Amazon ‘in talks’ to acquire Globalstar, and Apple’s stake is a key factor – 9to5Mac

Rice is best known as one of the world’s most important food crops, but scientists have now shown it could also help inspire a new generation of smart materials. Researchers discovered that packed rice grains behave in an unusual way under pressure. When compressed slowly, the grains remain relatively strong. But when squeezed quickly, they…

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The article discusses how physical AI is helping manufacturers by narrowing the gap between desired automation and current capabilities. Evan Beard, co-founder of Standard Bots, highlights that physical AI allows robots to learn through demonstration, bypassing traditional programming. This advancement enables the automation of complex tasks that were previously considered difficult for robots. U.S. manufacturing…

Avride has integrated vision-language models into its delivery robots. Source: Avride Avride Inc. has built its delivery robots for high level of autonomy. Every single day, hundreds of them navigate busy city streets entirely on their own, processing complex sensor data locally on their onboard compute units. Our sidewalk robots run with minimal human involvement,…

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This weekend saw the finale of the league competitions at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea, with the winners in the small, middle, and large humanoid divisions decided. Congratulations to the following teams, who finished in the top three positions in each size class: Small division Invic, Wuhan University, China Hamburg Bit-Bots, Universität Hamburg, Germany…