boards In Half The Time
CircuitHub claims its Massachusetts factory can now match Chinese PCB pricing while delivering boards in less than half the typical lead time, thanks to a highly automated, AI-driven system.
Ultra Raises $50M To Put AI Packing Robots On More Warehouse Floors
Ultra has secured $50 million in Series A funding to accelerate deployment of its AI-powered packing robots across U.S. warehouses, using a robots-as-a-service model that lowers upfront costs and shortens integration time.
Bedrock Robotics Lands $600M Series C To Scale Autonomous Excavators At $4.1B Valuation
Bedrock Robotics has secured $600 million in Series C funding, bringing its valuation to $4.1 billion as it aims to expand autonomous excavator deployments for the construction industry.
Unitree Says Its ‘self-evolving Robots’ Are The Next Big Leap For Humanoids
Unitree has announced a self-evolving AI system for its humanoid robots, while Tesla is ramping up Optimus production and Figure is advancing dexterity and durability, marking a significant shift in robotics development from multiple industry leaders.
Hardware Engineering News
Mars Ingenuity Engineer Pivots To Teach Robots To ‘feel Pain’ And Make Safe Decisions
Loay Elbasyouni, known for his work on Mars Ingenuity, is now leading a startup that applies physical AI to help robots sense their own “pain” and make safer decisions, recently securing a $1.2 million NASA contract for advancing this technology in electric and hybrid-electric aircraft.
Doctor Removes Prostate From 35 Miles Away In First Telerobotic Surgery In US
A Florida surgeon has remotely removed a patient’s prostate from 35 miles away in the first US telerobotic surgery, using a robotic system under clinical study and close on-site support.
New Tool Lets Users Repair AI-generated 3D Models, Then Fabricate Them Just The Way They Want
A new tool called InstructMesh lets users easily repair and customize AI-generated 3D models before fabrication, combining language models with 3D generation for more intuitive editing.
Hardware R&D News
Low-Cost 3D-Printed Robotic Arm Lifts 0.8 Kg Payload With 100% Success
A research team has demonstrated a fully 3D-printed robotic arm, powered by commodity stepper motors and Arduino control, that reliably lifts a 0.8 kg payload without failures across repeated lab trials.
A Soft Robot Could Help Doctors Diagnose And Treat Disorders Of The Small Intestine
MIT engineers have developed a soft robotic enteroscope that navigates the small intestine using snake-inspired locomotion and kirigami-coated anchoring, allowing for targeted imaging, biopsies, and drug delivery.
Open-Source Hardware News
Machine Learning Spots RISC-V Hardware Attacks From Processor Performance Counters
Researchers have shown that simple machine learning models can detect known RISC-V hardware attacks with over 99 percent accuracy using processor performance counters, though reliably spotting new attacks remains a challenge.
