Hyundai is reportedly moving to acquire Softbank’s remaining stake in Boston Dynamics, aiming for full ownership and a direct path to commercializing the Atlas humanoid robot.
Top Stories This Week
- Hyundai May Be Looking To Take Control Of Boston Dynamics
- Chip Giant TSMC Pledges Another $100bn To Expand US Production
- Robotics Startup Monumental Raises $32m Backed By Khosla Ventures
- Canadian Startup That Raised US$75 Million Wants To Show Chip Companies Can Build In Canada
- Bosch Receives US$ 225 Million In CHIPS Funding For SiC Semiconductor Production In Roseville
- NASA Selects Four New Moon Missions To Build A Permanent Lunar Base
- AI Flags More Than 250,000 Suspicious Cancer Research Papers
- LLMs Help Robots Understand Vague Instructions And Focus On Key Details
- A Better Way To Turn 2D Designs Into 3D Models For Rapid Prototyping
- MIT 3D-Prints A Concrete Bridge That Cuts Material Use By 76%
- The New Generation Of 3D Printers Is Killing The Tinkering Hobby
Hardware Business News
Chip Giant TSMC Pledges Another $100bn To Expand US Production
TSMC has committed an additional $100bn to expand its advanced chip manufacturing in Arizona, bringing its total US investment to $265bn and signaling a major shift in semiconductor industry dynamics.
Robotics Startup Monumental Raises $32m Backed By Khosla Ventures
Monumental has secured $32 million in Series B funding, with backing from Khosla Ventures, to advance its construction robotics and software across Europe and the US.
Canadian Startup That Raised US$75 Million Wants To Show Chip Companies Can Build In Canada
Montreal’s Stathera Inc. has secured US$55 million in funding with the aim of proving that advanced semiconductor companies can scale from Canada rather than relocating to the U.S.
Bosch Receives US$ 225 Million In CHIPS Funding For SiC Semiconductor Production In Roseville
Bosch has secured $225 million from the CHIPS Program to ramp up silicon carbide semiconductor production at its Roseville facility, aiming to meet rising demand from data centers and AI infrastructure.
Hardware Engineering News
NASA Selects Four New Moon Missions To Build A Permanent Lunar Base
NASA is investing nearly $600 million in four new commercial Moon landings by 2028, each carrying identical scientific payloads to enhance navigation, study lunar dust behavior, and monitor radiation for its planned permanent lunar base.
AI Flags More Than 250,000 Suspicious Cancer Research Papers
A new AI tool has scanned 2.6 million cancer research papers and flagged over 250,000 with suspicious patterns consistent with paper mill products, raising concerns about the integrity of published studies.
LLMs Help Robots Understand Vague Instructions And Focus On Key Details
MIT researchers have developed a method that uses large language models to help robots interpret ambiguous instructions and filter out irrelevant details, allowing for more efficient and accurate task execution with less demonstration data.
Hardware R&D News
A Better Way To Turn 2D Designs Into 3D Models For Rapid Prototyping
MIT researchers have introduced GIFT, a framework that enables AI models to convert 2D designs into highly accurate and efficient CAD programs for rapid prototyping, while significantly reducing computational requirements.
MIT 3D-Prints A Concrete Bridge That Cuts Material Use By 76%
MIT engineers have 3D-printed a concrete bridge that uses 76% less material and can be produced in just 30 minutes, combining advanced optimization algorithms with practical printer constraints.
Open-Source Hardware News
The New Generation Of 3D Printers Is Killing The Tinkering Hobby
Pre-assembled 3D printers from brands like Bambu Lab and Creality have made printing more accessible, but new business practices are raising questions about the future of open hardware and the role of the tinkerer in an increasingly closed ecosystem.
