Controlling KR6 with a hardware glove and hand gestures

Imagine if one company could become the railroad, electric utility and cloud-computing provider of the emerging space economy. That potential fueled excitement around the long-anticipated initial public offering of SpaceX. Investors are not simply betting on rockets anymore. They are betting on an entire orbital ecosystem. Among the most ambitious and challenging ideas riding this…

Abstract According to the latest IndexBox report on the global Factory Robot market, the market enters 2026 with broader demand fundamentals, more disciplined procurement behavior, and a more regionally diversified supply architecture. The World Factory Robot market is entering a period of sustained structural expansion, driven by the convergence of labor cost pressures, technological maturity…

Steel mills hit 1,400°C. Methane fills mine shafts without warning. Radiation zones don’t negotiate. These are environments where sending a human has always been a grim cost-benefit calculation. Run Robotics, a Shanghai-based startup, just presented its answer at WAIC 2026: a “centaur” wheel-leg hybrid robot that pairs a four-wheel all-terrain chassis with a humanoid upper…

Since the first robot-assisted surgery was performed, over 40 years ago, major advances in robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence have fundamentally changed medicine and healthcare. Innovative new technologies are already aiding skilled medical professionals in diagnosis, surgery, rehabilitation and beyond. But many questions remain: What ethical issues arise as medical tools become increasingly autonomous?…

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